Byron Janis: The RCA Recordings 1950-1959

Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: Vivace

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis

Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: Andante

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis

Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1: Allegro vivace

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: Allegro ma non tanto

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: Intermezzo. Adagio

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: Finale. Alla breve

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: I

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (1st)

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: Gnomus

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus”

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: II

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 1st)

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: The Old Castle

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello”

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: III

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 2nd)

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: Tuileries

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 3 “Tuileries” (Dispute d’enfants après jeux)

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: Bydło

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4 “Bydło”

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: IV

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 3rd)

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5 “Балетъ невылупившихся птенцовъ” [Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov]

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6 “Samuel” Goldenberg und “Schmuÿle”

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: The Market at Limoges

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 7 “Limoges”, le marché (La grande nouvelle)

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: Catacombae

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua”

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: mortuis in lingua mortua

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua”

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: The Hut on Fowl's Legs

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9 “Избушка на курьихъ ножкахъ” (Баба-Яга) [Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yagá)]

Byron Janis

Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano: The Great Gate of Kiev

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ)

Byron Janis

Rigoletto, Concert paraphrase for Piano, S. 434: Allegro - Andante - Presto

Franz Liszt - Konzert-Paraphrase über Verdis "Rigoletto", S. 434

Byron Janis

Liebesträume, S. 541: 3 in A-flat major 'O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst'

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

Byron Janis

Hungarian Rhapsody for Piano no. 6 in D-flat major, S. 244 no. 6: giusto - Presto - Andante - Allegro

Franz Liszt - 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 6 in D-flat major, S. 244 no. 6: Tempo giusto - Presto - Andante - Allegro - Presto

Byron Janis

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D minor, op. 31/2: Largo – Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D minor, op. 31 no. 2 "Tempest"

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D minor, op. 31/2: Adagio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D minor, op. 31 no. 2 "Tempest"

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D minor, op. 31/2: Allegretto

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 17 in D minor, op. 31 no. 2 "Tempest"

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53: Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53 “Waldstein”

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53: Introduzione. Adagio molto

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53 “Waldstein”

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53: Rondo. Allegretto moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53 “Waldstein”

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Vivace, ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 30 in E major, op. 109

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Prestissimo

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 30 in E major, op. 109

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 30 in E major, op. 109: Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 30 in E major, op. 109

Byron Janis

Impromptus, op. 90 D 899: Impromptu in E-flat major

Franz Schubert - Impromptu in E‐flat major, op. 90, D. 899: No. 2. Allegro

Byron Janis

Waltzes, op. 39: no. 15 in A major

Johannes Brahms - Waltzes, op. 39: No. 15 in A major

Byron Janis

Waltzes, op. 39: no. 1 in B major. Tempo giusto

Johannes Brahms - Walzer, op. 39: Nr. 1 B-dur: Tempo giusto

Byron Janis

Waltzes, op. 39: no. 2 in E major

Johannes Brahms - Walzer, op. 39: Nr. 2 E-dur

Byron Janis

Waltzes, op. 39: no. 6 in C-sharp major. Vivace

Johannes Brahms - Walzer, op. 39: Nr. 15 As-dur

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 B. 128: Grave. Doppio movimento

Frédéric Chopin - Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 B. 128: Scherzo

Frédéric Chopin - Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 B. 128: Marche funèbre. Lento

Frédéric Chopin - Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”

Byron Janis

Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 B. 128: Finale. Presto

Frédéric Chopin - Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”

Byron Janis

Impromptu no. 1 in A-flat major, op. 29 B. 110: assai quasi Presto

Frédéric Chopin - Impromptu no. 1 in A‐flat major, op. 29: Allegro assai

Byron Janis

Études, op. 10: Étude in G-flat major. Vivace

Frédéric Chopin - Étude in G‐flat major, op. 10 no. 5 “Black Keys”: Vivace

Byron Janis

Mazurkas, op. posth. 67: Mazurka in A minor. Moderato animato

Frédéric Chopin - Mazurka no. 45 in A minor, op. 67 no. 4

Byron Janis

Scherzo no. 3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39 B. 125: con fuoco

Frédéric Chopin - Scherzo no. 3 in C‐sharp minor, op. 39

Byron Janis

Waltzes, op. 34: no. 2 in A-flat major, op. 34 no. 1 B. 94 'Valse brilliante'. Vivace

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 2 in A‐flat major, op. 34 no. 1

Byron Janis

Waltz no. 14 in E minor B. 56:

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 14 in E minor, B. 56, KK IVa/15

Byron Janis

Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23 B. 66: – Moderato – Meno mosso – Meno mosso – Presto con fuoco

Frédéric Chopin - Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23

Byron Janis

Études, op. 10: Étude in F major. Allegro

Frédéric Chopin - Étude in A minor, op. 10 no. 2: Allegro

Byron Janis