Oscar Levant

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Oscar Levant, born on December 27, 1906, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American pianist, composer, and conductor. He studied under Zygmunt Stojowski and debuted in Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1924). Moving to Hollywood in 1928, Levant composed music for over 20 films between 1929 and 1948, notably "Blame It on My Youth" (1934), and studied under Arnold Schoenberg. He was also a panelist on the radio show Information Please and appeared in films like Rhapsody in Blue (1945) and An American in Paris (1951). Notable albums include Oscar Levant in a Recital of Modern Music (1942) and Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (1945). Levant passed away on August 14, 1972.

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04	Tra-La-La	Gene Kelly	An American In Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	03:45
	Writer: Arthur Francis - George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
06	Variations on "I Got Rhythm"	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	08:53
	Composers: George Gershwin
01	Piano Concerto in F: I. Allegro	Oscar Levant	Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F & Rhapsody in Blue	12:25
	Composers: George Gershwin
09	Gayane Ballet Suite: Lullaby (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	03:11
	Composers: Aram Khachaturian
03	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered): III. Allegro	Oscar Levant	Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)	10:06
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein
01	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered): I. Moderato assai	Oscar Levant	Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)	12:38
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein
02	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered): II. Andante	Oscar Levant	Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)	11:27
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein

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℗ 2025 Urania Records: 10-07-2025

Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)

01	Piano Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro (Remastered 2025)	Oscar Levant	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	12:24
	Composers: George Gershwin
02	Piano Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio - Andante con moto (Remastered 2025)	Oscar Levant	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	11:35
	Composers: George Gershwin
03	Piano Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro agitato (Remastered 2025)	Oscar Levant	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	06:20
	Composers: George Gershwin
04	Rhapsody in Blue (Remastered 2025)	Oscar Levant	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	16:18
	Composers: George Gershwin
05	Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise (Remastered 2025)	NBC Symphony Orchestra	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	05:06
	Composers: Ferde Grofé
06	Grand Canyon Suite: II. Painted Desert (Remastered 2025)	NBC Symphony Orchestra	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	06:13
	Composers: Ferde Grofé
07	Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail (Remastered 2025)	NBC Symphony Orchestra	Toscanini Edition, Vol. 19 (Remastered 2025)	07:19
	Composers: Ferde Grofé

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℗ 2024 Artemisia: 15-03-2024

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)

01	Piano concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio (Remastered 2024)	Claudio Arrau	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)	15:37
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
02	Piano concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo (Remastered 2024)	Claudio Arrau	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)	10:30
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
03	Piano concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: III. Rondo. Allegro - Presto (Remastered 2024)	Claudio Arrau	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)	08:31
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
04	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (Remastered 2024)	Oscar Levant	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)	18:13
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
05	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: II. Andantino semplice (Remastered 2024)	Oscar Levant	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)	06:33
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
06	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: III. Allegro con fuoco (Remastered 2024)	Oscar Levant	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 (Remastered 2024)	06:14
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Oscar Levant Plays Liszt

01	Années de pèlerinage II, S.161: 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Liszt	07:02
	Composers: Franz Liszt
02	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S.244/12	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Liszt	09:58
	Composers: Franz Liszt
03	Valses oubliées, S. 215, No. 1	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Liszt	03:06
	Composers: Franz Liszt
04	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10, S. 244/10	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Liszt	05:59
	Composers: Franz Liszt
05	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4, S. 244/4	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Liszt	05:49
	Composers: Franz Liszt
06	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13, S.244/13	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Liszt	09:27
	Composers: Franz Liszt

(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Oscar Levant Plays Debussy

01	Images, 1ere série, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	04:24
	Composers: Claude Debussy
02	Estampes, L. 100: II. La soirée dans Grenade	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	04:32
	Composers: Claude Debussy
03	Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VI. Général Lavine - eccentric	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	02:12
	Composers: Claude Debussy
04	Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117 : XII. Minstrels. Modéré	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	02:05
	Composers: Claude Debussy
05	Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117 : X. La cathédrale engloutie. Profondément calme	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	04:33
	Composers: Claude Debussy
06	Children's Corner, L. 113 : III. Serenade for the Doll. Allegretto ma non troppo	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	02:30
	Composers: Claude Debussy
07	Children's Corner, L. 113 : V. The Little Shepherd: Très modéré	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Debussy	02:02
	Composers: Claude Debussy

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(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev

01	Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	03:43
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
02	Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	04:48
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
03	Mazurka in B-Flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	05:29
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
04	Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	02:27
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
05	Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 67, No. 4	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	03:28
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
06	Etude, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary"	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	02:32
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
07	Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: XII. Ministrels	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Scott and Prokofiev	02:24
	Composers: Claude Debussy

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(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Remastered)

01	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (Remastered): I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito	Oscar Levant	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Remastered)	18:23
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
02	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (Remastered): II. Andantino simplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I	Oscar Levant	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Remastered)	06:34
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
03	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (Remastered): III. Allegro con fuoco	Oscar Levant	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Remastered)	06:16
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns

01	3 Preludes (Remastered): I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	01:21
	Composers: George Gershwin
02	3 Preludes (Remastered): II. Andante con moto e poco rubato	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	03:12
	Composers: George Gershwin
03	3 Preludes (Remastered): III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	01:03
	Composers: George Gershwin
04	Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: V. Les collines d'Anacapri. Tres modéré (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	02:35
	Composers: Claude Debussy
05	Estampes, L. 100: III. Jardins sous la pluie - Net et vif (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	02:46
	Composers: Claude Debussy
06	Six Short Études, Op. 19 (Remastered): No. 1	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	00:54
	Composers: Valery Zhelobinsky
07	Six Short Études, Op. 19 (Remastered): No. 2	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Popular Moderns	02:25
	Composers: Valery Zhelobinsky

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(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered)

01	Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered): I. Allegro non toppo e maestoso	Oscar Levant	Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered)	14:55
	Composers: Aram Khachaturian
02	Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered): II. Andante con anima	Oscar Levant	Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered)	10:56
	Composers: Aram Khachaturian
03	Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered): III. Allegro brillante	Oscar Levant	Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38 (Remastered)	08:57
	Composers: Aram Khachaturian

(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)

01	Etude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 "Black Key Etude" (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	01:34
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
02	Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary" (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	02:15
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
03	Etude No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	04:31
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
04	Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	04:23
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
05	Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2 (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	03:13
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
06	Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	04:11
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
07	Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 "Military" (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays Chopin (Remastered)	04:20
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin

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(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)

01	Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Liebestod (Arr. for Violin, Piano and Orchestra)	Isaac Stern	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	09:56
	Composers: Richard Wagner
02	Waltz No. 15 in A-Flat Major, Op. 39 (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	01:39
	Composers: Johannes Brahms
03	Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	02:55
	Composers: Robert Schumann
04	Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	04:35
	Composers: Johannes Brahms
05	Prelude in D Minor, Op. 23, No. 3 (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	02:40
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
06	Prelude In E-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 6 (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	03:54
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
07	Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	Oscar Levant Plays the Music of German, Russian and American Composers (Remastered)	02:50
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff

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(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Honegger: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered)

01	Piano Concerto, Op. 16 (Remastered): I. Allegro molto moderato	Oscar Levant	Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Honegger: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered)	12:31
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
02	Piano Concerto, Op. 16 (Remastered): II. Adagio	Oscar Levant	Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Honegger: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered)	05:35
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
03	Piano Concerto, Op. 16 (Remastered): III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato	Oscar Levant	Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Honegger: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered)	09:39
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
04	Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, H. 55 (2021 Remastered Version)	Oscar Levant	Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Honegger: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered)	10:20
	Composers: Arthur Honegger

(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-08-2018

Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)

01	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered): I. Moderato assai	Oscar Levant	Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)	12:38
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein
02	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered): II. Andante	Oscar Levant	Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)	11:27
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein
03	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered): III. Allegro	Oscar Levant	Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (Remastered)	10:06
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein

(P) 1942, 1945, 2018 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1945, 1948, 1949 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1946, 1947 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2018 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1948,: 24-08-2018

A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant

01	Piano Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	12:18
	Composers: George Gershwin
02	Piano Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio - Andante con moto	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	11:53
	Composers: George Gershwin
03	Piano Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro agitato	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	06:25
	Composers: George Gershwin
04	Rhapsody in Blue	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	12:46
	Composers: George Gershwin
05	Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	13:25
	Composers: George Gershwin
06	I Got Rhythm Variations for Piano And Orchestra (Remastered) (Remastered)	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	08:51
	Composers: George Gershwin
01	3 Preludes (Remastered): I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso	Oscar Levant	A Rhapsody in Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant	01:21
	Composers: George Gershwin

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Originally released 1944, 1945, 1949 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT: 13-10-1987

Levant Plays Gershwin

01	Rhapsody in Blue	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	12:46
	Composers: George Gershwin
02	Second Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra "Rhapsody in Rivets"	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	13:31
	Composers: George Gershwin
03	Piano Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	12:18
	Composers: George Gershwin
04	Piano Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio - Andante con moto	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	11:53
	Composers: George Gershwin
05	Piano Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro agitato	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	06:25
	Composers: George Gershwin
06	Variations on "I Got Rhythm"	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	08:53
	Composers: George Gershwin
07	3 Preludes: No. 1, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso	Oscar Levant	Levant Plays Gershwin	01:19
	Composers: George Gershwin

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EPs

Altair: 07-03-2022

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Three Preludes

01	Rhapsody in Blue	The Philadelphia Orchestra	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Three Preludes	12:45
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: George Gershwin
02	Three Preludes in C-Sharp Minor: II. Andante Con Moto E Poco Rubato	The Philadelphia Orchestra	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Three Preludes	03:15
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: George Gershwin
03	Three Preludes in E-Flat Minor: III. Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso	The Philadelphia Orchestra	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Three Preludes	01:03
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: George Gershwin