NEW YORK, May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Piano legend
Byron Janis releases Byron Janis
Live on Tour, an album of never before released live
recordings of performances by the internationally celebrated
pianist. It is Maestro Janis' first release of new material in
twenty years and celebrates the 70th anniversary of his
very first RCA LP recording in 1947 at the age of 19 titled
Bach/Liszt, Chopin. Byron Janis Live on
Tour is an exclusive compilation of twelve works composed
by Haydn, Chopin & Liszt. Also featured are two pieces
composed for stage and screen by Janis himself, a "hot"
collaboration on two pianos with Cy
Coleman and, finally, a song he composed, "David's Star,"
for which his son Stefan wrote the lyrics. This album is
dedicated to him, who died tragically of a heart attack in February
of this year. The album is due to be released by Janis Eleven
Enterprises, LTD on May 23 in
honor of his 89th birthday which was celebrated on
March 24, 2017. Each Volume will have
a limited edition pressed vinyl release.
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This release is the first of a three CD release musical journey.
In the fall, Maestro Janis will release "Live from Leningrad," a
recording made in the early sixties in Russia. This was
recorded unbeknownst to him while he was serving as a US Cultural
Ambassador to the Soviet Union and
surreptitiously presented to him nearly sixty years later. Then,
just in time for the holidays, Byron Janis Live on Tour, Volume II
will be available. Similar in format to Volume I, it will
include a compilation of live recordings of performances of Mr.
Janis from all over the world.
"A packed house...was lavish in its applause. And rightly so,
for Janis is unquestionably one of the best pianists around
today...hair-raising...brilliant."
-Harold C. Schonberg
Music Critic, The New York Times
"The piano is a percussion instrument so the challenge to the
performer is to make it sing." Byron Janis
Track list
- Sonata E Flat Major Hob. XVI:49 (Allegro) Haydn
Paris, France 1982
- Sonata E Flat Major Hob. XVI:49 (Adagio Cantabile) Haydn
Paris, France 1982
- Sonata E Flat Major Hob. XVI:49 (Tempo di Menuet) Haydn
Paris, France 1982
- Polonaise Chopin Havana,
Cuba 1999
- Mazurka F Minor (Posthumous) Chopin Havana, Cuba 1999
- Nocturne D Flat Op. 27 No. 2 Chopin Warsaw, Poland 1979
- Waltz A Flat Major Op. 34 No.1 Chopin Toulon, France 1989
- Sonata B Minor Third Movement (Largo) Op. 58 No. 3 Chopin
Knoxville, TN 1982
- Waltz G Flat Major (Posthumous) Chopin New York, NY 1982
- Waltz G Flat Major Op. 70 No. 1 Chopin New York, NY 1982
- Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104 Liszt Brussels, Belgium 1988
- Paraphrase on Verdi's Opera, Rigoletto Liszt Madrid, Spain 1981
- You Are More Byron Janis
Abbey, Bethlehem, CT 1988
- David's Star – A Song for Israel Byron
Janis Abbey, Bethlehem,
CT 1988
- Like Any Man Byron Janis
Abbey, Bethlehem, CT 1988
- "By and Cy – More Paganini Variations" Byron Janis and Cy
Coleman* NY, NY 1978
- "By and Cy – More Paganini Variations"
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About Byron Janis
Byron Janis is internationally
renowned as one of the world's greatest pianists. He made his
orchestral debut at age 15 with Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra.
The following year he was chosen by Vladimir Horowitz as his first student. At 18,
he became the youngest artist ever signed to a contract by RCA
Victor Records. Two years later, in 1948, he made his Carnegie Hall
debut which was hailed as an unparalleled success. He has played
with every major symphony orchestra in both the U.S and abroad.
Mr. Janis was the first American artist chosen to participate in
the 1960 Cultural Exchange between the
United States and the Soviet
Union and was hailed on the front page of The New York Times as, "an ambassador in breaking down
'cold war' barriers." He was also the first American concert
pianist to be asked back to Cuba,
40 years after his last performance there, during which time no
American was allowed to perform on Cuban soil.
His many recordings appear on the RCA, Mercury Phillips and EMI labels. In the Spring
of 2012, EMI released a Byron Janis "Chopin Collection," a
compilation of his Chopin recordings featuring, for the first time
on one CD, two unknown Chopin waltz manuscripts which he discovered
at Yale University (the other two
versions he discovered at the Chateau de Thoiry in France).
In 1973, he developed Psoriatic Arthritis in both hands and
wrists yet he continued his performing career and made two highly
acclaimed CDs. He kept it secret until 1985 when, after a
performance at the White House, Nancy
Reagan made his condition public when she announced that he
would become a spokesperson for the Arthritis Foundation as its
National Ambassador to the Arts.
Among his honors are: Commander of the French Legion d'Honneur
for Arts and Letters, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Stanford
Fellowship (the highest honor of Yale
University) and the Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist Award.
He received an honorary doctorate at Trinity
College and the gold medal from the French Society for the
Encouragement of Progress, the first musician to receive this honor
since its inception in 1906. Mr. Janis also has had the great honor
of being invited six times by four sitting Presidents to perform at
the White House and was recently written into the Congressional
Record of both the Senate and the House of Representatives,
honoring him as, "a musician, a diplomat and an inspiration."
Mr. Janis has been featured many times on major television
interview and talk programs such as The Tonight Show, 20/20 and CBS
Sunday Morning, amongst many others. In recent years, he has been
concentrating on writing music for stage and screen and has
composed the score for a major musical production of "The Hunchback
of Notre Dame." He has also written the
score for The True Gen, a feature documentary on the 20-year
friendship between Gary Cooper and
Ernest Hemingway.
He is featured in the PBS documentary, by Emmy-award-winning
producer Peter Rosen, "The Byron
Janis Story" which attests to the courage he has displayed in
refusing to become overwhelmed by a disease that would have brought
the career of many artists to a standstill. His memoirs, Chopin and
Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal were
released in November 2010.
He is married to Maria Cooper,
daughter of Hollywood legend
Gary Cooper. Sadly, they lost their
son Stefan Janis on February 1 of this year from a heart attack while
he was vacationing in France.
For a list of upcoming events and tributes, press information or
to schedule interviews, limited public appearances and engagements,
please contact Bettina L. Klinger,
President, Brand Varietals, INC
(646) 559-8715 or email bklinger@brandvarietal.com.
Byron Janis Live on Tour Volume I is available for purchase on
byronjanislive.com.
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Brand Varietal, INC
Tel: (917) 930-8654
Email: bklinger@brandvarietal.com
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