Person · Male
Byron Janis
pianist
- From
- McKeesport, United States
- Active
- 1928–2024
- Releases
- 36
About
Byron Janis (né Yanks; March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024) was an American classical pianist. He made numerous recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips series Great Pianists of the 20th Century. His discography covered repertoire from Bach to David W. Guion and included major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Liszt to Prokofiev.
Discography
Albums
-
Encore - The Mercury Masters, Vol. 5 Apple Music
-
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - The Mercury Masters, Vol. 6
-
Piano Concerto no. 2 / Piano Concerto no. 1
-
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
-
Piano Concerto no. 2 / Piano Concerto no. 3 / Prelude in C-sharp minor / Prelude in E-flat major
-
Liszt: Totentanz / Rachmaninoff: Concerto no. 1
-
Pictures at an Exhibition
-
Liszt: Totentanz / Rachmaninoff: Concerto no. 1 / Schumann: Concerto, op. 54
-
Schumann: Piano Concerto (First Release) / Liszt: Totentanz
-
Strauss: Burleske / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
-
Waldstein Sonata, Op. 53 / Sonata in E, Op. 109
-
Concerto no. 3
-
Byron Janis Plays Blue Danube and Other Favorites Apple Music
-
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto Apple Music
-
Byron Janis Plays Chopin Apple Music
-
"Tempest" Sonata in D minor, op. 31, No. 2
-
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite Apple Music
-
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor
-
Piano Concerto No. 1 - Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
-
Liszt Totentanz and Schumann Piano Concerto
-
Rachmaninoff: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1 / Liszt: Totentanz / Moussorgsky: Tableaux d'une exposition
-
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1
-
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
-
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 Byron Janis - Kondrashin Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Compilations
-
The Mercury Masters
-
Byron Janis: The RCA Recordings 1950-1959 Apple Music
-
The Complete RCA Album Collection
-
The Chopin Collection Apple Music
-
The Legendary Concerto Recordings
-
Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 51: Byron Janis II
-
Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 50: Byron Janis I
-
Burleske / Also Sprach Zarathustra / Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
-
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
-
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1
-
Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 3
-
Piano Concertos
Links
Official
Concerts
Teacher
Tags
- american pianist
- pianist
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- a4639edd-06d2-4b2b-865e-9a03ff3ebb3a
- ISNI
- 0000000119533892
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 5 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.