American Classics - MacDowell: Piano Music Vol 3 /Barbagallo

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 1, 1999
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MACDOWELL
    • PERFORMER
      James, Barbagallo
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. With great power and dignity (Maestoso)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    2. II. With naive tenderness (Semplice, teneramente)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    3. III. Very swift and fierce (Molto allegro con fuoco)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    4. No. 1. Sung outside the Prince's door (Softly, wistfully)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    5. No. 2. Of a Tailor and a Bear (Gaily, pertly)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    6. No. 3. Beauty in the Rose-Garden (Not fast; sweetly and simply)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    7. No. 4. From Dwarf-land (Merrily, quaintly)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    8. No. 1. From a Fisherman's Hut (Allegro soave)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    9. No. 2. Scotch Poem (Allegro tempestoso)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    10. No. 3. From Long Ago (Allegretto giocoso)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    11. No. 4. The Postwaggon (Allegro moderato)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    12. No. 5. The Shepherd Boy (Allegretto placido)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    13. No. 6. Monologue (Andante tristemente)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

    14. No. 1. Novelette (Allegro energico)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    15. No. 2. Moto Perpetuo (Leggierissimo e più veloce possibile)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    16. No. 3. Wilde Jagd (Allegro furioso)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    17. No. 4. Improvisation (Andantino, quasi a piacere)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    18. No. 5. Elfentanz (Presto leggiero)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    19. No. 6. Valse Triste (Allegretto non troppo)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    20. No. 7. Burlesque (Allegretto giocoso capriccioso)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    21. No. 8. Bluette (Allegrissimo)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    22. No. 9. Träumerei (Andantino, con tenerezza)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    23. No. 10. Marzwind (Prestissimo volante)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    24. No. 11. Impromptu (Moderato grazioso)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo

    25. No. 12. Polonaise (Allegro maestoso ma non fuoco)

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: James Barbagallo


One of the most important contributions Edward MacDowell made to American music was his reputation: born in New York City, trained in Paris and Vienna, he was the first Native-American composer to win respect in Europe. Among his supporters were Grieg and Liszt, and while MacDowell's music is frequently compared to the Norwegian master's for its lyricism and use of folk melodies--heard in miniatures such as the 'Forgotten Fairy Tales'--there is also strong affinity to the Faustian heroics of Liszt, as evidenced by the Piano Sonata No. 4, the 'Keltic.'
James Barbagallo has the full measure of the sonata, reveling in its dash and fire, and is quite fluent in the legerdemain of the 'Twelve Virtuoso Studies' as well as the rustic reveries of the 'Fairy Tales' or the Six Heine Poems. The young American pianist was well into a series of the complete MacDowell piano music at the time of his sudden death from a heart attack in 1996, but this disc serves as a powerful reminder of his accomplishment.