Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 1 / Hobson

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
May 7, 2021
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      MOSZOWSKI, MORITZ
    • PERFORMER
      Ian Hobson
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 07, 2021
    • UPC
      5060113445728
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0572
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Conservatoristen-Polka in G Major, Op. 1/2

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    2. Scherzo, Op. 1

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    3. Albumblatt, Op. 2

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    4. Caprice, Op. 4

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    5. Hommage à Schumann, Op. 5

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    6. Fantaisie impromptu, Op. 6

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    7. No. 1. Allegramente

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    8. No. 2. Con moto

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    9. No. 3. Tranquillo e semplice

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    10. No. 1. Melodie

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    11. No. 2. Thema

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    12. No. 3. Mazurka in G Major

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    13. No. 4. Impromptu über sachs

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson

    14. Humoreske, Op. 14

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Ian Hobson


Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, but it is generally remembered today only for a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, which Horowitz enjoyed playing. The early works on this first instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the craftsmanship already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’.