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Complete Works for Piano

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Composer
Otto Nicolai
Artist
Christof Keymer
Format
CD
Discs
2
Label
CPO
Released
Nov 06, 2026
Catalog #
555780-2
UPC
761203578023

About

A glance at the catalogue of works by the composer Otto Nicolai quickly reveals that, although he composed an astonishing amount of music during his short, incredibly eventful life of barely 39 years, he paid rather scant attention to the piano-an instrument he played superbly-when it came to his own compositions. Alongside half a dozen operas and two symphonies, as well as a wealth of sacred and secular vocal music, he wrote a handful of piano works that easily fit on a double album. The result is a veritable bonbonniere. Two starkly contrasting sonatas represent the 'serious' Nicolai. The founder of the Vienna Philharmonic and director of the Vienna Court Opera is represented, amongst other things, by theatrical occasional music and a fantasia on Casta Diva. The trend conscious, playful composer of The Merry Wives of Windsor also composed a number of light pieces such as the Moon Waltz, which has nothing to fear from comparison to anyone named Strauss.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 No. 1. Duo de l'opéra Le retour du proscrit: Andante 05:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Duo de l'opéra Le retour du proscrit: Andante
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  3. 2 No. 2. Romance: Andante 04:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Romance: Andante
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  4. 3 No. 3. Etude: Andantino grazioso 04:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Etude: Andantino grazioso
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  5. 4 Rondo capriccioso 05:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    Rondo capriccioso
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  6. 5 Mondwalzer 11:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mondwalzer
    Duration
    11:24
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  7. 6 Il templario, Act I: Cavatina: Ah quel guardo (version for piano) 06:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Il templario, Act I: Cavatina: Ah quel guardo (version for piano)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  8. 7 Albumblatt in F Major 00:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    Albumblatt in F Major
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  9. 8 Gran marcia funebre … onde onorare … Bellini (version for piano) 09:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gran marcia funebre … onde onorare … Bellini (version for piano)
    Duration
    09:03
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  10. 9 Caprice on Themes from Nicolai's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Op. 137 06:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    Caprice on Themes from Nicolai's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Op. 137
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Alfred Jaëll
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur … Norma, Op. 25 (version for piano) 20:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur … Norma, Op. 25 (version for piano)
    Duration
    20:49
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  13. 2 I. Allegro mosso ed affettuoso 08:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro mosso ed affettuoso
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  14. 3 II. Scherzo 02:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  15. 4 III. Adagio con molta serietà 04:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Adagio con molta serietà
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  16. 5 IV. Allegro molto 07:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  17. 6 I. Allegro 06:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  18. 7 II. Rondo 04:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Rondo
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  19. 8 Capriccioso in D Major 00:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Capriccioso in D Major
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  20. 9 Bühnenmusik 07:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    Bühnenmusik
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Otto Nicolai
    Performer
    Christof Keymer
  21. 10 Melodia di Otto Nicolai dall'opera Le Vispe Comari di Windsor 02:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    Melodia di Otto Nicolai dall'opera Le Vispe Comari di Windsor
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Alessandro Longo
    Performer
    Christof Keymer