Godowsky: Piano Music Vol 12 / Konstantin Scherbakov

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Label
Marco Polo
Release Date
September 9, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GODOWSKY, LEOPOLD
    • PERFORMER
      Konstantin Scherbakov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 09, 2014
    • UPC
      636943536421
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8225364
    • LABEL
      Marco Polo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Strauss - 6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: No. 2. Standchen

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    2. No. 1. Allegretto amabile

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    3. No. 2. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    4. No. 3. Allegretto amabile

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    5. 3 concert studies, Op. 11: No. 1 in C Major: Grottesco

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    6. Schumann - 25 Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 24. Du bist wie eine Blume (A flower to me thou seemest)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    7. Brahms - 5 Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84: No. 4. Vergebliches Standchen

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    8. Schubert - Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 12. Am Meer

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    9. Kreisler - Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    10. Böhm - Still wie die Nacht (Calm as the Night), Op. 326, No. 27

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    11. Schumann - 25 Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 14. Hochlandisches Wiegenlied (Highland Cradle Song)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    12. VII. Menuet

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    13. VIII. Gigue

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    14. Schubert - Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 18. Trockne Blumen

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    15. No. 4. Moderato, con tenerezza e grazioso

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    16. No. 5. Moderato

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    17. No. 6. Con fuoco

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    18. Weber - Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    19. Weber - Perpetuum Mobile

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov


The 12th volume of Konstantin Scherbakov’s ongoing Leopold Godowsky cycle primarily features shorter original works and transcriptions of German art songs. Compared to his elaborate Chopin Etudes paraphrases, Godowsky’s reworkings of songs by Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, and Böhm are relatively restrained and technically manageable, although the Strauss/Godowsky Ständchen’s intricate filigree requires, shall we say, a little practice to master it well.

As always, Scherbakov is in complete command, technically and musically. His sense of textural foreground and background particularly shines in the Six Waltz-Poems for left hand alone, while his firm articulation and rhythmic drive in the Op. 11 No. 1 Concert Study prove more interesting than the actual music. These qualities also describe Scherbakov’s bravura performance of the Weber Perpetuum Mobile, where Godowsky piles more technical hurdles on top of that composer’s already challenging First Sonata Rondo finale. In Godowsky’s hands, Weber’s Invitation to the Dance gets swallowed up into a huge contrapuntal paraphrase, packed with chromatic reharmonizations and garish inner voices. Somehow Scherbakov’s straightforward elegance and stylish poise prevent the music from sounding overloaded. Marco Polo’s engineering has measurably improved over the course of this cycle, and piano mavens will appreciate Keith Anderson’s informative booklet notes.

-- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com