The Golden Age of Pianist-Composers

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April 22, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 22, 2022
    • UPC
      747313989928
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GP899X
    • LABEL
      Grand Piano
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      6
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Wiegenlied, Op. 45

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    2. Petite Romance

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    3. 10 Pieces, Op. 13: No. 2. Etude, "La Gondola"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    4. 2 Nocturnes, Op. 6: No. 1. Schmerz im Glück

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    5. No. 6 in F-Sharp Major, "Si oiseau j'étais, à toi je volerais!"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    6. No. 3 in B Minor, "Exauce mes voeux!"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    7. No. 4 in B-Flat Major, "Repos d'amour"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    8. Valse Melancolique, Op. 36

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    9. No. 1 in F Major

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    10. No. 2 in C Major

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    11. Waltz (arr. A. von Henselt for piano)

      Composer: Johann Strauss I

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    12. 6 Romances Russes: No. 6 in D Minor (after Dargomizhsky)

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    13. No. 3 in A Minor, "Hexentanz"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    14. No. 9 in A Major

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    15. 12 Etudes Caractéristiques, Op. 2: No. 2 in D-Flat Major, "Pensez un peu a moi, qui pense toujours a vous!"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    16. 12 Etudes de Salon, Op. 5: No. 6 in A-Flat Major, "Danklied nach Sturm"

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    17. Erinnerung und Freundschaft, Op. 4: No. 1. Rhapsodie

      Composer: Adolf von Henselt

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    18. Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), Op. 65, J. 260 (arr. A. von Henselt for piano)

      Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

      Performer: Sergio Gallo

    19. No. 1. Tempo di Valse lente

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    20. No. 2. Vivo e sciolto

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    21. No. 3. Allegretto

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    22. No. 4. Langsamer Walzer

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    23. No. 5. Moderato

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    24. No. 6. Epilogue: Moderato

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    25. No. 1. Prolog: Andante, molto tranquillo

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    26. No. 2. Geständnis: Andantino, molto espressivo

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    27. No. 3. Mazurka: Vivo, con grazia

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    28. No. 4. Im Volkston: Moderato, poco marciale

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    29. No. 1. Non troppo mosso

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    30. No. 2. Passionato ed agitato

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    31. No. 3. Andantino

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    32. No. 4. Andante mesto

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    33. No. 5. Quasi allegro, con eleganza

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    34. No. 1. Poco mosso

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    35. No. 2. Vivace e volante

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    36. No. 3. Moderato, sempre largamente

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    37. No. 4. Andante

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    38. No. 5. Comodo, Tempo di Ländler

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    39. No. 6. Andante, pensieroso

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    40. No. 7. Grazioso e meno mosso

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    41. No. 8. Appassionato

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    42. No. 9. Andante, con tristezza

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    43. No. 1. Pensieroso

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    44. No. 2. Vivo e molto leggiero

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    45. No. 3. Con abandono

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    46. No. 4. Molto appassionato ed animato

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Joseph Banowetz

    47. No. 1. Vision

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    48. No. 2. Jadis

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    49. No. 3. Nenien

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    50. No. 4. Kaleidoskop

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    51. Etude for the Left Hand Alone in C Major, Op. 32

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    52. 2 Mazurkas, Op. 16: No. 1 in A Minor

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    53. I. Moderato

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    54. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    55. III. Andante (Recitativo. Tempo di marcia)

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    56. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    57. Mazurka in B Minor

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    58. Mazurka in D Minor

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    59. Theme with Variations and Fugue, Op. 14

      Composer: Józef Hofmann

      Performer: Artem Yasynskyy

    60. No. 1. Berceuse: Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Yue He

    61. No. 2. Mi-a-ou: Allegro vivo

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Yue He

    62. No. 3. Le jardin de Dolly: Andantino

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Yue He

    63. No. 4. Kitty-valse: Tempo di valse

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Yue He

    64. No. 5. Tendresse: Andante

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Yue He

    65. No. 6. Le pas espagnol: Allegro

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Yue He

    66. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (arr. A. Cortot for piano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Yue He

    67. 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied (arr. A. Cortot for piano)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Yue He

    68. Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (arr. A. Cortot for piano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Yue He

    69. Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo (arr. A. Cortot for piano)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Yue He

    70. Heidenroslein, Op. 3, No. 3, D. 257 (arr. A. Cortot for piano)

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Yue He

    71. I. Allegretto ben moderato

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Yue He

    72. II. Allegro

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Yue He

    73. III. Recitativo - Fantasia: Ben moderato - molto lento

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Yue He

    74. IV. Allegretto poco mosso

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Yue He

    75. Konsertetyd (Concert Étude) in C Major

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    76. No. 1. Les adieux

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    77. No. 2. Arlequin

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    78. Valssi länsisuomalaiseen tapaan (Waltz in a Western Finnish Style)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    79. Kevätauerta (Spring Haze)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    80. No. 1. Im Walzertakt

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    81. No. 2. Auf dem Wasser

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    82. No. 3. Im Polkatakt

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    83. No. 1. Preludietto

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    84. No. 2. Prelude-Nocturne

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    85. No. 3. Prelude-Caprice

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    86. No. 1. Andante

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    87. No. 2. I folkton (In Folk Style)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    88. No. 3. Allegretto con grazia

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    89. No. 4. Tempo di valse (poco moderato)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    90. No. 5. Presto

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    91. No. 6. Sarabande: Andante cantabile

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    92. No. 7. Un poco mosso

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    93. No. 8. Allegro feroce. Furioso

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    94. No. 9. Vaggvisa (Cradle Song): Tranquillo

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    95. No. 10. I folkton (In Folk Style): Andante semplice

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    96. No. 11. Drömbild (Dream Picture): Vibrato (non troppo presto)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    97. No. 12. Havet (The Sea): Allegro feroce

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    98. No. 13. Veloce

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    99. No. 14. Pesante

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    100. No. 15. Ringdans (Round Dance): Con grazia (Allegro)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    101. No. 16. Andante con moto

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    102. No. 17. Allegro agitato

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    103. No. 18. Duo: Rubato

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    104. No. 19. Fågelsång (Bird Song): Allegro giocoso

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    105. No. 20. In memoriam: Lugubre

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    106. No. 21. Un poco mosso

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    107. No. 22. I folkton (In Folk Style)

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    108. No. 23. Venezia: Malinconico

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    109. No. 24. Kriget (The War): Allegro marziale

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Jouni Somero

    110. I. Allegretto, ma non troppo

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart

    111. II. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart

    112. I. Allegro

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart

    113. II. Intermezzo: Allegro -

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart

    114. III. Largo -

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart

    115. IV. Finale: Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart

    116. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38: No. 1. Sonata reminiscenza

      Composer: Nikolai Medtner

      Performer: Paul Stewart


This collection spotlights six legendary pianist-composers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Adolf von Henselt’s ferocious technical studies and Romantic salon pieces led Schumann to dub him ‘the Chopin of the North’. Polish virtuoso Ignaz Friedman’s works offer delightful melodic beauty and harmonic inventiveness set alongside works by his countryman, Józef Hofmann, renowned as a poet of the keyboard. The French master musician Alfred Cortot is represented here with a selection of stylish piano arrangements of works by great composers. As one of Finland’s most respected musicians during the early 20th century, Selim Palmgren displays a wide variety of technical and stylistic challenges with music that is both traditional and visionary; while music by the exiled Russian composer Nikolay Medtner is highly Romantic and spiritually charged. These six towering superstars represent the summit of the piano’s Romantic golden age, heard here in critically acclaimed performances by award-winning pianists.

REVIEWS:

Sergio Gallo's playing of the pleasantly melodic, cantabile salon pieces by the 19th century German-born piano virtuoso, composer, and pedagogue Adolph Henselt (1814-1889) is lively and attractive. He planned this program intelligently to present the listener with variety and contrast as well as the flavor of this composer’s lovely music.

-- American Record Guide

The legendary Swiss pianist Alfred Cortot's (1877-1962) arrangement for solo piano of César Franck’s Violin Sonata, the centerpiece of this program, is a finger-buster, but He Yue doesn’t make a big deal out of it. His reading is very effective, and even exciting. Given the unusual nature of this program, whose contents are much more than adequately presented by the pianist, I’d rate this CD as of more than average interest.

-- Fanfare

Paul Stewart, a long-time champion of Medtner’s music, plays a restored period Steinway actually performed on by the composer himself in 1929 in Montreal. Its tone is well worth hearing, especially in the fine audio on offer here, and Stewart’s even more so: he gives an authoritative, expressive and thoroughly listener-friendly reading of the Medtner works presented here.

-- MusicWeb International

The second CD is dedicated to Ignaz Friedman. Joseph Banowetz plays the original, often somewhat melancholy miniatures with great charm. He succeeds in fine changes of mood and a pleasant depth of feeling.

The third CD contains original compositions by the Pole Jozef Kasimierz Hofmann (1876-1957), whom Rachmaninoff considered the best pianist next to him. His compositions are more characteristic than Henselt’s and technically challenging. Artem Yasynskyy plays them with great commitment and technically at a high level.

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) was a Finnish concert pianist and conductor of international standing. He was a student of Busoni and composed extensively. Jouni Somero has put together a beautiful program of small pieces that show Palmgren’s art in all its range very well. Somero plays sensitively and with beautiful clarity.

-- Pizzicato