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Rarities of Piano Music 2016

1
Chaminade
Les Sylvains, Op. 60(Johann Blanchard)
3:44
2
Fauré
Barcarolle No. 8 in D♭, Op. 96(Severin von Eckardstein)
3:31
Robert Casadesus
from 24 Préludes, Op. 5(Severin von Eckardstein)
2:13
3
II.Triste et doux: Lent2:13
Anatoly Alexandrov
from Visions, Op. 21(Severin von Eckardstein)
3:36
4
II.Idyll3:36
5
Julius Reubke
Scherzo in D minor, Op. 3(Severin von Eckardstein)
5:14
6
Wagner
Die Walküre: Feuerzauber (arr. Louis Brassin)(Severin von Eckardstein)
4:31
Liszt
from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173a(Zlata Chochieva)
6:52
7
I.Hymne de la nuit6:52
Medtner
from Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38(Zlata Chochieva)
4:12
8
VI.Canzona serenata4:12
9
Rachmaninoff
Sing Not to Me, Beautiful Maiden, Op. 4 No. 4 (arr. Earl Wild)(Martin Jones)
4:07
10
Rachmaninoff
These Summer Nights, Op. 14 No. 5 (arr. Earl Wild)(Martin Jones)
2:54
11
Stanisław Moniuszko
Printemps (arr. Ignaz Friedman)(Hubert Rutkowski)
2:32
Paderewski
from Miscellanea, Op. 16(Hubert Rutkowski)
3:36
12
IV.Nocturne3:36
Theodor Kirchner
from Nachtbilder, Op. 25(Florian Noack)
5:20
13
II.Leise und ruhig2:40
14
VI.Sehr erregt2:40
Reger
from Träume am Kamin, Op. 143(Joseph Moog)
2:40
15
XII.Studie: Larghetto2:40
16
Scarlatti
Sonata in D minor, K 9 ‘Pastorale’ (arr. Carl Tausig)(Joseph Moog)
2:12
17
Mozart
Die Zauberflöte: Overture, KV 620 (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)(Grau/Schumacher Piano Duo)
6:16
18
Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D minor, WoO 1(Cyprien Katsaris & Hélène Mercier)
3:14
Britten
from Holiday Diary, Op. 5(Artem Yasynskyy)
7:16
19
II.Sailing4:35
20
III.Fun-Fair2:41
Coke
from 24 Preludes, Op. 33/34(Simon Callaghan)
1:33
21
VII.Grazioso1:33
Stephen Hough
from Rodgers & Hammerstein Transcriptions(Simon Callaghan)
2:48
22
II.My Favourite Things2:48
Recording date19-27 August 2016
Recording locationSchloss vor Husum, Husum, Germany
Release date6 October 2017
LabelDanacord
Catalogue numberDACOCD 789
Duration78:21
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The Rarities of Piano Music festival at Schloss vor Husum had been running for thirty years when this recording was made, and its principle has never changed: a week of neglected repertoire in a small north German town, played by pianists who want to programme what nobody else will. This volume gathers a large selection of the works performed. Earlier years are available from the Danacord website.

Five stars, International Piano, November 2017

Five stars, The Straits Times (Singapore), September 2017