Released: 9 May 2011 Number of Discs: 6 Format: Box set Label: EMI Quality: Flac, Image+Cue+Scnas, Avg. 505 Kbps
Tracklist:
CD1 - Frederic Chopin - Piano Sonata No.3, Mazurkas, Nocturne, Scherzo, Polonaise heroique; Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No.3
1. I. Allegro maestoso
2. II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
3. III. Largo
4. IV. Finale: Presto, non tanto
5. Mazurka in A minor op.59 No.1
6. Mazurka in A flat op.59 No.2
7. Mazurka in F sharp minor, op.59 No.3
8. Nocturne in F op.15 No.1
9. Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39
10. Polonaise heroïque in A flat op.53
Recorded: 23,24,27.VI.1965, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen Op.15
11. I. Von fremden Ländchen und Menschen
12. II. Kuriose Geschiste
13. III. Hasche-Mann
14. IV. Bittendes Kind
15. V. Glückes genug
16. VI. Wichtige Begebenheit
17. VII. Träumerei
18. VIII. Am Kamin
19. IX. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
20. X. Fast zu ernst
21. XI. Fürchtenmachen
22. XII. Kind und Einschlummern
23. XIII. Der Dichter spricht
Recorded in concert : 24.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
CD2 - Schumann - Andante and Variations; Mozart - Andante and Variations, Piano Sonata; Bussoni - Fantasie fur eine Orgelwalze; Liszt - Reminiscences de Don Juan, Concerto pathetique
Robert Schumann
1. Andante and Variations op.46 for two pianos
Gabriela Montero, piano
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Andante and Variations in G K.501 for piano four hands
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Piano Sonata in C K.545
with a freely added arrangement for a second piano by Edvard Grieg
3. I. Allegro
4. II. Andante
5. III. Rondo: Allegretto
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Recorded in concert : 16.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Ferruccio Bussoni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 18.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Franz Liszt
Reminiscences de Don Juan for two pianos S656
7. I. Grave
8. I.I Duetto: Andantino
9. III. Allegretto
10. IV. Presto
Mauricio Vallina, piano
Recorded in concert : 29.VI.2009, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
11. Concerto pathetique in E minor S258
Nelson Freire, piano
Recorded in concert as part of Music from Saratoga: VII.&VIII.1998, Little Theatre
CD3 - Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johannes Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21
1. Overture
2. Scherzo
Cristina Marton, piano
Recorded in concert : 27.VI.2009, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in F minor Op.34b for two pianos
(Transcription of Piano Quintet Op.34)
3. I. Allegro non troppo
4. II. Anadante, un poco adagio
5. III. Scherzo: Allegro
6. IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo - Presto non troppo
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 24.VI.2002, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn Op.56b for two pianos
7. Chorale
8. Variation I: Andante con moto
9. Variation II: Vivace
10. Variation III: Con moto
11. Variation IV: Andante
12. Variation V: Poco Presto
13. Variation VI: Vivace
14. Variation VII: Grazioso
15. Variation VIII: Poco Presto
16. Finale: Andante
Polina Leschenko, piano
Recorded in concert : 23.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
CD4 - Sergei Rachmaninov - Suite No.1 op.5, Suite No.2 op.17, Six morceaux op.11
Sergei Rachmaninov
Suite No.1 op.5 for two pianos
1. I. Barcarole
2. II. La Nuit... l'Amour
3. III. Les Larmes
4. IV. Pâques
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 11.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Suite No.2 op.17 for two pianos
5. I. Introduction
6. II. Valse
7. III. Romance
8. IV. Tarantelle
Gabriela Montero, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Six morceaux op.11
9. I. Barcarolle
10. II. Scherzo
11. III. Theme russe
12. IV. Valse
13. V. Romance
14. VI. Slava
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
CD5 - Prokofiev - Symphony No.1; Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite; Shostakovich - Concertino; Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye; Lutosławski - Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No.1 in D Op.25 'Classical'
Trancr. Rikuya Terashina
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Larghetto
3. III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro
4. IV. Finale: Molto vivace
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2004, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a
Transcr. Nicolas Economou
5. I. Overture miniature, II. Danse caractéristique
6. a. Marche: Tempode marcia viva
7. b. Danse de la fée Dragée: andante non troppo
8. c. Danse russe: Trépak: Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace
9. d. Danse arabe: Allegretto
10. e. Danse chinoise: Allegro moderato
11. f. Danse des mirlitons: Moderato assai
12. III. Valse des fleurs
Mirabela Dina, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Dmitri Shostakovich
13. Concertino in A op.94
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 25.VI.2006, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite
14. I. Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant: Lent
15. II. Petit Poucet
16. III. Laideronette, imperatrice des pagodes: Mouvement de marche
17. IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et la Bête: Mouvement de valse modéré
18. V. Jardin féerique: Lent et grave
Alexandre Mogilevsky, piano
Recorded in concert : 15.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Witold Lutosławski
19. Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Giorgia Tomassi, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
20. Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Mauricio Vallina, piano
Recorded in concert : 15.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
CD6 - Olivier Messiaen - Visions de l'Amen; Carlos Gustavino -Tres Romances argentinos; Astor Piazzolla - Three Tangos
Olivier Messiaen
Visions de l'Amen
1. I. Amen de la Création
2. II. Amen des etoiles, de la planete a l'anneau
3. III. Amen de l'Agonie de Jesus
4. IV. Amen du Desir
5. V. Amen des Anges, des Saints, du chant des oiseaux
6. VI. Amen du Jugement
7. VII. Amen de la Consommation
Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano
Recorded : 2-3.XII.1989, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Carlos Gustavino
Tres Romances argentinos
8. I. Las niñas de Santa Fe
9. II. Muchacho Jujeño
10. III. Baile en Cuyo
Mauricio Vallina, piano
Recorded in concert : 14.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Astor Piazzolla
Three Tangos
Transc. Eduardo Hubert
11. 1. Tres minutos con la realidad
12. 2. Oblivion
13. 3. Libertango
Eduardo Hubert, piano
Recorded in concert : 24.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
