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The annual Piano Festival in the German town of Husum is a major event for all piano music lovers. Recorded live during concerts featuring the very finest pianists of today and features many world premiere recordings. Marc-André Hamelin contributes over 16 minutes of glorious music and this release should be a must for his large fan base.
Leopold Godowsky: Renaissance, Book 1 *
Renaissance, Book 1: No. 9. Sarabande in E minor (after Lully)
Nikolay Petrovich Rakov: Russian Song (arr. G. Ginzburg)
Russian Song (arr. G. Ginzburg)
Manuel Infante: Sevillana
Sevillana
Francisco Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. K. Attwood)
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. K. Attwood)
Gabriel Faure: Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (arr. K. Attwood)
Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (arr. K. Attwood)
Franz Liszt: Toccata, S197a/R60a
Toccata, S197a/R60a
Joseph Marx: 6 Piano Pieces
6 Piano Pieces: No. 3. Albumblatt: Allegretto
Jean Wiener: 3 Pieces: No. 2. Java
3 Pieces: No. 2. Java
Adolf Wiklund: Fran mitt fonster
Fran mitt fonster: No. 6. I tankar
Karol Szymanowski: 20 Mazurkas, Op. 50
No. 2. Moderato
No. 3. Moderato
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Fantasien uber Gedichte von Richard Dehmel (Fantasies after poems by Richard Dehmel), Op. 9
Fantasien uber Gedichte von Richard Dehmel (Fantasies after poems by Richard Dehmel), Op. 9: No. 3. Liebe
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E major, Op. 2
Piano Sonata No. 2 in E major, Op. 2: III. Largo: Con dolore
Ignaz Friedman: 3 Pieces, Op. 96
3 Pieces, Op. 96: No. 3. Prelude
Ignaz Friedman: 5 Morceaux, Op. 81
No. 2. Masque Galante
No. 3. Arlequinade
Nino Rota: Fellini - Amarcord (arr. R. Pontinen)
Fellini - Amarcord (arr. R. Pontinen)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cipressi, Op. 17
Cipressi, Op. 17
Charles Trenet: En avril a Paris (arr. A. Weissenberg)
En avril a Paris (arr. A. Weissenberg)
Charles Trenet: Coin de rue (arr. A. Weissenberg)
Coin de rue (arr. A. Weissenberg)
Charles Trenet: Boum! (arr. A. Weissenberg)
Boum! (arr. A. Weissenberg)
February 2010
“Another enticing collection of piano rarities from this north German festival. …Marc-André Hamelin's entrancing verve and insinuation in three Charles Trenet/Weissenberg transcriptions (try "En avril" where "birds sing in the Luxembourg Gardens and lovers kiss on a bench"). Koji Attwood makes a haunting case for his transcription of Fauré's "Les berceaux". Roland Pöntinen has a field day with his fantasy on Fellini's Amarcord, mischievously relishing every opportunity for histrionics and a near irresistible sentimentality. Finally Peter Froundjian plays Zemlinsky, Friedman and Korngold as to the manner born...”
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Renaissance, Book 1: No. 9. Sarabande in E minor (after Lully)