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…everything here is a delight. Mompou's miniatures grow under Andsnes's skilful hands, Scriabin exudes his perfume, and Smetana evokes the full-dress glory of Central European domestic pianism.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Oct 2006
Catalogue No: 3416822
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 67 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

November 2006

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Sibelius: 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 2, Étude

Work length1:14

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Scriabin: 2 Impromptus, Op. 14: No. 1 in B Major

Work length2:26

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk.

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book VI, Op. 67: No. 2, Allegro leggiero, MWV U145

Work length2:01

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Strauss, R: 6 Lieder, Op. 17: No. 2, Ständchen (Arr. Gieseking)

Work length2:33

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Mompou: Paisajes: No. 2, El lago

Work length4:01

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Busoni: 10 Chorale Preludes: No. 5, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (After Bach's Orgelbüchlein, BWV 639)

Work length3:12

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29

Work length3:28

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)

Work length4:07

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Shostakovich: Suite from the Age of Gold, Op. 22: II. Polka

Work length2:10

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-05
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Albéniz: Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165)

Work length2:30

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Mompou: Cançons i Danses: No. 1

Work length2:43

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Liszt: 6 Polish Songs, S. 480: No. 5, Meine Freuden (After No. 12 from Chopin's "Polish Songs, Op. 74")

Work length3:19

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213

Work length5:18

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Antheil: 2 Toccatas for the Piano: No. 1, Allegro

Work length2:21

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Trenet: Coin de rue (Arr. Weissenberg)

Work length3:09

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Halvorsen: Mosaique, Suite for Violin and Piano: IV. Veslemøy's Song (Arr. Andsnes)

Work length2:50

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Grieg: 4 Humoresques, Op. 6: No. 3, I Love but Thee!

Work length2:12

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Smetana: On the Seashore, Op. 17

Work length4:56

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Scott, C: Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 (W183)

Work length3:40

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Ibert: Histoires: II. Le petit âne blanc. Avec une tranquille bonne humeur

Work length2:03

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Debussy: Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune

Work length4:43

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2006-06-18
Recording Venue: 16th-18th June 2006, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Grieg: Moods, Op. 73: No. 4, Folk Song

Work length2:31

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Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-30
Recording Venue: 1 - 5 September 2005, Potton Hall, Suffolk

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“I was lucky to grow up in a country where we can enjoy silence. To get to the mountains, to hear a brook running, a bird singing, that’s really music for me” Leif Ove Andsnes

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October 2006

…everything here is a delight. Mompou's miniatures grow under Andsnes's skilful hands, Scriabin exudes his perfume, and Smetana evokes the full-dress glory of Central European domestic pianism. Pieces by Grieg and Johan Halvorsen bring this patriotic Norwegian lad back home.

2010

Andsnes here reveals a hitherto hidden side to his art – the salon charmer. Some of the pieces are favourites from his childhood, though it is not every nine-year-old who has tackled Sibelius's uncharacteristically jolly 'Staccato' Etude or mastered Chopin's First Impromptu with such fluency and grace. Appealing, too, is the drama and sweep he brings to Liszt's Liebestraum No 3 (though it will not suit everyone's taste) and his avoidance of cliché, while the Norwegian's own transcription of Halvorsen's Chant de Veslemöy (originally for violin), Ibert's Le petit âne blanc and Debussy's Clair de lune are played with a beguil- ing innocence, ravishing tonal finesse and – most important – palpable affection.
Bravura highlights include Gieseking's effulgent transcription of Richard Strauss's Ständchen and Smetana's Am Seegestade ('By the sea'), reminiscent of Raff's La fileuse and a rare example of a concert étude that opens in one key (B major) and closes a tone lower! Enterprisingly, Andsnes has tracked down a score of Charles Trénet's song Coin de rue transcribed by the coyly named 'Mr Nobody' whom I have no qualms about outing as none other than Alexis Weissenberg.
The whole recital is superbly recorded. As Andsnes himself says, 'It's great to see people walk away from a concert with a smile on their face'. This disc has the same effect.

November 2006

Andsnes here reveals a hitherto hidden side to his art - the salon charmer. …Ibert's Le petit âne blanc and Debussy's Clair de lune are played with a beguiling innocence, ravishing tonal finesse and - most important - palpable affection. Bravura highlights include Gieseking's effulgent transcription of Richard Strauss's Ständchen and Smetana's Am Seegestade ("By the sea")... The whole recital is superbly recorded. As Andsnes himself says, "It's great to see people walk away from a concert with a smile on their face". This disc has the same effect.

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