Respighi's orchestral works are some of the most popular in the mainstream repertoire. His output of piano music, by contrast, is as good as unknown, and this Toccata Classics series will be the first ever to present it all original works and transcriptions alike, for solo piano, piano four hands and two pianos. The prentice works on this second volume of solo works reveal a Respighi with roots in the high-Romantic past of Schumann, Chopin and Brahms, but they also show the first signs of his later interest in the Italian pre-Baroque. Album Tracks 1. Compito di armonia, pieces for piano, P. 4~Sonata in A minor, P004b. I. Allegro moderato 2. Compito di armonia, pieces for piano, P. 4~Sonata in A minor, P004b. II. Andantino 3. Compito di armonia, pieces for piano, P. 4~Sonata in A minor, P004b. III. Allegro vivace 4. Fuga reale a tre voci in C major, P023a 5. Compito di armonia, pieces for piano, P. 4~Presto in F major, P004d 6. Allegro da concerto in B minor, P010 7. Suite No. 1 in G major, P022~I. Vivace 8. Suite No. 1 in G major, P022~II. Tema Andantino 9. Suite No. 1 in G major, P022~III. Sarabanda 10. Suite No. 1 in G major, P022~IV. Allegro con brio 11. Suite No. 1 in G major, P022~VI. Presto 12. Compito di armonia, pieces for piano, P. 4~Scherzo in B flat major, P004c 13. Preludio con fuoco in B flat minor, P023 14. Sei pezzi per pianoforte, P044~No. 1. Valse caressante Tempo lento di valzer 15. Sei pezzi per pianoforte, P044~No. 2. Canone 16. Sei pezzi per pianoforte, P044~No. 3. Notturno Lento 17. Sei pezzi per pianoforte, P044~No. 4. Minuetto 18. Sei pezzi per pianoforte, P044~No. 5. Studio Presto 19. Sei pezzi per pianoforte, P044~No. 6. Intermezzo-Serenata Andante calmo