Jens Barnieck - Piano Music 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916), born in Worms, on the Rhine, grew up to be one of the most formidable musicians of his age composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Even as a teenager, Gernsheim was attracting attention as a virtuoso-composer, earning comparisons with Mozart. The works here document the emergence of his own musical personality, from an early sonata, which has a Mozartian opening and a Beethovenian slow movement, via a dalliance with Schumann, until he reaches a mature style comparable to Brahms in it's emotional range and depth. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor~I. Allegro agitato 2. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor~II. Adagio 3. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor~III. Finale. Allegro assai 4. Romanze in F sharp major, Op. 15 Adagio - Vivace ed agitato - Adagio 5. Capriccio in E minor 6. Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 61~No. 1 Idyll Lento e sostenuto 7. Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 61~No. 2 Capriccio Allegro agitato 8. Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 61~No. 3 Legende Andante molto espressivo 9. Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 61~No. 4 Impromptu Allegretto grazioso e giocoso 10. Fantasie in G minor, Op. 27 11. Geschwind-Marsch in C major