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Carl Loewe (1796-1869) Is Remembered Today Chiefly As a Composer of Ballads. Yet There Is a Considerable Body of Piano Music That Is Strikingly Innovative in Content, Expression and Harmony. A Major Figure in Ushering in the Romantic Era His Works Contain the Germs of Ideas Later Taken Up By Composers Such As Wagner and Liszt. This Is the First of a Series of Recordings Done in Conjunction with Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Linda Nicholson Is One of the Foremost Keyboard Players Specializing in the Performance of Baroque, Classical and Early Romantic Music on Instruments of the Period. Album Tracks 1. Woodland Scene Allegro Vivace 2. Indian Fairy Tale Andantino Innocentemente - Adagio 3. Dance Presto Ma Non Troppo. Corps de Ballet - Men's Dance with Fire-Brands - the Women Dance Around the Wood Clearing - Children's Antics 4. Evening Devotions They Await the Moon's Rising, Which They Worship As a Reflection of the Indian Temple of the Sun Adagio Molto 5. Daybreak Allegro Vivace 6. Allegro Feroce 7. Introduzionale - Allegro Cantabile, Con Molto Sentimento 8. Romance 9. Presto 10. Finale Allegro Assai - Dolce Parlando 11. Allegretto
