Martin Souter - Impressions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Keyboard music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven played on period instruments Three pianos, two from Vienna and one from London, bring to life the original sounds which these great Classical composers would have known and expected. Mozart is played on a Hofmann from 1790, Haydn on a Broadwood of 1801 and Beethoven on an 1820 Bohm. Album Tracks 1. Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 2. I. (Moderato) 3. II. Menuet 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Adagio 6. III. Menuet 7. Fantasia in C minor, K. 475 8. 12 Variations in C Major on Ah Vous Dirai-Je, Maman, K. 265 9. 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33 No. 6 in D Major 10. I. Adagio Sostenuto 11. II. Allegretto 12. III. Presto Agitato

Schoenberg's 'Variations on a Recitative' were first published in 1943 in an edition which gave very detailed performance instructions based on the 1928 Skinner Organ in Princeton University Chapel. A restoration of this organ has made it possible to reconstruct the intentions of this edition, and this recording brings the forensic practices of early music to the 1940's. in addition, there are two amazing pieces by Max Reger. The 'benedictus' provides a perfect foil to Schoenberg's monumental work and it is followed by Reger's own monumental piece, the 'Introduction, Variations & Fugue'. Album Tracks 1. Recitative 2. Variations 3. Fugue 4. Benedictus, Op. 59, No. 9 5. Introduction 6. Theme and Variations 7. Fugue

Relaxing piano music by Brahms, Debussy, Chopin, Schubert, and more recorded on a very fine period instrument by Broadwood. Album Tracks 1. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118 No. 2. Intermezzo in a Major 2. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Preludes and Fugue No. 19 in a Major, BWV 888 3. 3 Gymnopedies No. 3. Lent Et Grave 4. 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780 No. 1 in C Major Moderato 5. Preludes, Book 2 No. 5. Bruyeres 6. 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780 No. 6 in a Flat Major Allegretto 7. Prelude No. 15 in D Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15, InchRaindropInch 8. Preludes, Book 1 No. 8. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin 9. 3 Gymnopedies No. 2. Lent Et Triste 10. No. 6 in G minor, Op. 19, No. 6, InchVenezianisches GondelliedInch 11. No. 1 in E Major, Op. 19, No. 1 12. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Preludes and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 13. Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4 14. Prelude No. 6 in B minor, Op. 28, No. 6 15. 3 Gymnopedies No. 1. Lent Et Douloureux