Various Artists - Edition Klavier-Festival 40 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On these three albums I am thrilled to present seven highly gifted young pianists who gave their début performances at the Ruhr Piano Festival 2019 -promising artists from whom we can expect and are sure to hear much more in the future. The most recent volumes of our Ruhr Piano Festival Boxed Edition mainly featured work of the 18th and 19th centuries, in accordance with each Festival edition's chosen themes; this year, however, we can feature Baroque und Early Classical repertoire on almost two entire albums. On the third we then plunge headlong into the Romantic 19th century with major challenging works by Brahms and Liszt... (Excerpt from the forward by Franz Xaver Ohnesorg, Director) Album Tracks 1. Sonate in D-Dur K 492 2. Sonate in E-Dur K 380 3. Sonate in f-Moll K 386 4. Sonate in c-Moll K 56 5. Sonate in d-Moll K 9 6. Sonate in d-Moll K 32 7. Sonate in e-Moll K 394 8. Sonate in G-Dur K 125 9. Sonate in f-Moll K 466 10. Sonate in F-Dur K 107 11. Sonate in Es-Dur Hob. XVI 52~Allegro 12. Sonate in Es-Dur Hob. XVI 52~Adagio 13. Sonate in Es-Dur Hob. XVI 52~Finale. Presto 14. Andante con variazioni in f-Moll Hob. XVII 6 15. Ungarische Melodie in h-Moll D 817 16. Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann in fis-Moll Op. 9 1. Sinfonia Nr. 9 in f-Moll BWV 795 2. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Toccata 3. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Allemande 4. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Corrente 5. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Air 6. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Sarabande 7. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Tempo di Gavotta 8. Partita Nr. 6 in f-Moll BWV 830~Gigue 9. Englische Suite Nr. 6 in d-Moll BWV 811~Prélude 10. Englische Suite Nr. 6 in d-Moll BWV 811~Allemande 11. Englische Suite Nr. 6 in d-Moll BWV 811~Courante 12. Englische Suite Nr. 6 in d-Moll BWV 811~Sarabande 13. Englische Suite Nr. 6 in d-M

Album Tracks 1. Rondo 2. Impromptu in G Flat Major 3. Invitation to a Dance 4. Little Bird 5. Humoresque 6. Bird As Prophet 7. Hunting Song 8. Dream of Love No. 3 9. Fantasie-Impromptu 10. Barcarolle 11. Butterfly 12. Poem 13. 3 Preludes 14. Melodie in F 15. Romanian Folkdances 1. Adagio Sostenuto 2. Song Without Words, Op. 102, No. 5 3. Adagietto 4. Leise Flehen Meine Lieder 5. October 6. Barcarolle 7. Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 8. Londonderry Air 9. Moment Musical 10. Andante Canabile 11. Heimweh 12. Mephisto Waltz 1. Air with Variations 'Harmonious Blacksmith' 2. Andante in F 3. Slavonic Dance No. 1 4. Waltz in a Flat 5. No. 19 Little Romance 6. No. 10 Merry Peasant 7. March of the Trolls 8. Song Without Words in F 9. Sparks 10. The Miller & The Stream 11. Menuet 12. Flight of the Bumble-Bee 13. The Swan 14. Spring Song 15. To Spring 16. La Plus Que Lente 17. Caprice Veinnois 18. Polka Italienne 19. Souvenir in D

Alpha continues to explore it's catalogue and this year again offers a wide variety of combinations. After a box assembling the gems of the Baroque era (Masters of the Baroque - Alpha 372), the piano is now given pride of place. The box set Masters of the Piano brings together 10 albums in which great contemporary interpreters (Nelson Goerner, Alexander Lonquich, François-Frédéric Guy, Eric Le Sage, Edna Stern, Anna Vinnitskaya) retrace three centuries of creation on the piano, from Bach to Shostakovich, by way of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Debussy. The piano will also be at the heart of a 7- box set devoted to Alexei Lubimov's recordings. Fortepiano, piano, prepared piano... The Russian musician has distinguished himself in every repertoire. Finally, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, the Beethoven Rediscovered box highlights 16 albums that offer a chance to rediscover his symphonies, concertos and sonatas on period instruments, the fortepiano, etc.