Xiaogang - Macau Bride Suite Op34 Four Poems of Lingnan - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Schubert' works conceived for domestic music making cover a wide emotional range. The Fantasy in F minor is a late work of great stature, demanding of it's players a more than usual sensitivity and pianistic capability. Album Tracks 1. Introduction Moderato 2. Theme Moderato 3. Variation I 4. Variation II 5. Variation III Brillante 6. Variation IV Piu Lento 7. Finale Vivace 8. Rondo in a Major, D.951 9. Duo in a Minor, Allegro 'Lebenssturme', D.947 10. Theme 11. Variation I 12. Variation II 13. Variation III 14. Variation IV Un Poco Piu Lento 15. Fantasie in F minor, D.940

Though Mozart was typically grudging, Beethoven had a high regard for Muzio Clementi's compositions. A leading soloist, Clementi was pivotal to the piano's development as a virtuoso instrument, but he was also a and innovator. His sonatas combine clarity of form with moments of bravura brilliance, laced with scintillating hand-crossings and his trademark chains of thirds, on which Mozart commented. Infectiously exciting in prestissimo sections, his sonatas offer a compendium of how to exploit new advances in the development of the piano. The works are interpreted here by award-winning pianist Sun-A Park. Album Tracks 1. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 12, No. 1 2. Keyboard Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 2, No. 6 3. Keyboard Sonata in E Flat Major 4. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2 5. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 2 No. 2 6. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 9 No. 2

Puccini once said, 'there is more music in Perosi's head than in mine and Mascagni's put together'. Priest-composer Lorenzo Perosi achieved international celebrity by the late 1890s for his sacred music, and he also composed a fine selection of chamber works that are little known today. Perosi's Piano Quintets have a fresh and spontaneous feel, even though they were written while he grieved the loss of his brother. Combining bold rhythms and solemn spiritual depth, these works along with the Second String Trio are all respectful of tradition while representing an exploration of new paths unique in Italian music of the time. Album Tracks 1. Piano Quintet No. 1 in F Major (1930) 2. Piano Quintet No. 2 in D minor (1931) 3. String Trio No. 2 in a Minor (1928)