Nicolai Medtner: Fairy Tales, Op. 20 Nos. 1 & 2 (a); Sonata-Ballade, Op. 27 (b). Mikolajus Ciurlionis: 3 Preludes, Op. 20 (c). William Baines: Tides (d). Karol Szymanowski: Mazurka, Op. 62/2 (e). Maurice Ravel: Prelude in A minor (e). Max Reger: Marsch der Stiftsdamen (e). Sergei Prokofiev : 10 Pieces, Op. 12 Nos. 1,2,5 (f). Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Polichinello (g). Alexander Scriabin: Etude, Op. 2/1 (g). Saint-Saëns arr. Meinders: Mon Coeur s'ouvre ŕ ta voix (Samson & Dalila)(h). Fats Waller arr. Meinders: Ain't misbehavin' (h). Frédéric Meinders: Choro (h). Ignaz Friedman: 5 Waltzes, for piano 4 hands (i).
Steven Osborne (a), Konstantin Lifschitz (b), Jean Dubé (c), Nicholas Walker (d), Kolja Lessing (e), Enrico Pace (f), Marc-André Hamelin (g), Frédéric Meinders (h), Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen (i), (pfs.).
This is the fourteenth annual release in this remarkable series, which continues to unearth delightful byways of the piano repertoire. As always, the music is played by a distinguished team of keyboard lions, amongst whom Marc-André Hamelin and, more recently, Frédéric Meinders are firm favourites - just listen to the latter's arrangements of Saint-Saëns' luscious aria, followed by Fats Waller's "Ain't misbehavin'"! |
