Emil von Sauer: Sonatas & Serenatas

Emil von Sauer 1. Courante und Trio D major 2. Gavotte et Musette F flat minor 3. Le Luth (2ème sérénade) E flat minor 4. Sérénade française G major 5. Barcarolle F major 6. Scherzo pastoral D major 7. Serenata veneziana A major 8. Sempre scherzando C major Sonata no. 2 E flat major 9. Allegro moderato 10. Nocturno. Lento 11. Scherzo. Molto vivace 12. Rondo. Allegro Emil von Sauer © Emil von Sauer’s piano works mark the twilight of an era in which the composerpianist was still in fashion. Sauer. Godowsky, Hofmann, Rachmaninov, Levitzki, Gabrilowitsch, Rosenthal, Busoni and Paderewski were just a few of the reigning titans who frequently played their own compositions on the concert stage. The music of most of these composers has unfortunately fallen out of vogue today (due in no small part to contemporaneous critics who proclaimed transcriptions and salon pieces as “second rate” and even dismissed Rachmaninov’s works). However, turn of the century audiences enthusiastically applauded, demanded even, these works, if not during the actual programmed recital then afterwards as encores. RELEASE DATE: MAY 2000 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 534 EAN: 5709499534007 Download BOOKLET (PDF) Related