Rarities of Piano Music at the Schloss vor Husum 2000, Vol. 12

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (arr: Michail Pletnev) Carl Maria von Weber 2. “Perpetuum mobile” from Sonata No 1, Op. 24 – Rondo. Presto Johannes Brahms 3. “Herzlich tut mich verlangen” (from 11 Choral Preludes for organ, Op. 122) (arr.: Eusebius Mandyezewski) Leos Janácek On an Overgrown Path 4. A Blown-Away Leaf 5. Come with us! 6. Words fail! 7. In Tears Marc-André Hamelin 8. Music Box 9. “Se tu m’ami” (Tribute to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (from: “Con intimissimo sentimento”, 2000) Astor Piazzolla 10. Milonga del Angelo Benjamin Godard 11. Mazurka No. 4, Op. 103 Nikolai Medtner 12. Sonata-Elegie, Op. 11 No. 2 Antoine Mariotte Sonata in F-sharp minor 13. Fantaisie 14. Nocturne 15. Divertissement Francis Poulenc 16. Les Chernins de l’Amour Friedrich Hollaender 17. An allern sind die Juden schuld Stephen Sondheim 18. Loosing My Mind In the English comedy playlet, “Dinner for One”, shown every New Year’s Eve on German TV though almost unknown in Britain, the following dialogue repeatedly takes place between an increasingly drunk butler and his mistress, as he prepares to drink her health on behalf of four absent guests: James (Freddie Frinton): “Same procedure as last year? ” Miss Sophie (May Warden): “Same procedure as every year.” The fourteenth festival in Husum of “Rarities of Piano Music” could indeed be said to have followed the “same procedure as every year”, in that there were eight concerts of piano music in a week towards the end of August, and that a loyal audience from as far as Japan and the USA converged on this small North Sea port to hear them. But what keeps them coming is by no means the same: it is the unfamiliar repertoire which very few other festivals present, played by outstanding musicians in the intimate surroundings of Schloss vor Husum. There were also two differences for the special year 2000: for the first time since the inaugural year of 1987, one recital consisted of music for piano duet; and a late-night programme of cabaret songs was added to the usual mixture. In general it was considered to be one of the strongest programs in recent years. The presence of the Schleswig-Holstein Minister-President Heide Simonis at one recital reflected the great respect which this modest festival has earned. It is hoped that this may lead to some more support from the State in ensuring that the “Rarities” week can continue in parallel with the richly-fundcd and better known Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. As usual this CD can only give a suggestion of the rich variety of music which was heard, but we think it offers some unique recordings in outstanding performances. RELEASE DATE: August 2001 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 559 EAN: 5709499559000 Download BOOKLET (PDF) Related