Rarities of Piano Music, Husum 2014, vol. 27

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Review: MusicWebInternational Ludwig van Beethoven 1. Fantasia Op.77 (1809) Franz Schubert arr. Franz Liszt 2. Das Sterbeglöcklein (1846) Pierre J. Zimmerman 3. Varitions sur une Romance favorite de Blangini Op.7 (1817) Élie Miriam Delaborde 4. Étude d’apres une petite Valse de V. Dolmetsch (1889) Wim Statius Muller 5. Nostalgie-Waltz Op.2 No.22 Ernest Walker 6. Prelude for the left hand alone Op.47 (1931) Igor Stravinsky 7. Fragment (1920) 8. Piano-Rag-Music (1919) Stefan Wolpe 9. Rag-Caprice (1927) Nicolai Medtner 10. Primavera Op.39 No. 3 (1923) Felix Guerrero 11. Suite havanaise Heitor Villa-Lobos 12. The broken little music-box (1931) Ernesto Lecuona 13. Siempre esta en mi corazon 14. Mazurka glissando RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2015 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 749 EAN: 5709499749005 Husum CD 2014 © Beethoven is not a composer whom one might expect to find in a programme of piano rarities. But his Fantasia op.77 is a little-known work which is hardly ever played. It was composed in 1809, the year after the remarkable concert in Vienna which contained four hours of music including the first performances of two symphonies and the fourth piano concerto. Beethoven’s pupil Czerny wrote of Beethoven’s superb ability as an improvisor, and the Fantasia has some features of a written-out improvisation. Its structure is almost chaotic at times, with elements such as virtuosic scales, pauses, short slow sections and sudden changes of key. The piece begins with scales in G minor, but that key is soon abandoned. The most organised passage is a set of variations on a very simple theme which begins halfway through the piece (5:00). This remains in B major except for one brief excursion into C after another cadenza with scale passages. Joseph Moog’s performance has all the variety and technical command which the piece needs. Download BOOKLET (PDF)   Related
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