Klavierstücke

Track Listings

1. The Jeans of R. Mattoon

2. T. Williams

3. Ballad for a Rainy Sunday Afternoon

4. Tunguska

5. Sophia's Dream

6. Injun Joe!

7. Dance of the B. Pastries

8. Dodecahedron

9. An Anton Webern Moment

10. The Metamorphic Waltz

11. The 11th Evening

12. Indifference

13. Hypocrisy

14. Leave

15. Crusade

16. Melodious Monk

17. Hüggenkiss

18. ...as if it were made of glass.

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Chris Opperman's sophomore effort, Klavierstücke (known to his fans as "the pretty piano record"), focuses on Opperman's idiosyncratic style of piano playing as he performs several of his piano compositions (and improvises a couple more). This CD features some of Opperman's prettiest music, including T. Williams, Melodious Monk, and ...as if it were made of glass..

Tracks:

Pno Son in C, K.545: I. Allegro - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in C, K.545: II. Andante - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in C, K.545: III. Rondo: Allegretto - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in A, K.331/300j: I. Andante Grazioso - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in A, K.331/300j: II. Menuetto & Trio - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in A, K.331/300j: III. Alla Turca: Allegretto - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in F, K.332/300k: I. Allegro - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in F, K.332/300k: II. Adagio - Marta Deyanova
Pno Son in F, K.332/300k: III. Allegro Assai - Marta Deyanova
Fant in c, K.475: Adagio - Allegro - Andantino - Marta Deyanova

Tracks:

Son No.8 in C, Op.13 'Pathetique': Grave - Allegro Di Molto Con Brio - Bernard Roberts
Son No.8 in C, Op.13 'Pathetique': Adagio Cantabile - Bernard Roberts
Son No.8 in C, Op.13 'Pathetique': Rondo - Allegro - Bernard Roberts
Son No.14 in c#, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': Adagio Sostenuto - Bernard Roberts
Son No.14 in c#, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': Allegretto - Bernard Roberts
Son No.14 in c#, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': Presto Agitato - Bernard Roberts
Son No.21 in C, Op.53 'Waldstein': Allegro Con Brio - Bernard Roberts
Son No.21 in C, Op.53 'Waldstein': Intro: Adagio Molto - Rondo: Allegretto Moderato - Bernard Roberts
Son No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux': Das Lebewohl: Adagio - Bernard Roberts
Son No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux': Abwesenheit: Andante Espressivo - Bernard Roberts
Son No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux': Das Widersehen: Vivacissimamente - Bernard Roberts

Tracks:

Impromptus, Op.142 D.935: No.1 in f: Allegro Moderato - Marta Deyanova
Impromptus, Op.142 D.935: No.2 in A flat: Allegretto - Marta Deyanova
Impromptus, Op.142 D.935: No.3 in B flat: Andante (Theme And Vars) - Marta Deyanova
Impromptus, Op.142 D.935: No.4 in f: Allegro Scherzando - Marta Deyanova
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780: No.1 in C: Moderato - Marta Deyanova
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780: No.2 in a flat: Andantino - Marta Deyanova
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780: No.3 in f: Allegretto Moderato - Marta Deyanova
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780: No.4 in c#: Moderato - Marta Deyanova
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780: No.5 in f: Allegro Vivace - Marta Deyanova
Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94 D.780: No.6 in A flat: Allegretto - Marta Deyanova
Impromptu, Op.90 D.899: No.3 in G flat: Andante - Marta Deyanova

Tracks:

Caprice in a, Op.33 No.1 - Martin Jones
Andante And Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14 - Martin Jones
Prld and Fugue in e, Op.35 No.1: Allegro Con Fuoco - Martin Jones
Prld and Fugue in e, Op.35 No.1: Andante Espressivo - Martin Jones
Study No.2 in F: Allegro Con Moto - Martin Jones
Prld And Fugue in f, Op.35 No.5: Andante Lento - Martin Jones
Prld And Fugue in f, Op.35 No.5: Allegro Con Fuoco - Martin Jones
Fant in e, Op.16 No.2: II. Scherzo-Presto - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book I, Op.19: No.1 in E: Andante Con Moto - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book I, Op.19: No.3 in A: Molto Allegro E Vivace (Hunting Song) - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book I, Op.19: No.6 in g: Andante Sostenuto (Venetian Gondola Song) - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book II, Op.30: No.4 in b: Agitato E Con Fuoco - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book IV, Op.53: No.4 in F: Adagio - Martin Jones
Vars Serieuses in d, Op.54 - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book V, Op.62: No.5 in a: Andante Con Moto - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book V, Op.62: No.6 in A: Allegretto Grazioso (Spring Song) - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book VI, Op.67: No.4 in C: Presto (Spinning Song) - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book VII, Op.85: No.1 in F: Andante Espressivo - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book VIII, Op.102: No.3 in C: Presto - Martin Jones
Songs Without Words: Book VIII, Op.102: No.4 in g: Un Poco Agitato, Ma Andante - Martin Jones
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op.7: No.7 in E: Presto - Martin Jones
Klavierstucke: No.2 in g - Martin Jones

Tracks:

Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Theme - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude I - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude II - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude III - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude IV - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude V - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude VI - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude VII - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude VIII - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude IX - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude X - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude XI - Shura Cherkassky
Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13: Etude XII - Shura Cherkassky
Carnaval, Op.9: Preamble (Quasi Maestoso) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Pierrot (Moderato) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Arlequin (Vivo) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Valse Noble (Un Poco Maestoso) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Eusebius (Adagio) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Florestan (Passionato) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Coquette (Vivo) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Replique (L'istesso Tempo) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Papillons (Prestissimo) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. Lettres Dansantes (Presto) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Chiarina (Passionato) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Chopin (Agitato) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Estrella (Con Affetto) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Reconnaissance (Animato) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Pantalon Et Colombine (Presto) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Valse Allemande (Molto Vivace)/Paganini: Intermezzo (Presto) - Tempo I - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Aveu (Passionato) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Promenade (Comodo) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: Pause (Vivo) - Marta Deyanova
Carnaval, Op.9: March Des Davidbundler Contre Les Philistins (Non Allegro) - Marta Deyanova
Toccata in C, Op.7: Allegro - Mark Anderson

Tracks:

Vars On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.35: Book I - Martin Jones
Vars On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.35: Book II - Martin Jones
Hungarian Dances: No.1 Allegro - Martin Jones
Hungarian Dances: No.3 Allegretto - Martin Jones
Hungarian Dances: No.5 Allegro - Martin Jones
Hungarian Dances: No.10 Presto - Martin Jones
Gavotte - Martin Jones
Rhap in B, Op.79 No.1 - Martin Jones
Ballade in D, Op.79 No.1 - Martin Jones
Intermezzo in E flat, Op.117 No.1 - Martin Jones
Romanze in F, Op.118 No.5 - Martin Jones
Intermezzo in e flat, Op.118 No.6 - Martin Jones
Intermezzo in b, Op.119 No.1 - Martin Jones
Rhap in E flat, Op.119 No.4 - Martin Jones

Tracks:

Scherzo No.3 in c#, Op.39 - Vlado Perlemuter
Berceuse in D flat, Op.57 - Vlado Perlemuter
Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 - Vlado Perlemuter
Etude in E, Op.10, No.3 'Tristesse' - Vlado Perlemuter
Etude in G flat, Op.10, No.5 'Black Key' - Vlado Perlemuter
Etude in c, Op.10, No.12 'Revolutionary' - Vlado Perlemuter
Etude in G flat, Op.25, No.9 'Butterfly' - Vlado Perlemuter
Etude in a, Op.25, No.11 'Winter Wind' - Vlado Perlemuter
Nocturne in c, Op.48 No.1 - Vlado Perlemuter
Nocturne in D flat, Op.27 No.2 - Vlado Perlemuter
Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: Marche Funebre - Vlado Perlemuter
Prld in D flat, Op.29 No.15 'Raindrop' - Vlado Perlemuter
Prld in c, Op.28 No.20 - Vlado Perlemuter
Prld in A, Op.28 No.7 - Vlado Perlemuter
Prld in c#, Op.45 - Vlado Perlemuter
Barcarolle in F#, Op.60 - Vlado Perlemuter

Tracks:

Rhap Espagnole (Folies D'Espagne Et Jota Aragonesa) - Mark Anderson
Zwei Konzertetuden: Walderauschen - Mark Anderson
Zwei Konzertetuden: Gnomenreigen - Mark Anderson
Annees De Pelerinage - Troisieme Annee: Les Jeux D'eau A La Villa D'Este - Mark Anderson
Legendes: St. Francois D'Assise 'La Predication Aus Oiseau' - Mark Anderson
Legendes: St. Francois De Paule Marchant Sur Les Flots - Mark Anderson
3. Mephisto - Waltzer - Mark Anderson
Vier Kleine Klavierstucke: I. Sehr Langsam (Adagio) - Mark Anderson
Vier Kleine Klavierstucke: II. Moderato - Mark Anderson
Vier Kleine Klavierstucke: III. Sehr Langsam (Adagio) - Mark Anderson
Vier Kleine Klavierstucke: IV. Andantino - Mark Anderson
Annees De Pelerinage - Deuxieme Annee: Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca - Mark Anderson

Customer Reviews:

Big Music-Little Money.......2001-05-28

Most amount of songs for the least amount of money...its great...i still haven't listened to all of them because there is so much music on these cd's...its great...get this!! its a must have for the collector of classical music...

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Brahms: Klavierstücke Op.116-119

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000JCDS3A
Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

1. Capriccio In D Minor. (Presto Energico)
2. Intermezzo In A Minor (Andante)
3. Capriccio In G Minor (Allegro Passionato)
4. Intermezzo In E Major (Adagio)
5. Intermezzo In E Minor (Andante Con Grazia)
6. Intermezzo In E Major (Andantino Teneramente)
7. Capriccio In D Minor (Allegro Agitato)

Tracks:

1. Andante Moderato In E Flat Major
2. Andante Non Troppo E Con Molto Espressione In B Flat Minor
3. Andante Con Moto In C Sharp Minor
1. Intermezzo In A Minor (Allegro Non Assai)
2. Intermezo In A Major (Andante Teneramente)
3. Ballade In G Minor (Allegro Energico)
4. Intermezzo In F Minor (Allegretto Un Poco Agitato)
5. Romanze In F Major (Andante)
6. Intermezzo In E Flat Minor (Andante, Largo E Mesto)
1. Intermezzo In B Minor (Adagio)
2. Intermezzo In E Minor (Andantino Un Poco Agitato)
3. Intermezzo In C Major (Grazioso E Giocoso)
4. Rhapsodie In E Flat Major (Allegro Risoluto)

Average customer rating:

GREAT MUSIC, poor interpretation
Liszt looks to the future

Liszt: The Late Pieces

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZOA
Release Date: 1993-11-18

Tracks:

The Late Pieces: Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort S203
The Late Pieces: Trube Wolken (Nuages Gris), S199
The Late Pieces: Recueillement, S204
The Late Pieces: Toccata, S197a
The Late Pieces: Resignazione, S187a
The Late Pieces: Wiegenlied (Chant du Berceau), S198
The Late Pieces: Unstern! -- Sinstre, S208
The Late Pieces: Carrousel de Madame P-N., S214a
The Late Pieces: Sospiri! (Funf Klavierstucke No 5), S 192- 5
The Late Pieces: Schlaflos! [alternative version], S203
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The Late Pieces: Klavierstucke In F Sharp Major S192-4
The Late Pieces: Die Trauergondel (La Lugubre Gondola)--I, S200-1
The Late Pieces: Die Trauergondel (La Lugubre Gondola)--II S200-2
The Late Pieces: RW--Venezia, S201
The Late Pieces: Am Grabe Richard Wagners S202
The Late Pieces: Abschied--Russisches Volkslied S251
The Late Pieces: (Slyepoi) (Der Blinde Sanger) S542a
The Late Pieces: Ungarns Gott, S543
The Late Pieces: Ungarisches Konigslied S544
The Late Pieces: Epithalam--Zu Eduard Remenyis Vermahlungsfeier S526
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Customer Reviews:

GREAT MUSIC, poor interpretation.......2004-10-10

Well, well... a Great Music indeed, extremely tragic and elegiac but... what a hurried and superficial interpretation by Mr.Howard! "Nuages gris" (I LOVE Marc-André Hamelin's one!) is very simple to play but paradoxically more difficult than "Mephisto-Valzer". It's not a matter of technical difficulties of course, but more "artistic" one. Howard simply doesn't know to sink in the deep darkness of Liszt late, gloomy masterpieces. I can't hear distress or hopless in that interpretation, it's just a plain reading, with almost no soul.

Looking at the duration of the present CD (79:41 min) I could think that such hurry is only to make 1 CD instead of 2. What a pity...

Mister Howard's incredible task (and courage) is really admirable (musicological one is astonishing!), but Liszt is not only supersonic octaves!

Liszt looks to the future.......1999-09-17

Liszt "hurled his lance further into the future than Wagner," and this CD shows just how far. Bartok said Liszt was the first modernist in music. Need I say more? Again, fabulous playing by Howard.

Brahms: Fantasien Op.116/Intermezzi Op.117/Klavierstücke Op.118 & 119

Average customer rating:

A Nice Set...

Brahms: Fantasien Op.116/Intermezzi Op.117/Klavierstücke Op.118 & 119

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ASIN: B000001GHH
Release Date: 1992-10-05

Tracks:

Fants op.116: No.1 Capriccio. Presto energico
Fants op.116: No.2 Intermezzo. Andante
Fants op.116: No.3 Capriccio. Allegro passionato
Fants op.116: No.4 Intermezzo. Adagio
Fants op.116: No.5 Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento
Fants op.116: No.6 Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente
Fants op.116: No.7 Capriccio. Allegro agitato
3 Intermezzi op.117: No.1 Andante moderato
3 Intermezzi op.117: No.2 Andante non troppo e con molta espressione
3 Intermezzi op.117: No.3 Andante con moto
Klavierstucke op.118: No.1 Intermezzo. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
Klavierstucke op.118: No.2 Intermezzo. Andante teneramente
Klavierstucke op.118: No.3 Ballade. Allegro energico
Klavierstucke op.118: No.4 Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco agitato
Klavierstucke op.118: No.5 Romanze. Andante
Klavierstucke op.118: No.6 Intermezzo. Andante, largo e mesto
Klavierstucke op.119: No.1 Intermezzo. Adagio
Klavierstucke op.119: No.2 Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato
Klavierstucke op.119: No.3 Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso
Klavierstucke op.119: No.4 Rhapsodie. Allegro risoluto

Customer Reviews:

A Nice Set..........2005-10-10

This disc features a nice set of Brahms' late piano pieces. Gould on Sony, and Lupu on Decca, are also nice sets.

Schumann: The Complete Piano Works (Box Set)

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Good for the rare pieces.....but...
Mystery Solved
Mystery meat

Schumann: The Complete Piano Works (Box Set)

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Release Date: 2001-03-06

Customer Reviews:

Good for the rare pieces.....but..........2006-11-08

Overall, you will be hard up to find a more thoroughly complete two hand piano survey of Schumann's piano opus. However, for the more "popular" pieces such as the op 17, or the kinderszenen, these are decent to mediocre versions are best. They arent bad, Jorg Demus is a skilled pianist, though has always in my view been more successful in a supporting role, as evidenced by his masterful accompaniment in Dichterliebe and assorted Schubert lieder. If you are familiar with Richter's masterful Schumann interpretations-or Horowitz for many of the works, or Lupu, Argerich, these pale in comparison. If you are out for quantity-I would recommend the Ashkenazy set-though it is incomplete. Again, many of the works by schumann that you can only find here will only be of interest to the absolute Schumannaholic, which I am, but it is kind of a two way street because if you are a schumann madman, then you will know how third tier these performances truly are.

Mystery Solved.......2006-10-07

First off, thanks to WTA for his extremely thoughtful and comprehensive review, which helped me decide to purchase this Nuova Era set (his reasoning about the unlikelihood that Demus would record this huge corpus again was especially insightful).

I own the original 20-LP/6-volume Musical Heritage Society set issued between 1971 and 1973. Having seen the CD set in a store last year, I was puzzled about whether it was a transfer of these invaluable discs, which contain vast tracts of Schumann that you will be hard pressed to find elsewhere (included, for instance, are several posthumously issued works and even a few pieces played from unpublished manuscripts). WTA's review gave me enough clues to suspect that these discs were exactly what I'd been waiting for.

Having just received them, I'm happy to confirm that they are indeed the MHS performances (minus most of the four-hand works, however; see below). I instantly recognized the character of the piano sound and the recording acoustic (both much improved on CD), and a quick check of rhetorical gestures in a sonata movement that I especially value in Demus's hands showed the CD and LP versions to be identical. MHS did not always provide track timings for individual sections of the big piano suites. But where such detail exists, respective CD and LP timings are consistently mere seconds apart -- easily the result of different engineering choices for silent lead-ins and lead-outs to each track.

A further clue comes from a small note on the jewel-box tray inserts, indicating a 1989 digital remastering. I can think of no fully digital (DDD) recording that would be getting remastered so early in CD history. Anything from the '80s would almost certainly be making its first appearance in the new storage medium. Moreover, the sound has none of the hallmarks of DDD recordings (as WTA notes, for instance, Demus's recordings have detectable [but nonintrusive] background hiss).

So for all these reasons, I feel confident in declaring that this set is basically the old MHS offering. There are two sad omissions, however:

(1) The CD set includes all the solo pieces in the LP set, as well as a short, posthumously published F-minor Scherzo on CD 12 that MHS seems to have left out. Nuova Era, alas, omits the vast majority of the often-delightful four-hand works, for which Norman Shetler joined Demus (most of these items appeared in MHS's five-disc finale). The Sketches for Pedal Piano, Opp. 56 & 58, are here (perhaps because they were originally conceived for a now-forgotten solo instrument that had a pedalboard [Alkan was said to have been its greatest master]; on a modern instrument, Schumann's pedal-piano music thus takes two pianists), but -- shame on Nuova Era! -- Shetler gets no credit as the second pianist. If you'd like a fine but inexpensive tour of the four-hand output, try the three-disc VoxBox ("Schumann Complete Works For Piano 4-Hands") featuring Peter Frankl, Andras Schiff, et al.

(2) The CD set lacks the superb MHS album notes by Douglas Townsend. Also missing is Demus's own illuminating statement about recording these works across a span of about three years. These are thoroughly digested interpretations: Demus not only memorized every note but also played every last work in concert. Complete recordings like this one are not necessarily commercial gimmicks, as some so carelessly assert. A serious and sensitive musician who takes on such a task will uncover secrets and interconnections that only exposure to a composer's full output in a given area can progressively disclose. As Demus explains (in Herman Adler's translation from the German), "Only by knowing Schumann's creative output in its totality has it been possible to uncover fresh facets in overfamiliar standard works. [. . .] In the music of no other composer do we find as many cross-relations and associations throughout his work. Schumann likes to quote himself as well as other composers, as did, later, his French brother-in-spirit, Claude Debussy. [. . .] Only knowledge of this entire universe will result in something I would call *Stilsicherheit* (stylistic assurance)."

But let's not dwell on what's *not* here. As WTA observes, this is a deeply rewarding collection that every serious Schumann-lover will want to explore. Are these performances the last word on Schumann's poetic realm? Of course not: no such "last word" exists. The essential thing is that throughout this enormous journey, Demus never falsifies the music, and he plays with an honesty that can be far more illuminating than flashier approaches.

So, Schumann-lovers, get this set as cheaply as you can -- but one way or another, get it while you can!

Mystery meat.......2006-04-10

I don't think I've ever before experienced such frustration in trying to assess a product. Here a well-regarded and fairly well-known pianist sits down and records all (even that's up for grabs) the piano music of a pretty well-known and well-regarded composer and barely a peep out there in Internet land.

What I did encounter after a lot of searching, and according to different reviewers who deigned to barely mention this bulky and hard-to-ignore boxed set, was this dopey basketful of professional opinions:

1) The recording quality was poor according to one guy
2) The piano was out of tune according to some editor who happened to also be a piano tuner
3) The music was criminally recorded using a piano with beat hammers and strings
4) Demus may or may not have recorded the set with a period instrument that also may have had beat hammers and strings
5) Nobody should record Schumann on a period instrument according to another expert (without really letting us know if this was the case here)
6) The interpretations were wooden
7) The interpretations were fabulous despite the crappy sound and beat up old out-of-tune piano
8) Nobody was sure if this was his complete Schumann recorded in the 1970s and released on Musical Heritage or these were new DDD recordings as listed

OK--as the notes with this set absolutely stink and no one out in Internet land seems to have any consistent and coherent thing to say about it, this then is my judgement, based on careful listening and a few intelligent guesses.

1) The interpretations are great, wonderful, really enjoyable, idiomatic--some might consider them slightly wooden because there's next-to-no pedal which leads me to believe it is a period instrument he's recorded on. This isn't Argerich slamming away at these so don't expect that. Yamaha fans will be disappointed. Demus clearly knows his Schumann and plays crisply and accurately.
2) The sound quality, while hardly SACD, is just fine and, again if this is a period instrument and I sure tend to think so, what I'm hearing would be about right. I rather like the engineering as the result is intimate and warm
3) Honestly, did Demus record all these in the 1970s without them getting any attention and then do it all over again in the 1980s just to get ignored again? I hear distinct tape hiss if I listen closely, this doesn't sound like a 1989 DDD recording (which the box claims it to be) which is probably why the recording has some warmth and (audible tape hiss)
4) Who am I to argue with an editor/piano tuner but if this piano is out of tune I'm not noticing it one zot. Also, didn't they tune pianos a little differently way back in 1850 or so?

SO--I'll guess this is the complete piano music of Robert Schumann (perhaps minus one small piece according to yet another miffed commentator, although he keeps talking about a 12 CD set and this has 13 discs!)recorded in the 1970s with Jorg Demus playing a piano built around 1850 or so with everything that implies. I'll also guess that a lot of reviewers out there, left to fend for themselves without some promotional sheet from the label, maybe without even free promo copies, were really reaching a bit. Even if I'm wrong I seem to be doing better than the second-guessing I found elsewhere and anyway the result is really enjoyable. I simply like this set a lot even if someday I may discover it is, in fact, Ernest Borgnine playing a badly tuned pool hall upright in 1953. Less than no stars to Nuovo Era for never seeming to get the presentation of this delightful set right--license it to Brilliant and they'll do it up properly for Pete's sake and maybe you'll actually sell a few. They might even be able to kick down that DDD tape hiss a bit. It's also too danged expensive given even the putative late recording date--it shouldn't be more than $120 under any circumstances. I got mine for less than $40 at a classical cut-outs and deletions place.

Conclusion: This whole situation is sad. Jorg Demus is a great pianist and he obviously loves Schumann. Schumann's piano music is worth the effort. This should be a well-known and highly-regarded set and I'm happier with this than with any other big box of piano I may own, short of a Brahms set.

Orff-Schulwerk, Volume Three: Piano Music

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Orff-Schulwerk, Volume Three: Piano Music

Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000007Y9
Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

Klavier-Ubung Teil I: Nr.1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6, 7
Klavier-Ubung Teil I: Nr.8, 9, 14, 11, 15, 16, 13, 10, 12
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Kleine Klavierstucke Heft I: Nr.1
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft I: Nr.2
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft I: Nr.3
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft I: Nr.4
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft I: Nr.5
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft I: Nr.6
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft II: Nr.1
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft II: Nr.2
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft II: Nr.3
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft II: Nr.4
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft II: Nr.5
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft II: Nr.6
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft III: Nr.1
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft III: Nr.2
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft III: Nr.3
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft III: Nr.4
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft III: Nr.5
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft III: Nr.6
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft IV: Nr.1
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft IV: Nr.2
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft IV: Nr.3
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft IV: Nr.4
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft IV: Nr.5
Kleine Klavierstucke Heft IV: Nr.6
Bordunubungen: Nr.1 (Vierhandig)
Bordunubungen: Nr.4 (Vierhandig)
Bordunubungen: Nr.5
Bordunubungen: Nr.6
Bordunubungen: Nr.7 (Vierhandig)
Bordunubungen: Nr.9-8-9 (Vierhandig)
Bordunubungen: Nr.11 (Vierhandig)
Bordunubungen: Nr.13
Bordunubungen: Nr.14

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The Romantic Piano, Vol. 1

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ASIN: B0002IRY18
Release Date: 2004-11-09

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bernd ...who?
An Attractive Schumann Collection
Well done

Schumann: Piano Works

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Mendelssohn: Piano Works, Vol. 4
Schumann: Piano Works

ASIN: B0000013WX
Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

Sonata No.2 in g, Op.22: So rasch wie moglich
Sonata No.2 in g, Op.22: Andantino (getragen)
Sonata No.2 in g, Op.22: Scherzo. Sehr rasch und markiert
Sonata No.2 in g, Op.22: Rondo. Presto
Nachtstucke, Op.23: Mehr langsam, oft zuruckhaltend (Trauerzug)
Nachtstucke, Op.23: Markiert und lebhaft (Kuriose Fesellschaft)
Nachtstucke, Op.23: Mit gror Lebhaftigkeit (Nachtliches Gelage)
Nachtstucke, Op.23: Ad libitum- Einfach (Rundgesang mit Solostimmen)
Arabeske in C, Op.18
Four piano Pieces/Vier Klavierstucke, Op.32: Scherzo. Sehr markiert
Four piano Pieces/Vier Klavierstucke, Op.32: Gigue. Sehr schnell
Four piano Pieces/Vier Klavierstucke, Op.32: Romanze. Sehr rasch und mit Bravour
Four piano Pieces/Vier Klavierstucke, Op.32: Fughette. Leise
Four piano Pieces/Vier Klavierstucke, Op.32: Toccata in C, Op.7
Pristo passionato: Original Finale of Sonata No.2

Customer Reviews:

bernd ...who?.......2005-03-14

Who is this Bernd Glesmer, and how come I have never heard of him before? Such a fine temperment for Schumann. I am overwelmingly impressed with this CD, specifically the Sonata and Nachtstucke. The strange thing with this pianist, is he always is in command, control and rythem. Even in Schumann's infamous markings, "faster", "faster still" etc etc. He seems to rush, yet is soundly under control. He had me at the first opening chord. His Nachtstucke also; he seems to always have in mind the right tempo, and stays with it. He amazingly pulls of with great success the difficult theme in the finale, with the agitated rests interupting Schumanns finest melody. Although the movement before could have used a little more coloring, and for once, a break in the steady tempo, just a little. As far as anything else, just about average, if not slightly higher. Your in tough company when you play the Arabesque, next to Fur Elise, probably the one piece that gets played to death way to much, while Glesmers playing, though nothing to write home about, certainly didnt want me to wish not to hear that darned Schumann Arabesque yet once again. Bravo!

An Attractive Schumann Collection.......2003-09-15

This is a well-chosen program of Schumann piano works from the 1830s, and I'm happy to report that the performance of the flagship piece, the Sonata Number 2, is on points about as fine as you will get on CD. Glemser cedes nothing to Perahia on Sony, and if he lacks the impetuosity and bravura of Hamelin on Hyperion, Glemser clearly holds the last movement together better because of a better-judged balance between the fevered first theme and the overly dreamy second. In this second theme, Eusebius seems bent on derailing Florestan's juggernaut, one instance where the competing personalities in Schumann's nature have generated a movement with such a split personality, the pianist must bring his own psychic glue to the proceedings in order to achieve a healthy integration. As I say, Glemser succeeds as well as anybody I've heard, crafting a beautifully fluid last movement whose final pages marked "ever faster and faster" display a pianism with an inner poise that never lets speed get the upper hand of fulsome and lovely note production.

In the other virtuoso works on the CD, the Toccata and Presto Passionato that Schumann originally intended as the Second Sonata last movement, Glemser's performances have dash and great polish but without the breakneck daring of a Horowitz or Richter, which makes this music as breathtaking as it should be.

Just so, the Arabeske, one of Schumann's most sensuous creations, is compellingly lovely in Glemser's hands, missing the last degree of poetry that would make this a memorable performance. For that, you'll need to look to Pollini or Argerich, possibly Ashkenazy.

In the less familiar Nachtstucke and Vier Klavierstucke, Glemser's fine technique and tasteful musicianship make for very satisfying music making indeed. And that's pretty much my assessment of the whole disc. An attractive collection of pieces and performances--a fine bargain, with good, clean sound (except for some indeterminate scrunchiness at one point in the Toccata that sounds like somebody unwrapping a foil-wrapped toffee. Maybe it is!)

Well done.......2001-01-22

Bernd Glemser's recording of various Schumann piano pieces is well done, well recorded (though maybe not outstanding) and represents an interesting mixture from the virtuous Toccata to the dark collection "Nachtstuecke". Especially the recording of Schumann's second piano sonata with its original and final endings is interesting.

Tracks:

3 Caprices, Op.33: No.1
3 Caprices, Op.33: No.2
3 Caprices, Op.33: No.3
Capriccio In F# Minor, Op.5
Capriccio In E Major, Op.118
Scherzo In B Minor
Scherzo a Capriccio In F# Minor
Andante & Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14
Perpetuum Mobile, Op.119
Two Klavierstucke: No.1
Two Klavierstucke: No.2
Andante Cantabile & Presto Agitato

Tracks:

Sonata in B flat, Op.106: I. Allegro vivace
Sonata in B flat, Op.106: II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo
Sonata in B flat, Op.106: III. Andante quasi allegretto
Sonata in B flat, Op.106: IV. Allegro moderato
Sonata in E, Op.6: I. Allegretto con espressione
Sonata in E, Op.6: II. Tempo di menuetto
Sonata in E, Op.6: III. Adagio e senza tempo
Sonata in E, Op.6: IV. Molto allegro e vivace
Sonata in G, Op. 105: I. Allegro
Sonata in G, Op. 105: II. Adagio
Sonata in G, Op. 105: III. Presto
Six Kinderstucke, Op.72: I. Allegro non troppo
Six Kinderstucke, Op.72: II. Andante sostenuto
Six Kinderstucke, Op.72: III. Allegretto
Six Kinderstucke, Op.72: IV. Andante con moto
Six Kinderstucke, Op.72: V. Allegro assai
Six Kinderstucke, Op.72: VI. Vivace

Tracks:

Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 1 in E minor: Allegro con fuoco
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 1 in E minor: Andante Espressivo
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 2 in D Major: Allegretto
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 2 in D Major: Tranquillo e sempre legato
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 3 in B minor: Prestissimo staccato
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 3 in B minor: Allegro con brio
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 4 in A flat major: Con moto
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 4 in A flat major: Con moto, ma sostenuto
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 5 in F Major: Andante lento
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 5 in F Major: Allegro con fuoco
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 6 in B flat major: Maestoso moderato
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 No. 6 in B flat major: Allegro con brio
Prelude And Fugue In E Minor: Prelude - Allegro molto
Prelude And Fugue In E Minor: Fugue - Allegro energico
Three Preludes And Three Studies, Op. 104 - Three Preludes: No. 1 in B Flat Major - Allegro molto e vivace
Three Preludes And Three Studies, Op. 104 - Three Preludes: No. 2 In B Minor - Allegro agitato
Three Preludes And Three Studies, Op. 104 - Three Preludes: No. 3 In D Major - Allegro vivace
Three Preludes And Three Studies, Op. 104 - Three Studies: No. 1 In B Flat Minor - Presto
Three Preludes And Three Studies, Op. 104 - Three Preludes: No. 2 In B Minor - Allegro agitato
Three Preludes And Three Studies, Op. 104 - Three Preludes: No. 3 In D Major - Allegro vivace
Study In F Minor

Tracks:

Variations Serieuses In D Minos, Opus 54 - Mendelssohn
Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Opus 16: I. Andante con moto - Mendelssohn
Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Opus 16: II. Scherzo-Presto - Mendelssohn
Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Opus 16: III. Andante - Mendelssohn
Variations In E-Flat Major, Opus 82 - Mendelssohn
Fantasy In F-Sharp Minor, Opus 82: I. Con moto agitato - Mendelssohn
Fantasy In F-Sharp Minor, Opus 82: II. Allegro con moto - Mendelssohn
Fantasy In F-Sharp Minor, Opus 82: III. Presto - Mendelssohn
Variations In B-Flat Major, Opus 83 - Mendelssohn
Fantasy On 'The Last Rose Of Summer', Op. 15 - Mendelssohn

Tracks:

Book One, Op. 19: Sweet Remembrance
Book One, Op. 19: Regrets
Book One, Op. 19: Hunting Song
Book One, Op. 19: Confidence
Book One, Op. 19: Restlessness
Book One, Op. 19: Venetian Boat Song
Book Two, Op. 30: Contemplation
Book Two, Op. 30: Unrest
Book Two, Op. 30: Consolation
Book Two, Op. 30: The Wanderer
Book Two, Op. 30: The Brook
Book Two, Op. 30: Venetian Boat Song
Book Three, Op. 38: The Evening Star
Book Three, Op. 38: Lost Happiness
Book Three, Op. 38: The Poet's Harp
Book Three, Op. 38: Hope
Book Three, Op. 38: Passion
Book Three, Op. 38: Duet
Book Four, Op. 53: On the Seashore
Book Four, Op. 53: Clouds
Book Four, Op. 53: Agitation
Book Four, Op. 53: Sadness of Soul
Book Four, Op. 53: Folk Song
Book Four, Op. 53: Flight
Book Five, Op. 62: May Breezes
Book Five, Op. 62: The Departure
Book Five, Op. 62: Funeral March
Book Five, Op. 62: Morning Song
Book Five, Op. 62: Venetian Boat Song
Book Five, Op. 62: Spring Song

Tracks:

Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 1 In E Minor - Andante
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 2 In B Minor - Allegro vivace
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 3 In D Major - Allegro vivace
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 4 In A Major - Con moto
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 5 In A Major - Fuga
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 6 In E Minor - Andante
Seven Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7: No. 7 In E Major - Presto
Gondellied In A Major
Albumblatt In E Minor, Op. 117
Songs Without Words Book Six, Op. 67: No. 1 In E Flat Major - Andante
Songs Without Words Book Six, Op. 67: No. 2 In F Sharp Minor - Allegro Leggiero
Songs Without Words Book Six, Op. 67: No. 3 In B Flat Major - Andante tranquillo
Songs Without Words Book Six, Op. 67: No. 4 In C Major - Presto
Songs Without Words Book Six, Op. 67: No. 5 In B Minor - Moderato
Songs Without Words Book Six, Op. 67: No. 6 In E Major - Allegretto Non Troppo
Songs Without Words Book Seven, Op. 85: No. 1 In F Major - Andante espressivo
Songs Without Words Book Seven, Op. 85: No. 2 In A Minor - Allegro agitato
Songs Without Words Book Seven, Op. 85: No. 3 In E Flat Major - Presto
Songs Without Words Book Seven, Op. 85: No. 4 In D Major - Andante sostenuto
Songs Without Words Book Seven, Op. 85: No. 5 In A Major - Allegretto
Songs Without Words Book Seven, Op. 85: No. 6 In B Flat Major - Allegretto con moto
Songs Without Words Book Eight, Op. 102: No. 1 In E Minor - Andante un poco agitato
Songs Without Words Book Eight, Op. 102: No. 2 In D Major - Adagio
Songs Without Words Book Eight, Op. 102: No. 3 In C Major - Presto
Songs Without Words Book Eight, Op. 102: No. 4 In G Minor - Un poco agitato, ma andante
Songs Without Words Book Eight, Op. 102: No. 5 In A Major - Allegro vivace
Songs Without Words Book Eight, Op. 102: No. 6 In C Major - Andante
Song Without Words, Op. 85, No. 5: Song Without Words, Op. 85, No. 5 (manuscript version)
Song Without Words, Op. 102, No. 2: Song Without Words, Op. 102, No. 2 (manuscript version)

Amazon.com

Whether in the large-scale Op. 6 Sonata and Variations Serieuses or the gentle yet cogently proportioned Songs Without Words, the indefatigable Martin Jones plays this music with assurance, insight, and a singing tone that never cloys. Moreover, Nimbus's rock-bottom price is hard to beat for customers wishing to acquire Mendelssohn's entire solo piano output in one fell swoop. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

Awesome!.......2006-09-21

This is an amazing collection of Mendelssohn's works! However, the recording is a little on the soft side, so you sort of need to crank your speakers, but all in all, it's a must have for collectors of classical music. Enjoy! Oh, and may I strongly suggest track 3 of disc 4 - it was my whole reason for buying this collection. The entire set is amazing, but that track is worth the price of admission.

very poor sound quality almost ruins it.......2006-07-04

This is no doubt to me great piano music played by a great performer. I can't find anything wrong with that. The only problem is the recording quality is very poor, almost intolerable at times. This was recorded in the early through late 70s. I disagree with the previous reviewer, the sound isn't crisp or clear at all, it's very staticy and recorded at a very low volume so you have to crank up the volume creating more static. It's also hard to hear how beautiful the piano really is. To confirm what one of the other reviewers said it does sound as if the piano is underwater. Too bad the recording was not cleaned up to sound at least a little better.

Even at the price I paid ($25)it still may be over priced. It is a great way to get all of his solo piano music but if you want quality skip this and spend the extra money.

Some of the Most Complex Music of the Period!.......2005-02-22

Mendelssohn's piano music is an amazing body of work and if you are a classical music fan who has not been exposed to it yet, this is a wonderful way to get his entire piano output. Nimbus has Marvin Jones( winner of the 1968 Myra Hess Award ) performing this for us, recorded in the 1970's. It is in ADD, which is what one would expect from that time, but the sound is very crisp and clear, with the microphone placement not extremely close to the piano, so as to capture the room acoustics. Mr. Jones plays with great brilliance, clarity, and enthusiasm, and, most importantly, he seems to capture the true spirit of Mendelssohn. The set is nicely packaged in two triple cases in a sleeve with a booklet.

An okay recording..........2003-07-03

For the price, you really can't find a real deal... but in a lot of places, it's obvious why the price is as low as it is. First of all, the recording is awfully muddy and the piano's tone suffers as a result, often sounding more like it's underwater than anything else.

The second thing is that the pianist makes a fair amount of mistakes in the music he is playing, some of them often grating, something that is unacceptable in a studio recording. But I'm still giving it a middle-of-the-road score because the performances aside from the mistakes are often quite good.

Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words/Albumblatt/Gondellied/Zwei Klavierstücke
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Lyrical Gems!!!

Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words/Albumblatt/Gondellied/Zwei Klavierstücke

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002SE9
Release Date: 1996-09-10

Tracks:

Songs without Words: No.1 in E, Op.19 No.1
Songs without Words: No.2 in a, Op.19 No.2
Songs without Words: No.3 in A, Op.19 No.3
Songs without Words: No.4 in A, Op.19 No.4
Songs without Words: No.5 in f #, Op.19 No.5
Songs without Words: No.6 in g, Op.19 No.6 'Venetian Gondola Song'
Songs without Words: No.7 in E, Op.30 No.1
Songs without Words: No.8 in b, Op.30 No.2
Songs without Words: No.9 in E, Op.30 No.3
Songs without Words: No.10 in e, Op.30 No.4
Songs without Words: No.11 in D, Op.30 No.5
Songs without Words: No.12 in f #, Op.30 No.6 'Venetian Gondola Song'
Songs without Words: No.13 in E, Op.38 No.1
Songs without Words: No.14 in c, Op.38 No.2
Songs without Words: No.15 in e, Op.38 No.3
Songs without Words: No.16 in A, Op.38 No.4
Songs without Words: No.17 in a, Op.38 No.5
Songs without Words: No.18 in A, Op.38 No.6 'Duetto'
Songs without Words: No.19 in A, Op.53 No.1
Songs without Words: No.20 in E, Op.53 No.2
Songs without Words: No.21 in g, Op.53 No.3
Songs without Words: No.22 in F, Op.53 No.4
Songs without Words:No.23 in a, Op.53 No.5 'Folksong'
Songs without Words: No.24 in A, Op.53 No.6
Songs without Words: No.25 in G, Op.62 No.1
Songs without Words: No.26 in B, Op.62 No.2

Tracks:

Songs without Words: No.27 in e, Op.62 No.3 'Funeral March'
Songs without Words: No.28 in G, Op.62 No.4
Songs without Words: No.29 in a, Op.62 No.5 'Venetian Gondola Song'
Songs without Words: No.30 in A, Op.62 No.6 'Spring Song'
Songs without Words: No.31 in E, Op.67 No.1
Songs without Words: No.32 in f #, Op.67 No.1
Songs without Words: No.33 in B, Op.67 No.3
Songs without Words: No.34 in C, Op.67 No.4 'Spinning Song'
Songs without Words: No.35 in b, Op.67 No.5
Songs without Words: No.36 in E, Op.67 No.6
Songs without Words: No.37 in F, Op.85 No.1
Songs without Words: No.38 in a, Op.85 No.2
Songs without Words: No.39 in E, Op.85 No.3
Songs without Words: No.40 in D, Op.85 No.4
Songs without Words: No.41 in A, Op.85 No.5
Songs without Words: No.42 in B, Op.85 No.6
Songs without Words: No.43 in e, Op.102 No.1
Songs without Words: No.44 in D, Op.102 No.2
Songs without Words: No.45 in C, Op.102 No.3
Songs without Words: No.46 in g, Op.102 No.4
Songs without Words: No.47 in A, Op.102 No.5
Songs without Words: No.48 in C, Op.102 No.6
Albumblatt: in e, Op.117
Gondolaied (Barcarolle): in A
Zwei Klavierstucke: (l: Andante cantabile; ll: Presto agitato)

Customer Reviews:

Lyrical Gems!!!.......2004-12-13

This is an excellent collection of wistful Gems,Daniel Adni(Will someone throw some light on this sensitive pianist?!)Plays consistently with a Dreamy,Wistful and wondrous manner!Perfect for relaxing in the quiet of Night!Only Mendelssohn could have conjured this world of innocence!
I have heard these pieces rendered by Barenbuim but Adni is Just perfect and more relaxed. Another excellent set is by Peter Nagy on the Naxos Label. It is worth possessing both These sets.
This set is just Superb!!!

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