Sofia Cosma Plays Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Brahms & Chopin

Track Listings

1. 32 Variations on an Original Theme

2. Opus 63, No.2 in F minor

3. Opus 7, No. 1 in B flat major

4. Opus 7, No. 3 in F minor

5. Opus 24, No.4 in B flat minor

6. Opus 63, No. 3 in C Sharp minor

7. Opus 67, No.4 (Posth.) in A minor

8. Capriccio in F sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 1

9. Capriccio in C sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 5

10. Intermezzo in A minor, Opus 118, No. 1

11. Intermezzo in A major, Opus 188, No. 2

12. Chaconne in D minor

13. Grande Valse Brillante in A flat major, Opus 34, No. 1

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Prize winner in the Viennese International Piano Competition, Sofia Cosma's promising career was tragically interrupted by arbitrary imprisonment of seven years in a Stalinist labor camp. She resumed her career in mid-life to become the most celebrated pianist in Romania. This CD, her first American recording, is presented in celebration of her eightieth birthday.

Tracks:

32 Variations on an Original Theme
Opus 63, No.2 in F minor
Opus 7, No. 1 in B flat major
Opus 7, No. 3 in F minor
Opus 24, No.4 in B flat minor
Opus 63, No. 3 in C Sharp minor
Opus 67, No.4 (Posth.) in A minor
Capriccio in F sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 1
Capriccio in C sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 5
Intermezzo in A minor, Opus 118, No. 1
Intermezzo in A major, Opus 188, No. 2
Chaconne in D minor
Grande Valse Brillante in A flat major, Opus 34, No. 1

Album Description

Prize winner in the Viennese International Piano Competition, Sofia Cosma's promising career was tragically interrupted by arbitrary imprisonment of seven years in a Stalinist labor camp. She resumed her career in mid-life to become the most celebrated pianist in Romania. This CD, her first American recording, is presented in celebration of her eightieth birthday.

Customer Reviews:

Palm trees can't grow in Siberia, but Beethoven cannot die.......2001-01-20

I got a free ticket to a concert at the Oakland Paramount theatre in California, years ago. They introduced a pianist who had been exiled to Siberia (If I remember correctly) and hadn't seen a piano in over twenty years... I don't know what I was expecting. Perhaps a gnarled, weather-beaten, brow-beaten, long-suffering musician, who would totter on stage and give a feeble, but praiseworthy performance. But instead, this small roundish woman lithely strode unto the stage. She gave the most powerful, passionate, thunderous rendering of Brahms and Beethoven I have ever heard or since. Whenever I think of true musicianship and its connection to the depth of the human spirit, I remember her dazzling music that night, with humility and awe.

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Stompin' Ground

1. 32 Variations on an Original Theme
2. Opus 63, No.2 in F minor
3. Opus 7, No. 1 in B flat major
4. Opus 7, No. 3 in F minor
5. Opus 24, No.4 in B flat minor
6. Opus 63, No. 3 in C Sharp minor
7. Opus 67, No.4 (Posth.) in A minor
8. Capriccio in F sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 1
9. Capriccio in C sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 5
10. Intermezzo in A minor, Opus 118, No. 1
11. Intermezzo in A major, Opus 188, No. 2
12. Chaconne in D minor
13. Grande Valse Brillante in A flat major, Opus 34, No. 1