Impromptu Archive
Impromptu = Impromptus by SCHUBERT; CHOPIN; IVES; DVORAK; GERSHWIN:; BEETHOVEN; LISZT – Shai Wosner, piano – Onyx
Shai Wosner offers a “jam session” of diverse improvisations by composers whose keyboard mastery shines through each selection. Impromptu = SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 1; Impromptu in B-flat Major, D. 935, No. 3; Impromptu in A-flat Major, D.. 935, No. 2; Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 4; CHOPIN: Impromptu […]
CHOPIN: “Evocations” = Piano Concertos; Rondo for 2 pianos; “Fantasie Impromptu”; Chopin-inspired works by SCHUMANN, BARBER, TCHAIKOVSKY, MOMPOU – Daniil Trifonov/ Sergei Babayan/ Mahler Chamber Orch./ Mikhail Pletnev – DGG
CHOPIN: Evocations = Piano Concerto No. 2 in f minor, Op. 21; Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Op. 11; Variations on “La ci darem la mano,” Op. 2; Rondo in C Major for 2 Pianos, Op. 73; Impromptu No. 4 in c-sharp minor, Op. 66 “Fantasie-Impromptu”; SCHUMANN: “Chopin” from Carnaval, Op. 9; GRIEG: […]
Impromptu = Impromptus by SCHUBERT, CHOPIN, BEETHOVEN, DVORAK, IVES, LISZT, and GERSHWIN – Shai Wosner – Onyx
Impromptu = Impromptus by SCHUBERT, CHOPIN, BEETHOVEN, DVORAK, IVES, LISZT, and GERSHWIN – Shai Wosner – Onyx 4172, 74:43 (4/7/17) ****: Imagining a posthumous gathering of improvisational geniuses jamming on varying notions of the impromptu. As an introduction to his recording Impromptu, Shai Wosner invites us to consider what would happen “if we got together […]
MOZART and SCHUBERT works played by pianist Annie Fischer – Praga Digitals
Hungarian virtuoso Annie Fischer brings refined energy and passion to Mozart in classic performances. MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in d, K. 466; Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482; Rondo in D Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382; SCHUBERT: Impromptu in f, D. 935, No. 4 – Annie Fischer, p./ Philharmonia […]
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A-flat Major; Sonata in c minor – Luisa Guembes-Buchanan, p. – Del Aguila
A much-respected pedagogue performs Schubert in a manner thoroughly sympathetic to the Viennese style. SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A-flat Major, D. 899, No. 4; Sonata in c minor, D. 958 – Luisa Guembes-Buchanan, p. – Del Aguila DA 55312, 40:00 [L4muse@comcast.net] ****: Pianist Luisa Guembes-Buchanan enjoys a reputation as an able pedagogue and Professor of Piano […]
Marian Filar, piano = CHOPIN & BRAHMS works (1949-52) – MeloClassic
A Holocaust survivor with a grand musical gift, Marian Filar gives us Chopin and Brahms with bountiful panache and style, 1949-1952.
HANS VON BÜLOW, Vol. 2 = Mazurka-Fantaisie, Op. 13; Elfenjagd, Op. 14; Mazurka-Impromptu, Op. 4; Invitation à la Polka; Chant Polonais (alla Mazurka); Trois Valses caractéristiques; Königsmarsch – Mark Anderson, p. – Nimbus Records
Mark Anderson is an imposing pianist and clearly believes in this music. And at his best, von Bülow will charm you.
HANS VON BÜLOW, Vol. 2 – Mazurka-Fantaisie, Op. 13; Elfenjagd, Op. 14; Mazurka-Impromptu, Op. 4; Invitation à la Polka; Chant Polonais (alla Mazurka); Trois Valses caractéristiques; Königsmarsch – Mark Anderson, p. – Nimbus Records
Mark Anderson is an imposing pianist and clearly believes in this music. And at his best, von Bülow will charm you.
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major; Impromptu in C Minor; Impromptu in A-flat Major – Nina Kavtaradze, p. – Danacord
Not for the faint of heart, Kavtaradze’s Schubert exerts resonant power, but some may find her approach aggressive and dramatically inflated.
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas in C minor and in A; Impromptu in G flat, No. 3 – Inon Barnatan, p. – Avie
Young and spectacularly gifted, pianist Inon Barnatan plumbs the depths and scales the heights of two of Schubert’s late piano sonatas.
“THEA MUSGRAVE: Chamber Works for Oboe” = Night Windows for oboe and piano; Impromptu No. 1 for flute and oboe; Impromptu No. 2; Cantilena; Niobe for oboe and pre-recorded tape; Trio; Take Two Oboes; Threnody for English horn and piano – var. performers – Harmonia mundi
Drama, either abrstact or more programmatic, shapes Thea Musgrave’s instrumental music.
RONN YEDIDIA: Impromptu; Nocturne; World Dance; Poéme; Concertino; Farewell, Nathaniel – Soloists – Naxos
A delightful set of chamber works with strong ethnic influences.
Shehori plays LISZT, Vol. 2 = Mordecai Shehori, p. – Cembal d'amour
A generous display of Liszt poetry and demonism from Mordecai Shehori, who acknowledges more of the poet in Liszt than he commonly accrues in critical opinion.