Macdowell: Piano Sonata No. 4 / 6 Poems / 12 Virtuoso Studies - CD

Edward MacDowell

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 59, "Keltic" (1900)

 

1. I. With great power and dignity (Maestoso)

00:07:29

 

2. II. With naive tenderness (Semplice, teneramente)

00:05:31

 

3. III. Very swift and fierce (Molto allegro con fuoco)

00:04:38

Forgotten Fairy Tales, Op. 4 (1897)

 

4. No. 1. Sung outside the Prince's door (Softly, wistfully)

00:01:17

 

5. No. 2. Of a Tailor and a Bear (Gaily, pertly)

00:01:55

 

6. No. 3. Beauty in the Rose-Garden (Not fast; sweetly and simply)

00:01:58

 

7. No. 4. From Dwarf-land (Merrily, quaintly)

00:01:38

6 Poems after Heine, Op. 31 (1901)

 

8. No. 1. From a Fisherman's Hut (Allegro soave)

00:02:04

 

9. No. 2. Scotch Poem (Allegro tempestoso)

00:02:17

 

10. No. 3. From Long Ago (Allegretto giocoso)

00:01:57

 

11. No. 4. The Postwaggon (Allegro moderato)

00:01:52

 

12. No. 5. The Shepherd Boy (Allegretto placido)

00:01:57

 

13. No. 6. Monologue (Andante tristemente)

00:02:59

12 Virtuoso Etudes, Op. 46 (1894)

 

14. No. 1. Novelette (Allegro energico)

00:01:42

 

15. No. 2. Moto Perpetuo (Leggierissimo e piu veloce possibile)

00:01:35

 

16. No. 3. Wilde Jagd (Allegro furioso)

00:02:11

 

17. No. 4. Improvisation (Andantino, quasi a piacere)

00:02:06

 

18. No. 5. Elfentanz (Presto leggiero)

00:03:10

 

19. No. 6. Valse Triste (Allegretto non troppo)

00:02:46

 

20. No. 7. Burlesque (Allegretto giocoso capriccioso)

00:02:03

 

21. No. 8. Bluette (Allegrissimo)

00:01:36

 

22. No. 9. Traumerei (Andantino, con tenerezza)

00:02:21

 

23. No. 10. Marzwind (Prestissimo volante)

00:02:05

 

24. No. 11. Impromptu (Moderato grazioso)

00:01:38

 

25. No. 12. Polonaise (Allegro maestoso ma non fuoco)

00:03:34