Composer: Frédéric François Chopin, Ferencz Liszt, Moritz Moszkowski, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergey Rachmaninov, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Peter Schubert, Robert Schumann, Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Maxim Bernard
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186898
Release: 2022
Size: 228 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor
02. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major
03. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K135 in E major
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Andante cantabile
06. III. Allegretto
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 32
07. No. 5 in G major
08. No. 12 in G sharp minor
09. Scriabin: Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor
10. Scriabin: Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor
11. Schubert: Impromptu in B flat major, D935 No. 3
12 .Liszt: Soirées de Vienne: valse-caprice No. 6 (after Schubert), D427 No. 6
13. Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5)
14. Chopin: Mazurka No. 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4
15. Chopin: Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
16. Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Héroïque’
17. Schumann: Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
18. Moszkowski: Étincelles (No. 6 from Huit Morceaux Caractéristiques, Op. 36)
19. Rachmaninov: Polka de V.R.
Reviving the summit of Horowitz’s career. On his Pentatone debut album “Hommage à Horowitz”, pianist Maxim Bernard revives Vladimir Horowitz’s legendary 1986 Moscow concert with a programme containing gems by Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Moszkowski, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. While Horowitz’s wife Wanda Toscanini called the Moscow concert the summit of her husband’s career, Maxim Bernard sees it as “a defining moment of his existence, in which charm, elegance, poetry and bravura are marvellously brought together”. Maxim Bernard compares Horowitz’s carefully curated musical programme to the way one prepares a gourmet meal, and aims to give it a second wind, presenting it from a new angle, in light of his own personality. Maxim Bernard is a versatile musician who adores challenges, and is praised for his original ideas and innovative thematic concert programmes.