Composer: Johannes Brahms, Leopold Godowsky, Ferencz Liszt, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann
Performer: Anna Zassimova
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Melism
Catalogue: MLS-CD-033/034
Release: 2022
Size: 796 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Schumann Clara: 3 Romances, Op. 21
01. I. Andante in A Minor
Brahms: Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
02. I. Capriccio in D Minor (Presto energico)
03. II. Intermezzo in A Minor (Andante)
04. III. Capriccio in G Minor (Allegro passionato)
05. IV. Intermezzo in E Major (Adagio)
06. V. Intermezzo in E Minor (Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento)
07. VI. Intermezzo in E Major (Andantino teneramente)
08. VII. Capriccio in D Minor (Allegro agitato)
Liszt: Consolations, Six Pensées poétiques, S. 172
09. I. Andante con moto in E Major
10. II. Un poco più mosso in E Major
11. III. Lento placido in D-Flat Major
Schumann: Romances, Op. 28
12. I. Sehr markiert in B-Flat Minor
13. II. Einfach in F-Sharp Major
14. III. Sehr markiert in B Major
CD 02
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161
01. VI. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Lento placido)
Liszt: Liebeslied, S. 566 (Version for Solo Piano of Schumann”s “Widmung”
02. No. 1 from “Myrthen, Op. 25”)
03. Schumann: Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 (Leicht und zart – Etwas langsamer – Tempo primo – Zum Schluss. Langsam)
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
04. I. Allegro (Sehr lebhaft)
05. II. Romanze (Ziemlich langsam)
06. III. Scherzino
07. IV. Intermezzo (Mit grösster Energie)
08. V. Finale (Höchst lebhaft)
Godowsky: Triakontameron, 30 Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure, Volume 3
09. No. 11. Alt-Wien (Andante lusingando)
Anna Zassimova invites us to a “virtual concert” in this two-part recital, programmed with her customary flair and originality. We are taken on a journey that follows that most Romantic trajectory – from darkness into light. From Brahms’ and Schumann’s turbulent passions to the latter’s scintillating portrait of Vienna, the artistic jewel of nineteenth-century Europe, she renders the images and emotions of the Romantic imagination in a palette of the most vivid colours. Anna Zassimova is internationally renowned for her many award-winning recordings and performances of the Romantic repertoire and of forgotten masterworks of the Russian repertoire. This is her second recording on the Melism label, following her acclaimed recital of Dvořák duets with Christophe Sirodeau.