Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
Performer: Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Release: 2021
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Conservatoristen-Polka, WV 64
02. Scherzo in B-Flat Major, Op. 1
03. Albumblatt, Op. 2
04. Caprice in A minor, Op. 4
05. Hommage à Schumann, Op. 5
06. Fantaisie-Impromptu in F Major, Op. 6
3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7
07. No. 1, Allegramente
08. No. 2, Con moto
09. No. 3, Tranquillo e semplice
Skizzen, Op. 10
10. No. 1, Melodie
11. No. 2, Thema
12. No. 3, Mazurka
13. No. 4, Impromptu über Sachs
14. Humoreske in D Major, Op. 14
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, but it is generally remembered today only for a single piece, Étincelles, which Horowitz enjoyed playing. The early works on this first instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the craftsmanship already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: “After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique”