Composer: Leopold Godowsky
Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Marco Polo
Catalogue: 8225276
Release: 2010
Size: 219 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Walzermasken
01. No. 1, Karneval
02. No. 2, Pastell (Fr. Sch.)
03. No. 3, Skizze (Joh. Br.)
04. No. 4, Momento capriccioso
05. No. 5, Berceuse
06. No. 6, Kontraste
07. No. 7, Profil (Fr. Ch.)
08. No. 8, Silhouette (Fr. L.)
09. No. 9, Satire
10. No. 10, Karikatur
11. No. 11, Tyll Ulenspiegel
12. No. 12, Legende
13. No. 13, Humoreske (uber 4 Noten)
14. No. 14, Franzosisch
15. No. 15, Elegie
16. No. 16, Perpetuum mobile
17. No. 17, Menuett
18. No. 18, Schuhplattler
19. No. 19, Valse macabre
20. No. 20, Abendglocken (Angelus)
21. No. 21, Orientale
22. No. 22, Wienerisch
23. No. 23, Eine Sage
24. No. 24, Portrait (Joh. Str.)
3 Symphonische Metamorphosen Johann Strauss’scher Themen
25. No. 1, Kunstlerleben
Published in 1912, Leopold Godowsky’s Waltz Masques: 24 Fantasies in Triple Time for Piano pay homage to such illustrious pianist-composers as Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy and the ‘waltz king’ Johann Strauss.
The Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Johann Strauss, Three Waltz Paraphrases I. Artists’ Life of the same year transforms Strauss’s waltz sequence into a piano piece of great virtuosity, a monument to Godowsky’s own phenomenal prowess as one of the great pianists of his time.
Konstantin Scherbakov’s previous Marco Polo recordings of Godowsky’s piano music have been highly praised.