Composer: Leopold Godowsky
Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Marco Polo
Catalogue: 8225364
Release: 2014
Size: 209 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149
01. No. 2, Ständchen (After J. Strauss)
6 Waltz Poems for the Left Hand Alone
02. No. 1, Allegretto amabile
03. No. 2, Allegretto grazioso
04. No. 3, Allegretto amabile
3 Concert Studies, Op. 11
05. No. 1 in C Major. Grottesco
25 Myrthen, Op. 25
06. No. 24. Du bist sie eine Blume (A Flower to Me Thou Seemest) [After R. Schumann]
5 Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84
07. No. 4. Vergebliches Ständchen (After Brahms)
Schwanengesang, D. 957
08. No. 12. Am Meer (After Schubert)
09. Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven (After Kreisler)
Still wie die Nacht, Op. 326
10. No. 27 (Calm as the Night) [After Bohm]
25 Myrthen, Op. 25
11. No. 14. Hochlandisches Wiegenlied (Highland Cradle Song) [After R. Schumann]
Suite for the Left Hand
12. VII. Menuet
13. VIII. Gigue
Die schone Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795
14. No. 18. Trockne Blumen (After Schubert)
6 Waltz Poems for the Left Hand Alone
15. No. 4, Moderato, con tenerezza e grazioso
16. No. 5, Moderato
17. No. 6, Con fuoco
18. Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance) [After Weber]
19. Perpetuum Mobile (After Weber)
Leopold Godowsky’s stature as one of the world’s great piano virtuosi was maintained until a stroke ended his performing life in 1930. But, allied to his prodigious gifts as a performer, he also published a series of original compositions and transcriptions for the piano. In this twelfth volume of Konstantin Scherbakov’s critically acclaimed series, the focus falls on the delectable Six Waltz-Poems for the left hand and on an ingeniously crafted series of song transcriptions of well-known music by Schumann, Brahms, Schubert and also Carl Bohm.
Godowsky additionally pays homage to Kreisler with his delicious transcription of the Rondino on a theme of Beethoven.