Composer: Leopold Godowsky
Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Marco Polo
Catalogue: 8225226
Release: 2010
Size: 457 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Arabesque, Op. 16, No. 2
02. Barcarolle-Valse, Op. 16, No. 4
03. Valse-Scherzo
04. Grande Valse-Romantique
05. Waltz Poem No. 4
Chopin Concert Versions and Arrangements
06. Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2
07. Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3
08. Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1
09. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
10. Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1
11. Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, “Grande valse brillante”
Praised by Gramophone magazine for ‘his pinpoint articulation, his unerring sense of rhythmic drive and security, his weaving together of the many layers and voices and his sense of colour and phrasing’, Konstantin Scherbakov is only the second pianist to embark on recordings of the complete piano music of the great Polish-American pianist/composer Leopold Godowsky.
On this disc he performs both original compositions and transcriptions or paraphrases of several pieces by Chopin, including an elaborate reworking of the Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op. 18.