Composer: Philipp Scharwenka
Performer: Luís Pipa
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0521
Release: 2020
Size: 572 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
5 Romantische Episoden, Op. 65
01. No. 1, Feurig bewegt
02. No. 2, Langsam, nicht schleppend
03. No. 3, Langsam, ausdrucksvoll
04. No. 4, Kräftig und feurig
05. No. 5, Einfach, ruhig
6 Tonbilder in kleinem Rahmen, Op. 69
06. No. 1, Frühlingsbotschaft
07. No. 2, Stimmungsbild
08. No. 3, Widmung
09. No. 4, Polnisch
10. No. 5, Pastorale
11. No. 6, Scherzino
Für die Jugend, Op. 71
12. No. 1, Andantino elegico
13. No. 2, Allegretto grazioso
14. No. 3, Moderato
15. No. 4, Lento espressivo
16. No. 5, Allegretto con spirito
17. No. 6, Moderato con espressione
As composer, pianist and educationalist, the Prussian Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917) was one of most highly respected musicians of his day, although his star faded soon after his death. His music – more conservative and classical in orientation than that of his pianist-composer brother, Xaver – sits somewhere between Chopin and Brahms, with echoes of Schubert and Schumann. This first instalment of a survey of his piano music is intended to put these immediately attractive works before the public once again – for the first time in over a century. They are played here by the Portuguese pianist-composer Luís Pipa, professor of piano and chamber music at the University of Minho, near Porto, following up on his well-received Toccata Classics album of music by his compatriot José Vianna da Motta.