Alfor's Rarities

[alfor]

Early

Max REGER
Sechs Klavierstücke

Reger 6 Klavierstücke.pdf

[fleubis]

Nice Reger here, Alfred. Amazingly light, and not a fugue in sight. Always wondered what his music was like before he got the counterpoint "religion". One would be hard pressed to guess the composer on first hearing.

[alfor]

Siegfried BORRIS
3. Sonate op. 32 in D
(First print, publisher's edition, no longer available).

Well-written, individual style, sonatina-like. First movement appears
to be a fusion of Hindemith (B.'s teacher) and the French school,
third movement is written in a rather mellow Hindemith style.

Borris 3. Sonate op.32.pdf

[fleubis]

Yes, the Borris sonata is much more a sonatina in scope and figuration than a sonata. I can definitely hear the Hindemith influence, but alas my knowledge of the French School doesn't go much further than "Les Six". All in all, this piece is a pleasant little excursion into clarity of expression.

[alfor]

Alternative scan (?)

Beethoven arr. Isidor SEISS
Deutsche Tänze

(I previously posted the Beethoven-Seiss Contre-Tänze)

Beethoven-Seiss Deutsche Tänze.pdf

[alfor]

Alternative scan:

Ferruccio BUSONI
Sonatina brevis

Busoni Sonatina brevis.pdf

[Scriabinoff]

Emil SAUER
Concert Etudes Nos. 25-27:
...

Dear Alfred, I hope you do not mind the late "bump", I wanted to also express my appreciation (in general for all your contributions!) but specifically today, for the Sauer works. I must admit though I was superficially aware of him as a fine editor and pianist and Liszt pupil, I was not aware of his great contribution to the literature in original composition.

I hope it is okay for a related contribution of my own, these will hopefully help people in the future learn more about him, his works...

Emil Sauer Piano Works Insert I.pdf

Emil Sauer Piano Works Insert II.pdf

Emil Sauer Piano Works Insert IV (no insert for III ).pdf

Emil Sauer Piano Works Insert V.pdf

Emil Sauer Piano Works Insert VI.pdf

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Alternative scan:

Ferruccio BUSONI
Sonatina brevis

Busoni Sonatina brevis.pdf

Alfred, thanks for posting this nice clean, HIRES scan on this little sonatina. I've been trying to like Busoni's original compositions for years without success and had a go at it again with your scan.

Thanks for posting.

[alfor]

Dear Scriabinoff,

thank you for some interesting "sour" information!

Alternative scan:

W.A. MOZART
Romanze*
(well-edited edition by Clemens Schultze)

Mozart Romanze ed. Schultze.pdf

*Authorship doubtful; nevertheless a favourite piece of Edwin Fischer and some other pianists of renown.

[fleubis]

Dear Scriabinoff,

thank you for some interesting "sour" information!

Alternative scan:

W.A. MOZART
Romanze*
(well-edited edition by Clemens Schultze)

Mozart Romanze ed. Schultze.pdf

*Authorship doubtful; nevertheless a favourite piece of Edwin Fischer and some other pianists of renown.

Always nice to see a quality edition like this with a good editor at the helm, and a nice break from the various urtexts--not that I've ever seen one of this piece. It does not look or sound too much like Mozart to me, but nonetheless, it is an excellent piece.

Thank you for posting this, Alfred.