Pianophilia

Anton aus Tirol:

audio:
Bruckner Adagio from String 5tet

An original find from you, Alfred, and very welcome it is, too.

Being totally unfamiliar with the Bruckner string quartet in F, it was with great gusto that I plunged into Schalk's piano rendition of the Adagio and once getting past some very large intervals , indulged myself in the lush harmonies that envelope this gem. I don't know how I've missed this piece in all these years, but maybe its the 10,000+ pieces of piano music on my computer that need to be worked through. It is sure nice to encounter a piece of this beauty.

fleubis wrote:An original find from you, Alfred, and very welcome it is, too.

Being totally unfamiliar with the Bruckner string quartet in F, it was with great gusto that I plunged into Schalk's piano rendition of the Adagio and once getting past some very large intervals , indulged myself in the lush harmonies that envelope this gem. I don't know how I've missed this piece in all these years, but maybe its the 10,000+ pieces of piano music on my computer that need to be worked through. It is sure nice to encounter a piece of this beauty.

You are welcome. dear fleubis!

On IMSLP you can find a good scan of Stradal's transcription of the complete Bruckner Quintet.
...and if you are interested, I will gladly post the complete recording by the Heutling String Quartet.

REGER Revisited:

Silhouetten op. 53 Nos. 2 & 6
audio:
Erik Then-Bergh plays
Reger Silhouetten op. 53 Nos. 2 & 6[/b]

Thanks for the two Reger Silhouetten, Alfred. While the #2 "suffers" from "large hand syndrome", I got along famously with #6. Am looking forward to hearing how #2 sounds without the broken chords my playing gives. I have very few Reger pieces in my library as he is just not my cup of tea, but there have been a few gems that I like which have come to light, like this one.

To „Mr. Salonmusik“, with compliments:

Joaquin MALATS
Valse Caprice
(nms)
audio:
Horowitz plays Kabalevsky

Malats...yes indeed, and this valse dedicated to Albeniz. Interesting to see Malats attempts at Spanish rhythms which don't quite get off the ground, but I can picture some pretty young ladies gathered around an upright enjoying this piece while realizing that Iberia might be just a little beyond them at that particular moment.

Haven't heard the Horowitz rendition of the Kabalevsky in some years, and a nice perspective it gives. Alas, Kablevsky is so unjustly neglected these days and few know anything by him except the galop from "The Comedians".

Thanks for brightening up a very rainy day here, Alfred, with your postings.

Dear fleubis,

you are welcome!!

Some more music for young ladies, resp. rainy Panamanian days

nms:

Thank you Alfred for the Malats Cando de Amor. This is clearly a better piece than Valse Caprice, IMHO. When playing through scores like this, I wondervif anyone is writing salon music today, and is there a market for it. One things for sure--there's no salons left.

Here's a little info on Malats:

"One of the first to perform Albeniz’s Iberia was the formidable Barcelona pianist Joaquim Malats (1872–1912). “I am writing Iberia … essentially because of you and for you”, Albéniz wrote in a letter dated 1907. An admired virtuoso in Europe and the United States, Malats composed a lot of salon music, of which the Serenata española is the most popular."

Edited by ALFRED:
For each work to be studied in the piano class of Alfred ... Cortot, an „Analytical Essay“ had to be written by one of the students; here we have one by the Master himself .