Pianophilia

Timtin wrote:Following the recent request in the Bach - Hyphenated thread,
I also have a request, for either or both of the following:-
Zemlinsky 4 Balladen for piano (1892/3),
Zemlinsky Ein Lichtstrahl (A Ray of Light) for piano, 2nd. version (1902).
The latter is music for a pantomime involving a menage a trois.
If anyone can throw a ray of light on these two scores, I would,
of course, be most appreciative.

Thanks, Tim. I have received a reply regarding the Tscherlitzky transcription off-list and will receive a photocopy after easter. Re Zemlinsky I can help with this, and the ballades circulated privately at the time we were collecting scores together. If you check with the senior members of that team I'm sure they'll help you out.

Thank you so much, Christian for the Zemlinsky - Ein Lichtstrahl (2nd version). The E flat waltz is a delight.

Tim said "... music for a pantomime involving a menage a trois." Alexander, Alma, and Gustav, no doubt.


jeremy

Dear Christian,
Many thanks for making this file available!!!
I recently bought the Brilliant Classics CD, Zemlinsky
'A Ray of Light' Complete Piano Music, played by
Emanuele Torquati, and immediately fell in love with
the Lichtstrahl track.
Regards, Tim.

Jeremy, Tim - you are both quite welcome. Zemlinsky's music is a little too "pretty" for my taste, but he was indeed a fascinating figure. Austria's response to Granados in some sense.

Timtin wrote:Following the recent request in the Bach - Hyphenated thread,
I also have a request, for either or both of the following:-
Zemlinsky 4 Balladen for piano (1892/3),
Zemlinsky Ein Lichtstrahl (A Ray of Light) for piano, 2nd. version (1902).
The latter is music for a pantomime involving a menage a trois.
If anyone can throw a ray of light on these two scores, I would,
of course, be most appreciative.

sorry for the medium scan quality . It was made already some years ago, meanwhile I use always 600dpi.

Thanks, hobbypianist or the Zemlinsky ballads. Very tame hausmusik but I rather liked the horn calls in the 1st ballad.

Many thanks, Hobbypianist!!! Both of my requests successful
have been successful - marvellous!
Following the above reviewer's instant dismissal of this work as
'very tame hausmusik', I feel obliged to come to its defence.
Imo, it's a very beautiful work, one of several which appears
on Emanuele Torquati's CD.
It's essentially a 4 movement sonata, which was originally
going to be published as his Op2, but it wasn't actually
published until 1996.
The work has hints of Mendelssohn and Bruch in the brooding
D minor first movement. The second movement has motifs from
his D minor Symphony reworked chromatically. The third
movement is in the Austrian landler style with a middle section
reminiscent of Wolf, and the last movement contains a
chromatic two-part canon, hinting at a secret romance.
Pure magic!
Regards, Tim.

nms

Wonderful, Alfred! Of the four Czarniawski pieces, I sure to like the polonaise. Well written pieces here.

Schubert's unfinished Sonata in C („Reliquie“)
edited and completed by Sir Walter Raleigh (aka Rehberg):

http://www.mediafire.com/view/kqh45k51t ... ehberg.pdf