Marlies Nussbaumer - Rufinatscha: Piano Works (2021)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Fantasie du printemps
02. Andante for Piano in A Major
03. Rondo capriccioso for Piano in B Minor, Op. 6
04. Allegro agitato for Piano in F Minor
05. 6 Charakterstücke, Op. 14: No. 1, Impromptu pastorale
06. 6 Charakterstücke, Op. 14: No. 2, Ecloge
07. 6 Charakterstücke, Op. 14: No. 3, Scherzino
08. 6 Charakterstücke, Op. 14: No. 4, Romanze
09. 6 Charakterstücke, Op. 14: No. 5, Rhapsodie
10. 6 Charakterstücke, Op. 14: No. 6, Trauer Marsch
11. Fantasie for Piano in B Major, Op. 15
12. 3 Märsche, Op. 4: No. 1, Fest Marsch
13. 3 Märsche, Op. 4: No. 2, National Marsch
14. 3 Märsche, Op. 4: No. 3, Trauer Marsch

CD2
01. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 18: I. Allegro vivace
02. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio
03. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
04. Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 18: IV. Moderato
05. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 7: I. Allegro
06. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 7: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 7: III. Adagio
08. Piano Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 7: IV. Finale. Moderato

CD3
01. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 3: I. Allegro serioso
02. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 3: II. Adagio melancolico
03. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 3: III. Menuetto
04. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 3: IV. Presto
05. Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 9: I. Largo
06. Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 9: II. Adagio
07. Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 9: III. Scherzo. Allegro
08. Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 9: IV. Finale. Allegro agitato

Description: It would appear that this constitutes most of Rufinatscha's piano œuvre although there is an early (1832) sonata not here and there are some two-piano or four-hand works which we may offer in the future on other discs from this source. What we have here dates from as early as 1835 (the Op. 3 sonata) to the unpublished Andante of 1892 - the very last thing he ever wrote. Stylistically, the works progress from conservative Viennese Classicism - Schubert and some instances of Czernyesque virtuoso passagework and obsessive use of scales - to a much less brilliant and much more Brahmsian solidity in his most mature pieces. 3 CDs. Marlies Nussbaumer (piano).

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