Nikolaï Demidenko - Schubert: Impromptus, Moments musicaux & Wanderer Fantasy (1996)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Wanderer Fantasy in C Major, D. 760
02. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 1 in C Major. Moderato
03. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major. Andantino
04. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor. Allegro moderato
05. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor. Moderato
06. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 5 in F Minor. Allegro vivace
07. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto
08. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 1 in C Minor. Allegro molto moderato
09. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Allegro
10. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major. Andante
11. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 4 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto

CD2
01. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 1 in F Minor. Allegro moderato
02. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 2 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto
03. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major. Andante with Variations
04. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 4 in F Minor. Allegro scherzando
05. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 1 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro assai
06. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Allegretto
07. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 3 in C Major. Allegro

This set brings together all of Schubert's most important piano works other than the Sonatas. The 'Wanderer' Fantasy is the composer's most overtly virtuosic work and was one of the first to bring him fame. Its structure, based on the transformation of a single them, had a seminal influence on the Romantic movement and, in particular, Liszt. The two sets of Impromptus, along with the six Moments Musicaux and the Drei Klavierstcke, are consummate examples of Schubert's skill as a miniaturist and yet their breadth of vision is such that Schumann regarded the second set of Impromptus as a 'Sonata in disguise'.

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