Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15: No. 1, Serenata
02. 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15: No. 2, Arabesque
03. 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15: No. 3, Mazurka
04. 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15: No. 4, Canon
05. 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15: No. 5, Walzer
06. 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15: No. 6, Barcarole
07. 3 Klavierstücke in Tanzform, Op. 17: No. 1, Polonaise
08. 3 Klavierstücke in Tanzform, Op. 17: No. 2, Menuett
09. 3 Klavierstücke in Tanzform, Op. 17: No. 3, Walzer
10. 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18: No. 1, Melodie
11. 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18: No. 2, Scherzino
12. 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18: No. 3, Étude
13. 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18: No. 4, Marcia
14. 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18: No. 5, Polonaise

Although Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, only a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, made it into the repertoire, not least because Horowitz enjoyed playing it. The early works on this second instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the effortless craftsmanship heard here already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’. Most of the pieces in Opp. 15 and 18 are attractive salon miniatures, but the Three Piano Pieces in Dance Form, Op. 17, are extended Lisztian essays that showcase Moszkowski’s mastery of the keyboard and his command of form.

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