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Cyprien Katsaris: The Sony Recordings | Sony - Classical Masters 88875050462

Cyprien Katsaris: The Sony Recordings

Label: Sony - Classical Masters

Cat No: 88875050462

Barcode: 0888750504623

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 7

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 18th May 2015

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Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Concerto in C major, BWV976 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in F major, BWV978 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in G major, BWV973 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in G major, BWV980 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in G minor, BWV975 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Italian Concerto, BWV971
Keyboard Concerto in C major, BWV977 (after Vivaldi)
Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV972 (Vivaldi)
Toccata in G major, BWV916

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Variations (12) for piano and violin in F major, WoO40

Bizet, Georges

La ci darem la mano (after Mozart's 'Don Giovanni')

Chopin, Frederic

Albumblatt in E major, B151
Allegretto & Mazurka
Allegretto in F sharp major
Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22
Bolero in A minor, op.19
Bourrees (2), B160b
Bourrees (2), KK.VIIb
Cantabile in B flat major
Contredanse in G flat major, B17
Ecossaises (3), op.72
» no.3
Fugue in A minor, B144
Galop Marquis in A flat major
Largo in E flat major
Marche funebre, op.72 no.2
Piano Sonata no.1 in C minor, op.4
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
Polish Songs (17), op.74
» no.2 Spring (Wiosna)
Polonaise in A Flat Major
Polonaise in B flat major, KKIV:1
Polonaise in B flat minor
Polonaise in G flat major
Polonaise in G minor, S1/1
Polonaise in G sharp minor, op.posth
Polonaise no.1 in C sharp minor, op.26 no.1
Polonaise no.2 in E flat minor, op.26 no.2
Polonaise no.3 in A major, op.40 no.1 'Military'
Polonaise no.4 in C minor, op.40 no.2
Polonaise no.5 in F sharp minor, op.44
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Polonaise no.8 in D minor, op.71 no.1
Polonaise no.9 in B flat major, op.71 no.2
Prelude no.25 in C sharp minor, op.45
Prelude no.26 in A flat major, op.posth.
Preludes (24), op.28

Czerny, Carl

Fantaisie brillante sur divers motifs de 'Le nozze di Figaro', op.493

Fischer, Edwin

Das Donnerwetter (after Kontretanz K534)

Gelinek, Joseph

Air des mysteres d'Isis (after 'Die Zauberflote')

Katsaris, Cyprien

In Memoriam Mozart
Mozartiana

Kempff, Wilhelm

Pastorale variee (after Mozart KAnh287)

Liszt, Franz

Ave verum corpus, S44

Thalberg, Sigismond

Fantasia and Variations on Mozart's 'Serenade and Minuet' from Don Giovanni, op.42
Lacrimosa (after Mozart's Requiem K626)

Wagner, Richard

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
» Aufzug der Zunfte (arr. Joachim Raff for piano)
» Walthers Preislied (arr. Joachim Raff for piano)
Die Walkure
» Magic Fire Music (Die Zauberfeuer) (arr. Louis Brassin for piano)
» Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Louis Brassin for piano)
» Siegmunds Liebesgesang (arr. Heinrich Rupp for piano)
» Siegmund und Sieglinde (arr. Joseph Rubinstein)
Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3) (arr. Ferruccio Busoni for piano)
Tannhauser
» Albumblatt: Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwanen
» Overture (arr. Wagner for piano)
Tristan und Isolde
» Prelude (trans. Wagner/Hans von Bulow)

Artists

Cyprien Katsaris (piano)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Concerto in C major, BWV976 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in F major, BWV978 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in G major, BWV973 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in G major, BWV980 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Concerto in G minor, BWV975 (solo keyboard, after Vivaldi)
Italian Concerto, BWV971
Keyboard Concerto in C major, BWV977 (after Vivaldi)
Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV972 (Vivaldi)
Toccata in G major, BWV916

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Variations (12) for piano and violin in F major, WoO40

Bizet, Georges

La ci darem la mano (after Mozart's 'Don Giovanni')

Chopin, Frederic

Albumblatt in E major, B151
Allegretto & Mazurka
Allegretto in F sharp major
Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22
Bolero in A minor, op.19
Bourrees (2), B160b
Bourrees (2), KK.VIIb
Cantabile in B flat major
Contredanse in G flat major, B17
Ecossaises (3), op.72
» no.3
Fugue in A minor, B144
Galop Marquis in A flat major
Largo in E flat major
Marche funebre, op.72 no.2
Piano Sonata no.1 in C minor, op.4
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
Polish Songs (17), op.74
» no.2 Spring (Wiosna)
Polonaise in A Flat Major
Polonaise in B flat major, KKIV:1
Polonaise in B flat minor
Polonaise in G flat major
Polonaise in G minor, S1/1
Polonaise in G sharp minor, op.posth
Polonaise no.1 in C sharp minor, op.26 no.1
Polonaise no.2 in E flat minor, op.26 no.2
Polonaise no.3 in A major, op.40 no.1 'Military'
Polonaise no.4 in C minor, op.40 no.2
Polonaise no.5 in F sharp minor, op.44
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Polonaise no.8 in D minor, op.71 no.1
Polonaise no.9 in B flat major, op.71 no.2
Prelude no.25 in C sharp minor, op.45
Prelude no.26 in A flat major, op.posth.
Preludes (24), op.28

Czerny, Carl

Fantaisie brillante sur divers motifs de 'Le nozze di Figaro', op.493

Fischer, Edwin

Das Donnerwetter (after Kontretanz K534)

Gelinek, Joseph

Air des mysteres d'Isis (after 'Die Zauberflote')

Katsaris, Cyprien

In Memoriam Mozart
Mozartiana

Kempff, Wilhelm

Pastorale variee (after Mozart KAnh287)

Liszt, Franz

Ave verum corpus, S44

Thalberg, Sigismond

Fantasia and Variations on Mozart's 'Serenade and Minuet' from Don Giovanni, op.42
Lacrimosa (after Mozart's Requiem K626)

Wagner, Richard

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
» Aufzug der Zunfte (arr. Joachim Raff for piano)
» Walthers Preislied (arr. Joachim Raff for piano)
Die Walkure
» Magic Fire Music (Die Zauberfeuer) (arr. Louis Brassin for piano)
» Ride of the Valkyries (arr. Louis Brassin for piano)
» Siegmunds Liebesgesang (arr. Heinrich Rupp for piano)
» Siegmund und Sieglinde (arr. Joseph Rubinstein)
Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3) (arr. Ferruccio Busoni for piano)
Tannhauser
» Albumblatt: Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwanen
» Overture (arr. Wagner for piano)
Tristan und Isolde
» Prelude (trans. Wagner/Hans von Bulow)

Artists

Cyprien Katsaris (piano)

About

An exceptional keyboard artist is the French virtuoso Cyprien Katsaris. The authoritative Piano magazine has called him “one of the greatest and most charismatic musicians of his time”.

This new 7-CD release of Katsaris’s Sony Classical recordings from the early 1990s ranges from Bach concertos and Beethoven variations to transcriptions of Wagner and Mozart operas, played “with such graceful fluency, it’s easy to take his skill for granted” (BBC Music Magazine).

But the main focus is on Chopin: “thrilling” Polonaises (Penguin Guide), “challenging and thought-provoking readings” (Penguin Guide) of all three Sonatas, and performances of the complete Préludes that “benefit from this pianist’s sharp attention to detail and character” (ClassicsToday).

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