“He is the only other pianist” said the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998). How is it that one of the greatest geniuses of the 20th-century is still so unknown?

The answer leads to the personality of artist: Fiorentino was no career-hunter, had no big ego, was serving the music instead of himself, an “Enlightened” person and true aristocrat (Gianni Cesarini).

This 10-CD set presents the recordings Fiorentino made between 1994 and 1997 in the Siemenvilla in Berlin, a testimony of a great musical mind and technical command, of works by Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Bach.

Contents:
CD 1
Robert Schumann
- Fantasie in C major Op.17
- Piano Sonata no.2
- Arabeske
- Novellette
- Romance
 
Total time: 73’14
Recording: 1995-1997
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 2
Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata No.13 in A major D664
- Impromptus Op.90 D899
- Piano Sonata No.4 in A minor D537
 
Total time: 67’29
Recording: 1996-1997
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin

CD 3
Frederic Chopin
- Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58
Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major D960
 
Total time: 68’17
Recording: 1994
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 4
Franz Liszt
- Ballade No.1 in D flat major
- Ballade No.2 in B minor
- Funérailles
- La leggierezza
- Waldesrauschen
- Sonata in B minor
 
Total time: 76’42
Recording: 1997
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 5
Cesar Franck
- Prélude, fugue et variation, Op.18 (Arr. Bauer)
- Prélude, choral et fugue
- Prélude, aria et final
 
Total time: 67’19
Recording: 1995
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 6
Alexander Scriabin
- Piano Sonata No.2 in G sharp minor Op.19 (Sonata-fantasie)
Sergei Rachmaninov
- Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor Op.36 (1931 version)
Sergei Prokofiev
- Piano Sonata No 8 in B flat major Op.84
 
Total time: 63’11
Recording: 1994
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 7
Alexander Scriabin
- Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.6
Sergei Rachmaninov
- Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.28
 
Total time: 72’21
Recording: 1995
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 8
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude & Fugue in D major BWV532 (Transcriber Busoni, arranged Fiorentino)
- French Suite No.5 in G major BWV 816
- Suite from Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006 (Transcribed Rachmaninoff)
- Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV552 (St. Anne) (Transcribed Busoni, arranged Fiorentino)
 
Total time: 65’39
Recording: 1996
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 9
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Partita No.1 in B flat major BWV825
- Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor BWV1001 (transcribed Fiorentino)
- Partita No.4 in D major BWV828
 
Total time: 75’37
Recording: 1996
Konzertsaal Siemensvilla, Berlin
 
CD 10
Claude Debussy
- Suite Bergamasque

Works by:
Domenico Scarlatti
Moritz Moszkowski
Gabriel Faure (arr. Fiorentino)
Robert Schumann
Franz Liszt

Total time: 76’44
Recording: 1995-1997