On ‘Chants nostalgiques’, pianist Luiza Borac comes up trumps with an ingenious combination of song transcriptions including several premieres: Liszt's arrangements of classic Schubert lieder, Rachmaninov’s takes on Kreisler, Luiza’s own transcription of Tárrega’s timeless Requerdos de la Alhambra, the first recording of the title track by Constantin Silvestri, and a revelatory first release of historical recordings by legendary Romanian tenor Ion Buzea, supplemented with Luiza’s present-day piano.

Luiza Borac has received international accolades for her committed performances of the music of fellow Romanians George Enescu and Dinu Lipatti, as well as for the prowess of her research and programming.

Track Listing:
1. Leopold Godowski: Alt-Wien/Old Vienna
Fritz Kreisler (arr. Sergei Rachmaninoc)
2. Liebesleid
3. Liebesfreud
Constantin Silvestri: Chants nostalgiques, Op.27 No.1
4. Pensieroso
5. Espressivo
6. Misterioso

Historical recordings by Ion Buzea from 1961/2, previously unreleased Robert Schumann
7. Du bist wie eine Blume, Op.25 No.24
8. Richard Strauss: Allerseelen, Op.10 No.8
9. Tiberiu Brediceanu: Bagă Doamne luna-n nor
10. Gheorghe Dima: De ce nu-mi vii (O, komm zu mir)
11. Franz Schubert: Der Neugierige (Die Schöne Müllerin)

Schubert, arr. Franz Liszt: Song Transcriptions
12. Der Müller und der Bach
13. Auf dem Wasser zu singen
14. Aufenthalt
15. Ständchen
16. Gretchen am Spinnrade
17. Erlkönig
18. Ave Maria
19. Frühlingsglaube
20. Francisco Tárrega (arr. Luiza Borac): Requerdos de la Alhambra