Rudolf Buchbinder - Soiree De Vienne (CD ALBUM (1 DISC))

Rudolf Buchbinder - Soiree De Vienne (CD ALBUM (1 DISC)) Rudolf Buchbinder is one of the legendary performers of our time. The authority of a career spanning more than 60 years is uniquely combined with esprit and spontaneity in his piano playing. Tradition and innovation, faithfulness and freedom, authenticity, and open-mindedness merge in his reading of the great piano literature. We all have impossible dreams. And one such dream gave rise to this album: I’d so much like to attend a Viennese soirée where all the composers on this recording are assembled: Strauss, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven. These pieces embody the spirit of a good evening get-together: inspiring, good-humoured, effervescent, but always probing the depths. – Rudolf Buchbinder TRACKLISTING JOHANN STRAUSS (1825–1899) / ALFRED GRÜNFELD (1852–1924) Soirée de Vienne op. 56 Concert Paraphrase after themes from Die Fledermaus and other works by Strauss JOHANN STRAUSS / OTTO SCHULHOF (1889–1958) Pizzicato-Polka op. 9/2 FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Marche militaire in D major D 733/15:53 arr. Carl Tausig Waltz in G flat major “Kupelwieser-Walzer” D Anh. I/14 arr. Richard Strauss LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Bagatelle in C major op. 33/5 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849) Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor op. 66 Nocturne in E flat major op. 9/2 Waltz in C sharp minor op. 64/2 Waltz in B minor op. posth. 69/2 Étude in A flat major op. 25/1 ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) / FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Liebeslied S 566 after Schumann’s Widmung op. 25/1 FRANZ SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus D 899 No. 1 in C minor. Allegro molto moderato No. 2 in E flat major. Allegro No. 3 in G flat major. Andante No. 4 in A flat major. Allegretto JOHANN STRAUSS / ALFRED GRÜNFELD Frühlingsstimmen-Walzer op. 57 Concert Paraphrase after Strauss FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ LISZT Soirées de Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6 S 427/6 after Schubert’s waltzes D 969/9, 969/10 & 779/13