Sergio Fiorentino Early Recordings 1953-1966 (10CD)

Disk 1

1 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80 2 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: I. Grave - Doppio movimento 3 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo 4 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre. Lento 5 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: IV. Finale. Presto 6 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: I. Allegro maestoso 7 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante 8 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: III. Allegro vivace assai 9 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57: I. Allegro assai 10 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57: II. Andante con moto 11 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57: III. Allegro non troppo – Presto

Disk 2

1 Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903 2 Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: I. — 3 Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: II. Andante 4 Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: III. Presto 5 Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 532 6 Chaconne in D Minor from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 7 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13: I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 8 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile 9 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13: III. Rondo. Allegro

Disk 3

1 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27: I. Adagio sostenuto 2 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27: II. Allegretto – Trio 3 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27: III. Presto agitato 4 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: I. Allegro con brio 5 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: II. Introduzione. Adagio molto 6 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53: Rondo. Allegro moderato – Prestissimo 7 Ein Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: I. Allegro. Sehr lebhaft 8 Ein Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam 9 Ein Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: III. Scherzino 10 Ein Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: IV. Intermezzo. Mit größter Energie 11 Ein Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: V. Finale. Höchst lebhaft 12 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen - Kuriose Geschichte - Hasche-Mann Bittendes Kind - Glückes genug - Wichtige Begebenheit – Träumerei 13 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VIII. Am Kamin - Ritter vom Steckenpferd - Fast zu ernst – Fürchtenmachen Kind im Einschlummern - Der Dichter spricht

Disk 4

1 Carnaval, Op. 9: I. Préambule 2 Carnaval, Op. 9: XII. Chopin 3 Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 4 Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Theme - Etude I - Etude II - Etude III - Etude IV - Etude V - Etude VI -Etude VII 5 Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: Etude VIII - Etude IX - Etude X - Etude XI -Etude XII 6 Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35: Book I. Theme, Variations 1 – 14 7 Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35: Book II. Variations 1 – 14

Disk 5

1 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24: Theme, Variations 1 – 9 2 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24: Variations 10 – 18 3 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24: Variations 19 - 25, Fugue 4 Etude No. 1 in B-Fflat Major, Op. 104 5 Lieder ohne Worte No. 4 in C Major, Op. 6 6 Scherzo in A-Flat Major 7 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo in F Minor 8 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: II. Allegro in C Major 9 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: III. Grave in C Minor 10 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: IV. Moderato in D Minor 11 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: V. Non allegro – Presto in E-Flat Minor 12 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: VI. Allegro con fuoco in E-Flat Major 13 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: VII. Moderato in G Minor 14 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: VIII. Grave in C-Sharp Minor 15 Polka de W. R. in A-Flat Major 16 Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 17 3 Old Viennese Dances: I. Liebesfreud

Disk 6

1 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 2 Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 3 Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 4 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 5 Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 6 Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 7 Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 8 Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54

Disk 7

1 Etudes, Op. 10: I. Allegro in C Major 2 Etudes, Op. 10: II. Allegro in A Minor 3 Etudes, Op. 10: III. Lento, ma non troppo in E Major 4 Etudes, Op. 10: IV. Presto in C-Flat Minor 5 Etudes, Op. 10: V. Vivace in G-Flat Major 6 Etudes, Op. 10: VI. Andante in E-Flat Minor 7 Etudes, Op. 10: VII. Vivace in C Major 8 Etudes, Op. 10: VIII. Allegro in F Major 9 Etudes, Op. 10: IX. Allegro, molto agitato in F Minor 10 Etudes, Op. 10: X. Assai vivace in A-Flat Major 11 Etudes, Op. 10: XI. Allegretto in E-Flat Major 12 Etudes, Op. 10: XII. Allegro con fuoco in C Minor 13 Etudes, Op. 25: I. Allegro sostenuto in A-Flat Major 14 Etudes, Op. 25: II. Presto in F Minor 15 Etudes, Op. 25: III. Allegro in F Major 16 Etudes, Op. 25: IV. Agitato in A Minor 17 Etudes, Op. 25: V. Vivace in E Minor 18 Etudes, Op. 25: VI. Allegro in G-Sharp Minor 19 Etudes, Op. 25: VII. Lento in C-Sharp Minor 20 Etudes, Op. 25: VIII. Vivace in D-Flat Major 21 Etudes, Op. 25: IX. Assai allegro in G-Flat Major 22 Etudes, Op. 25: X. Allegro con fuoco in B Minor 23 Etudes, Op. 25: XI. Lento - Allegro con brio in A Minor 24 Etudes, Op. 25: XII. Molto allegro con fuoco in C Minor 25 3 Nouvellles études, B. 130: I. Andantino in F Minor 26 3 Nouvellles études, B. 130: II. Allegretto in D-Flat Major 27 3 Nouvellles études, B. 130: III. Allegretto in A-Flat Major

Disk 8

1 Waltz No. 1, vivo in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 2 Waltz No. 2, vivace in A-Flat Major, Op. 34 3 Waltz No. 3, lento in A Minor 4 Waltz No. 4, vivace in F Major, Op. 34 5 Waltz No. 5, vivace in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 6 Waltz No. 6, molto vivace in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 7 Waltz No. 7, tempo giusto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 8 Waltz No. 8, moderato in A-Flat Major, Op. 64 9 Waltz No. 9, lento in A-Flat Major, Op. 69 10 Waltz No. 10, moderato in B Minor, Op. 69 11 Waltz No. 11, molto vivace in G-Flat Major, Op. 70 12 Waltz No. 12, tempo giusto in A-Flat Major, Op. 70 13 Waltz No. 13, moderato in G-Flat Major, Op. 70 14 Waltz No. 14, — in E Minor, BI 56 15 Waltz in E Major, BI 44 16 Waltz in D-Flat Major, BI 21 17 Waltz in E-Flat Major, BI 46 18 Waltz in A Minor, BI 150 19 Waltz in E-Flat Major, BI 133 20 Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 21 Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 36 22 Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51 23 Impromptu No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

Disk 9

1 Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22: I. Andante spianato 2 Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Grande polonaise brillante 3 Polonaise No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26 4 Polonaise No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26 5 Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40 6 Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40 7 Polonaise No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44 8 Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 9 Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61

Disk 10

1 Polonaise in D Minor, Op. 71 2 Polonaise in B-Flat Major, Op. 71 3 Polonaise in F Minor, Op. 71 4 Polonaise in G Minor, BI 1 5 Polonaise in B-Flat Major, BI3 6 Polonaise in A-Flat Major, BI 5 7 Polonaise in G-Sharp Minor, BI 6 8 Polonaise in B-Flat Minor, BI 13 9 Polonaise in G-Flat Major, BI 36 10 Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Major, Op. 13

Recorded:

at Levy Sound Studios, London on 22nd October 1953 (tracks 1-1 to 1-5)

at Levy Sound Studios, London on 8th October 1954 (tracks 1-6 to 1-8)

at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London on 15th February 1955 (tracks 1-9 to 1-11)

at Hornsey Town Hall, London on 4th March 1959 (tracks 7-13 to 7-24)

at Musikhalle, Hamburg on 11th - 13th September 1960 (tracks 9-1 to 10-9)

at Hornsey Town Hall, London on 4th January 1961 (tracks 6-5 to 6-8)

at Borough Hall, Greenwich, London on 8th January 1962 (tracks 7-1 to 7-12, 7-25 to 7-27)

at Salle Wagram, Paris on 30th May & 1st June 1962 (tracks 6-1 to 6-4, 8-1 to 8-23)

at Salle Wagram, Paris on 30th & 31st May, 1st June & 17th September 1962 (tracks 5-7 to 5-16)

at Borough Hall, Greenwich, London on 30th July 1963 (tracks 2-7 to 2-9)

at Borough Hall, Greenwich, London on 30th & 31st July 1965 (tracks 3-1 to 3-6)

at Civic Hall, Guildford on 9th August 1965 (tracks 4-6 to 5-3)

at Civic Hall, Guildford on 10th August 1965 (tracks 2-1 to 2-6)

at Civic Hall, Guildford on 11th August 1965 (tracks 3-7 to 4-5)

at Civic Hall, Guildford on 14th February 1966 (track 10-10)

at Civic Hall, Guildford on 15th & 16th February 1966 (tracks 5-4 to 5-6, 5-17)