ShortCuts: 50 Piano Pieces; Antonio Ballista (2CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                54’43

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU 1683–1764

1 IV. ‘La Poule’ (from Suite in G RCT6)                                                                                                                          3’01

J.S. BACH 1685–1750 arr. Myra Hess

2 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Chorale from Cantata BWV147)                                                                                   3’45

JOSEPH HAYDN 1732–1809

3 Allegretto in G Hob:XVII:10 for piano                                                                                                                        2’00

(after Hob:XIX:27 for mechanical clock)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756–1791

4 Marche funèbre del Sig.r Maestro Contrapunto K453a                                                                                            1’55

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770–1827

5 Bagatelle in C WoO54 ‘Lustig–Traurig’                                                                                                                       1’54

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797–1828

6 Waltz in G D844 ‘Albumblatt’                                                                                                                                     1’08

CARL CZERNY 1791–1857

7 ‘Bear Dance’ (Finale from Valses di bravura Op.35)                                                                                                  1’04

GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792–1868

8 Prélude (from Péchés de vieillesse Vol. XIII ‘Musique anodine’)                                                                               1’55

ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810–1856

9 Theme in E flat RSW:Anh:F39                                                                                                                                    1’34

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810–1849

10 Prélude in A flat Op. posth. ‘À mon ami Pierre Wolff’                                                                                             0’53

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833–1897

11 Sarabande in A minor WoO5/1                                                                                                                                1’39

FRANZ LISZT 1811–1886

12 Bagatelle sans tonalité S216a                                                                                                                                  3’05

GIUSEPPE VERDI 1813–1901

13 Waltz in F                                                                                                                                                                  1’47

RICHARD WAGNER 1813–1883

14 Albumblatt                                                                                                                                                                2’19

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–1921 transcr. Leopold Godowsky

15 XIII. Le Cygne (from Le Carnaval des animaux)                                                                                                        2’43

CHARLES GOUNOD 1818–1893

16 Marche funèbre d’une marionnette                                                                                                                        3’02

JULES MASSENET 1842–1912

17 V. Mélodie: Lento ma non troppo ‘Elégie jouée dans les Erynnies’                                                                        2’10

(from 10 Pièces de genre Op.10)

EMMANUEL CHABRIER 1841–1894

18 Ballabile                                                                                                                                                                    1’31

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840–1893

19 Berceuse: Andante mosso (from 18 Morceaux Op.87)                                                                                           3’00

GABRIEL FAURÉ 1845–1924

20 Allégresse in C (from 8 Pièces brèves Op.84)                                                                                                          1’57

EDVARD GRIEG 1843–1907

21 Arietta (from Lyric Pieces Op.12)                                                                                                                             1’27

GEORGES BIZET 1838–1875

22 Danse bohémienne (from Scènes bohémiennes)                                                                                                    3‘29

LEOPOLD GODOWSKY 1870–1938

23 Alt Wien (from Triakontameron)                                                                                                                             2’32

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 1872–1915

24 Poème fantasque                                                                                                                                                     0’23

MANUEL DE FALLA 1876–1946

25 Danza del molinero (Farruca from El sombrero de tres picos)                                                                                2’20

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                53’10

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862–1918

1 D’un cahier d’esquisses: Très lent                                                                                                                              4’21

DARIUS MILHAUD 1892–1974

2 Ipanema (from Saudades do Brasil Op.67)                                                                                                                1’51

GEORGE GERSHWIN 1875–1937

3 Promenade (‘Walking the Dog’ sequence from Shall We Dance? )                                                                          2’53

MAURICE RAVEL 1875–1937

4 Prélude M65                                                                                                                                                               2’53

IGOR STRAVINSKY 1882–1971

5 Piano-Rag-Music                                                                                                                                                        1’24

GIACOMO PUCCINI 1858–1924

6 Foglio d’album                                                                                                                                                            1’43

FRANCIS POULENC 1899–1963

7 Mouvement perpétuel No.1                                                                                                                                      3’09

PAUL HINDEMITH 1895–1963

8 V. Ragtime (from 1922 Suite für Klavier Op.26)                                                                                                         1’31

SERGEI PROKOFIEV 1891–1953

9 March (from The Love for Three Oranges)                                                                                                                1’43

OLIVIER MESSIAEN 1908–1992

10 III. Le Nombre léger (from 8 Préludes)                                                                                                                    2‘17

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN 1928–2007

11 Klavierstück III                                                                                                                                                          0‘21

JEAN FRANÇAIX 1912–1997

12 III. Hommage à Domenico Scarlatti (Couronné par Beethoven

et par Mendelssohn, sous le regard complice de Debussy)                                                                                         1’49

(from La Promenade d’un musicologue éclectique)

LA MONTE YOUNG b.1935

13 Composition 1960 #7                                                                                                                                               0’39

NICCOLÒ CASTIGLIONI 1932–1996

14 VI. La fontanella di Ganna (from Come io passo l’estate)                                                                                       0’33

MORTON FELDMAN 1926–1987

15 Intermission 6                                                                                                                                                           1’50

HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS 1887–1959

16 VII. O polichinelo (from A prole do bebê, Book I)                                                                                                    1’59

PAOLO CASTALDI b.1930

17 Caro babbo                                                                                                                                                               0’52

GYÖRGY LIGETI 1923–2006

18 Allegro con spirito (from Musica ricercata)                                                                                                             1’15

JOHN CAGE 1912–1992

19 Totem Ancestor for prepared piano                                                                                                                        2’24

LUCIANO BERIO 1925–2003

20 Erdenklavier                                                                                                                                                             5’07

JOHN ADAMS 1947

21 China Gates                                                                                                                                                              1’46

BRUNO CANINO b.1935

22 Un microritratto                                                                                                                                                       1’01

SALVATORE SCIARRINO b.1947

23 Anamorfosi                                                                                                                                                               1’50

ALESSANDRO LUCCHETTI b.1958

24 The Grey Veil                                                                                                                                                            2’40

GEORGE CRUMB b.1929

25 VII. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) [Scorpio] for amplified piano                                                           2’32

(from Makrokosmos, Vol. II: Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac – Part 2)

Antonio Ballistapiano