Explorer Set - American Edition (10CD)

Explorer Set: American Edition

CD1

Edward Macdowell 1860-1908

Piano Sonata No.1 Op.45 “Tragica”

1. I. Largo maestoso 8’54
2. II. Molto allegro, vivace 2’47
3. III. Largo con maestà 7’50
4. IV. Allegro eroico 8’29

Piano Sonata No.2 Op.50 “Eroica”

5. I. Slow, with nobility 8 ’10
6. II. Elf-like, as light and swift as possible 3’31
7. III. Tenderly, longingly, yet with passion 5’35
8. IV. Fiercely, very fast 7’28

Woodland Sketches Op.51

9. No.1 To a Wild Rose 1’49
10. No.2. Will o’ the Wisp 1’24
11. No.3. At an Old Trysting Place 1’33
12. No.4. In Autumn 1’35
13. No.5. From an Indian Lodge 2’32
14. No.6. To a Water Lily 2’34
15. No.7. From Uncle Remus 1’20
16. No.8. A Desert Farm 2’29
17. No.9. By a Meadow Brook 1’09
18. No.10. Told at Sunset 3’57

Giorgio Trione Bartoli piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            73’46

Recording: January & February 2022 at the “Nino Rota” auditorium of the N. Piccinni conservatory in Bari, Italy

CD2

Charles Tomlinson Griffes 1884-1920

Three Tone-Pictures Op.5 (1910-1912)

1. The Lake at Evening 2’52
2. The Vale of Dreams 3’18
3. The Night Winds 2’20
4. Winter Landscape (1912) 4’17

Fantasy Pieces Op.6 (1912-1915)

5. Barcarolle 6’36
6. Notturno 6’02
7. Scherzo 5’14
8. Rhapsody in B Minor (1914) 7’58
9. De Profundis (1915) 6’13

Roman Sketches Op.7 (1915-1916)

10. The White Peacock 5’18
11. Nightfall (Al far della notte) 5’46
12. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola 3’50
13. Clouds 4’30

Sonata (1917-1919)

14. Feroce – Allegretto con moto 6’28
15. Molto tranquillo 3’16
16. Allegro vivace 5’19

Emanuele Torquati piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            79’25

Recording: 10-12 June 2016, Auditorium San Rocco, Senigallia, Italy

CD3

Edward MacDowell 1860-1908

Three Poems Op.20

1. Night by the Sea 4’25
2. A Tale from Knightly Times 3’25
3. Ballad 3’30

Moon Pictures Op.21

4. The Hindoo Maiden 2’21
5. Story of the Stork 1’38
6. In the Tyrol 3’33
7. The Swan 2’53
8. Visit of the Bear 1’41

Hamlet and Ophelia Op.22

9. Hamlet 7’09
10. Ophelia 6’22

Amy Beach 1867-1944

Three Movements

11. Allegro appassionato 1’42
12. Moderato 2’53
13. Allegro con fuoco 3’33

Summer Dreams Op.47

14. The Brownies 3’27
15. Robin Redbreast 1’48
16. Twilight 2’16
17. Katy-dids 0’53
18. Elfin Tarantelle 1’51
19. Good Night 3’36

Justine Marler narrator

Samuel Barber 1910-1981

Souvenirs Op.28

20. Waltz 4’13
21. Schottische 2’36
22. Pas de deux 3’53
23. Two-Step 1’46
24. Hesitation-Tango 3’46
25. Galop 2’57

Four hands, one piano:

Emma Abbate primo & Julian Perkins secondo

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            78’20

Recording: 16-18 January 2022, St George’s Bristol, UK

CD4

Amy Beach 1867-1944

1. “Out of the Depths” Op.130 (1932) 2’43
2. Variations on Balkan Themes Op.60 (1904) 25’12

Theme: Adagio malincolico

1. Più mosso
2. Maestoso
3. Allegro ma non troppo
4. Andante alla Barcarola
5. Largo con molta espressione /

Poco più mosso

1. Quasi Fantasia/Allegro all’ ‘Ongarese
2. Vivace/Valse lento
3. Con vigore/Lento calmato

Marcia funerale

Cadenza. Grave/Quasi fantasia/Maestoso/Adagio

3. “Dreaming” Op.15 No.3 (1892) 4’29
4. Serenade “Ständchen”

after Richard Strauss (1902)                                                                                                                                3’49

5. Prelude and Fugue Op.81 (1914) 10’30
6. “Canoeing” Op.119 No.3 (1927) 1’08
7. “Honeysuckle” Op.97 No.5 (1922) 2’55
8. “A Hermit Thrush at Eve” Op.92 No.1 (1922) 4’48
9. Nocturne Op.107 (1924) 3’41

Three Pieces Op.128 (1932)

10. I. Scherzino: “A Peterborough Chipmunk” 1’10
11. II. “Young Birches” 2’52
12. III. “Humming Bird” 1’01

Martina Frezzotti piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            65’01

Recording: 10/11 January 2023, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD5

Arthur Foote 1853-1937

Suite No.1 in D minor Op.15

1. I. Prelude 2’48
2. II. Fugue 2’21
3. III. Romance 5’03
4. IV. Capriccio 3’26

Arthur Whiting 1861-1936

Bagatelles for the Piano

5. I. Caprice 2’44
6. II. Humoreske 2’54
7. III. Bagatelle 1’43
8. IV. Idylle 2’44

John Knowles Paine 1839-1906

Three Piano Pieces, Op.41

9. III. Fuga giocosa 1’51

In the Country Op.26

10. I. Woodnotes 1’28
11. II. Wayside Flowers 2’22
12. IV. The Shepherd’s Lament 1’45
13. V. Village Dance 1’24
14. VII. The Mill 1’37
15. X. Welcome Home 1’51

George Whitefield Chadwick 1854-1931

Five Pieces

16. II. Dans le canot (Barcarolle) 3’51
17. V. Les grenouilles (Humoresque) 6’22

Ethelbert Nevin 1862-1901

Water Scenes Op.13

18. I. Dragon Fly 1’26
19. II. Ophelia 3’25
20. III. Water Nymph 2’42
21. IV. Narcissus 2’50
22. V. Barcarolle 4’25

Margaret Ruthven Lang 1867-1972

23. Rhapsody in E Minor, Op. 21 8’44

Artem Belogurov Chickering Piano 1873

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            63’55

Recording: 7-9 July 2013, St John’s Episcopal Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts

CD6

George Gershwin 1898-1937

Orginals

1. Do it Again 1’34
2. Fascinating Rhythm 0’48
3. Do Do Do 1’01
4. My One and Only 0’41
5. Clap yo’ Hands 0’44
6. Somebody Loves Me 1’08
7. I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise 0’36
8. That Certain Feeling 1’32
9. Liza 2’23
10. Strike up the Band 0’54
11. Sweet and Low Down 0’52
12. Nobody But You 1’01
13. ’S Wonderful 1’05
14. Who Cares 1’10
15. Swanee 0’42
16. Oh, Lady Be Good 1’12
17. I Got Rhythm 1’09
18. The Man I Love 2’23

Arrangements by Enrico Fagnoni

19. Do It Again 2’15
20. Fascinating Rhythm 0’53
21. Do Do Do 2’28
22. My One and Only 1’52
23. Clap yo’ Hands 0’49
24. Somebody Loves Me 2’26
25. I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise 2’17
26. That Certain Feeling 1’47
27. Liza 3’09
28. Strike up the Band 2’08
29. Sweet and Low Down 2’33
30. Nobody But You 1’54
31. ’S Wonderful 2’05
32. Who Cares 1’53
33. Swanee 1’20
34. Oh, Lady Be Good 3’51
35. I Got Rhythm 1’36
36. The Man I Love 3’46

Enrico Fagnoni piano

Total time: 61’25

Recording: July- August 2020, Hall by Alberto Napolitano pianoforti, Napoli, Italy

CD7

Leonard Bernstein 1918 – 1990

Sonata

1. I. 5’02
2. II. 9’25
3. Touches 8’31

Four Sabras

4. Ilana (The Dreamer) 1’14
5. Idele (The Chassidele) 1’46
6. Yosi (The Jokester) 0’57
7. Dina (The Tomboy

who Weeps Alone)                                                                                                                                               0’59

Four Anniversaries

8. For Felicia Montealegre 2’13
9. For Johnny Mehegan 0’40
10. For David Diamond 1’28
11. For Helen Coates 1’18

Five Anniversaries

12. For Elizabeth Rudolf 1’17
13. For Lukas Foss 1’46
14. For Elizabeth B. Ehrman 0’44
15. For Sandy Gellhorn 1’36
16. For Susanna Kyle 1’26

Seven Anniversaries

17. For Aaron Copland 1’25
18. For My Sister, Shirley 1’08
19. In Memoriam:

Alfred Eisner                                                                                                                                                         2’32

20. For Paul Bowles 1’18
21. In Memoriam:

Nathalie Koussevitzky                                                                                                                                          1’59

22. For Sergei Koussevitzky 1’02
23. For William Schuman 0’41
24. Non troppo presto 1’54

Music for the Dance, No. II

25. I. Moderato 0’56
26. II. Waltz Time 1’12
27. III. Allegro non troppo, with force 1’37

Thirteen Anniversaries

28. For Shirley Gabis

Rhoads Perle                                                                                                                                                        1’27

29. In Memoriam:

William Kapell                                                                                                                                                      0’25

30. For Stephen Sondheim 1’15
31. For Craig Urquhart 0’54
32. For Leo Smit 0’30
33. For My Daughter, Nina 2’18
34. In Memoriam:

Helen Coates                                                                                                                                                        2’45

35. In Memoriam:

Goddard Lieberson                                                                                                                                              1’01

36. For Jessica Fleischmann 2’14
37. In Memoriam:

Constance Hope                                                                                                                                                   2’19

38. For Felicia, On Our 28th Birthday (& Her 52nd) 1’21
39. For Aaron Stern 2’00
40. In Memoriam:

Ellen Goetz                                                                                                                                                           2’07

Michele Tozzetti                                                                                                                                                  

Total time: 76’45

Recording: 8-10 December 2017

at Musicafelix – Studio Benelli Mosell, Prato, Italy

CD8

Charles Ives 1874–1954

Piano Sonata No.1 (c.1900-1910)

1. I. Adagio con moto – Andante con moto – Allegro risoluto

‘with a certain kind of poise and dignity but not exactly slower’

Agitando ‘in a kind of furious way (hit hard)’/‘ease down’ Adagio cantabile                                                     7’54

2. IIa. Allegro moderato (1st Verse) – Andante (1st Chorus) 1’36
3. IIb. ‘In the Inn’: Allegro (2nd Verse) – Meno mosso (2nd Chorus) 4’01
4. III. Largo – Allegro – Largo 7’09
5. IVa. (crotchet = 88–100)

‘a study in “Rag” for 5s,

3s and 2s together’                                                                                                                                              1’12

6. IVb. Allegro – Presto

(as fast as possible) – Slow                                                                                                                                  3’01

7. V. Andante maestoso – A tempo (Andante or Allegretto) ‘più animato’ – Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Andante (or Allegro moderato con brio) 10’05

Piano Sonata No.2 ‘Concord, Mass.

1840-1860’ (1911-1915)

8. I. Emerson (‘a composite picture or impression’) 13’48
9. II. Hawthorne 11’23

(‘an “extended fragment”, reflecting “some of his wilder, fantastical adventures into the half childlike,

half fairy-like phantasmal realms”)

10. III. The Alcotts (‘a sketch’) 5’01
11. IV. Thoreau (‘an autumn day of Indian Summer at Walden’)* 1 0’24

*with Eleonore Pameijer flute

René Eckhardt piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            75’33

Recording: 1995

CD9

John Adams b.1947

1. China Gates 5’54
2. Phrygian Gates 28’12
3. American Berserk 7’13
4. Halleluiah Junction* 16’00

Jeroen van Veen piano

*Sandra van Veen second piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            57’23

Recording: 7 November 2015 (4), 13 June 2016 (3), 24-25 August 2017 (1, 2), Studio I Pernissimo, Pernis, The Netherlands

CD10

Philip Glass b.1968

Etudes for Piano Book I

1. Etude 1 in G minor 6’29
2. Etude 2 in A minor 7’26
3. Etude 3 in A 4’46
4. Etude 4 in D minor 4’23
5. Etude 5 in F minor 9’49
6. Etude 6 in F minor 5’49
7. Etude 7 in A minor 14’40
8. Etude 8 in C 7’03
9. Etude 9 in F minor 3’53
10. Etude 10 in E-Flat 8’37

Jeroen van Veen piano

Total time:                                                                                                                                                            73’00

Recording: 27-28 February 2017, Van Veen Productions, Studio II, Pernissimo, Pernis, The Netherlands