Description
Christina Harnisch, piano (1-11)
Danube Symphony Orchestra, Andras Deak (conductor), Christina Harnisch (piano) (12)
SAL 7022
1. Etude pathétique op. 124 4:39
2. Six Etudes de Concert op. 35 Nr. 2 Automne. Lento 5:56
3. Six Etudes de Concert op. 35 Nr. 3 Fileuse. Allegro 4:57
4. Etude romantigue op. 132 Allegro vivo Ersteinspielung 6:32
5. Six Romances sans Paroles op. 76 Nr. 3, Idylle. Allegro moderato 2:57
3 Valses [13:20]
6. 4ème Valse op. 91. Allegro vivo 5:17
7. Valse d‘Automne op. 169. Mouvement de Valse: Allegro Ersteinspielung 3:27
8. Valse-Caprice op. 33 Allegro Ersteinspielung 4:36
Sonate en ut mineur op. 21 [16:57]
9. Allegro appassionato 6:44
10. Andante 7:02
11. Allegro 3:11
12. Concertstück op. 40 17:32
CD Time: 72:55
The Parisian composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade contributed more than any other creative musician to the colour of cultural life in the city on the Seine both in the versatility of her means of expression and among the composers of the French piano music of the Belle Epoque, comparable most closely to Saint-Saëns and Debussy.
She mastered the classical-romantic sonata form with the same confidence as the theory of the lied or the tonal balance of short character pieces and dances. With more than 200 piano pieces and some 130 songs with piano accompaniment, she composed an oeuvre between around 1880 and 1915 in these two fields alone that ranks as one of the most extensive of the period.
