3CDs
COMPACT DISC 1 (78’12)
1. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21
SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS / VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA
4. CHOPIN Nocturne in D flat major Op 27/2
5. CHOPIN Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20
6. CHOPIN Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31
7. CHOPIN Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor Op 39
8. CHOPIN Scherzo No 4 in E major Op 54
COMPACT DISC 2 (68’43)
1. WEBER/TAUSIG Invitation to the Dance
2. MEDTNER Danza festiva Op 38/3
3. ERNESTO HALFFTER Danza de la Pastora from the ballet Sonatine
4. BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances Sz56
10. BIZET/RACHMANINOV Minuet from L’arlésienne suite No 1
11. CHOPIN Waltz in D flat major ‘Minute’ Op 64/1
12. CHOPIN Mazurka in A flat major Op 59/2
13. CHOPIN Mazurka in F sharp minor Op 59/3
14. CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major Op 61
15. CHOPIN Étude in A flat major Op 25/1; 16. Étude in F minor Op 25/2
17. Étude in F major Op 25/3; 18. Étude in G flat major ‘Butterfly’ Op 25/9
19. Nouvelle étude in A flat major KKIIb/3; 20. Étude in C sharp minor Op 10/4
21. Étude in A flat major Op 10/10; 22. Étude in C major Op 10/7
23. Étude in F major Op 10/8 24. Étude in C minor ‘Revolutionary’ Op 10/12
COMPACT DISC 3 (65’29)
1. DEBUSSY Étude ‘Pour les arpèges composés’ L143/11
2. SZYMANOWSKI Étude in B flat minor Op 4/3
3. MOSZKOWSKI Étude de virtuosité in F major Op 72/6
4. SCRIABIN Étude in B flat minor Op 8/11
5. SCRIABIN Étude in C sharp minor Op 2/1
6. LISZT Gnomenreigen S145/2
7. RACHMANINOV Étude-tableau in E flat minor Op 33/6
8. RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30
SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS / VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA
The American pianist ANN SCHEIN (born 1939) has had a long and distinguished career as both a performer and latterly, as a teacher. She studied with Busoni pupil Mieczysław Munz and then with both Myra Hess and Arthur Rubinstein. She had early success in romantic repertoire, and her Rachmaninov 3rd concerto became a sensational calling card as can be heard in its subsequent recording. For those ‘in the know’ her most impressive recordings are those she made in her youth between 1958 and 1960 for the US KAPP label in its short-lived entry into the classical world. These five long-unavailable LPs are reissued here together for the first time.
APR7320 Available on Compact Disc, as a Digital Download and to Stream