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An Anthology of Historic Performances
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1 SCHUMANN: Aufschwung (Ania Dorfmann) Music history and reference
2 LISZT: Etude No. 6 (Theme and Variations) (Marie-Aimée Warrot [Varro]) volumes were written almost
3 GARRETA: Sardana (Blanche Selva) exclusively ‘by men, for men,
4 WEBER: Sonata No.1 in C major: Rondo (Perpetual Motion) about men’ pianists. Naxos
(Ginette Doyen) redresses this imbalance by
Women at the Piano • 2

5 DOHNANYI: Rhapsody No. 3 in C major (Johanne Amalie Stockmarr) presenting a comprehensive

6 LECUONA: Malagueña (Olga Samaroff) multi-compact disc anthology
7 IBERT: Le petit âne blanc (France Marguerite Ellegaard) of historic performances by
8 GOOSSENS: The Hurdy-Gurdy Man (Claudette Sorel) pioneering women pianists of

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9 RACHMANINOV: Barcarolle in G minor (Madeleine de Valmalète) the first half of the twentieth
0 SCRIABIN: Etude in D flat major (Muriel Kerr) century, continuing with this
! VOGRICH: Staccato-Caprice (Yolanda Merö) second volume (Volume 1 is
@ COUPERIN: Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins (Kathleen Long) available on 8.111120). Each
# HUMMEL: Rondo in E flat major (Lubka Kolessa) pianist is represented by one
BACH: Prelude and Fugue No. 36 in F minor (Elsie Hall ) exemplary selection, with
$ Prelude detailed information on both
% Fugue the artist and the recording.
^ VERDI-LISZT: ‘Rigoletto’ Paraphrase (Raie Da Costa) Great care is being lavished on
& WAGNER-LISZT: Spinning Song, from ‘The Flying Dutchman’ making this endeavour a
(Galina Werschenska) seamless listening experience,
* CHOPIN: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor (Irene Scharrer) by matching the acoustical
( VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No. 5 (Alma Brasileira) (Ellen Ballon) quality of the various pianos
) BARTÓK: Six Romanian Folk Dances (Lili Kraus) used in so many different
¡ GOULD: Boogie Woogie Etude (Leah Effenbach) venues.
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Cover Photograph: At the Piano by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(1834-1903)
[Bridgeman Art Library / Taft Museum, Ohio, USA]