Anton Rubinstein, Aleksander Michalovski, Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, Déodat De Séverac, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Horatio Parker, Ignacy Paderewski, Ignaz Friedman, John Field, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Richard Strauss, Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Selim Palmgren, Teresa Carreño, Vladimir Rebikov, Vladimir Horowitz
Artist
Vincenzo Maltempo piano
Format
1 CD
Cat. number
PCL10199
EAN code
5063758101998
Release
December 2026
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“his playing flashes with summer lightning... His reflexes are nervy and rapid, and he dispatches every outlandish difficulty with an astonishing ease and fleetness.” (Gramophone), “Exhilarating, and a real revelation” (Guardian), “"larger-than-life swagger…unflinching technique,..thrillingly demonic." (Guardlian).
Vincenzo Maltempo’s recordings for Piano Classics have consistently been praised with the highest superlatives, for both his uncanny technical facilities and his deep musical insight. His first Alkan recordings established him as first class virtuoso, while his further recordings with works by Liszt, Scriabin, Schumann, Dukas, Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms showed a musician with a keen sense of emotional depth.
This extraordinary CD presents a wildly varying selection of encore pieces, short works of either intimate lyrical character or of dazzling virtuosity, a true extravaganza of pianistic fireworks!
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Andante from Cello Sonata, Op. 19 (Transcription by Vincenzo Maltempo)
Richard Strauss: 6 Lieder, Op. 17: II. “Ständchen” (Transcription by Walter Gieseking)
Horatio Parker: Valse gracile, from 3 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 49
Ignaz Friedman: Elle danse, from 5 Causeries, Op. 10
Felix Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte, Op. 67, No. 4, Presto “Spinnerlied“
Ignacy Paderewski: Menuet, Op. 14 No. 1
Teresa Carreño: La fausse note, Op. 39
Johann Sebastian Bach: Badinerie from Ouverture, BWV 1067 (Transcription by S. Yushkevich)
Ignacy Paderewski: Nocturne, Op.16 No. 4
Déodat De Séverac: Valse Romantique”, from the suite ‘‘En Vacance’’
Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 Ttranscription by Sergio Fiorentino)
Claude Debussy: Beau soir (Transcription by Vincenzo Maltempo)
Vladimir Horowitz: Danse excentrique (Moment exotique)
Vladimir Rebikov: A Musical Snuffbox
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli: La danse d’Olaf, from 2 Lunaires, Op. 33
Ignaz Friedman: Wiener Tänze nach Motiven von Eduard Gärtner, No. 2 “Vivo e sciolto”
John Field: Nocturne No. 10 in E Minor
Ossip Gabrilowitsch: Melodie, Op. 8
Camille Saint-Saëns: “Le cygne”, from “Le carnaval des animaux” (transcription by Leopold Godowsky)
Francis Poulenc: Novellette No. 1, modéré sans lenteur
Anton Rubinstein: Melodie in F Major, Op. 3 No. 1
Ignaz Friedman: Piano Piece Op. 33, No. 3 “Tabatière à musique”
Johann Sebastian Bach: “Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze), from the Cantata “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd” BWV 208 (Transcription by Egon Petri)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise (Transcription by Anton Borodin)
Selim Palmgren: En route, Op. 9
Aleksander Michalovski: Paraphrase on Chopin’s “Minute Waltz”
