Description
On his second recording for GM, Frederick Moyer offers an intriguing look at the similarities and dissimilarities between three masters of the keyboard — Haydn, Brahms, and Prokofiev — composing in the three great traditions of Western music: the Classical, the Romantic, and the Modern.
(Also on GM Recordings, hear Frederick Moyer on Bach: Partita Number 5 in G Major, , Rachmaninoff: Corelli Variations, Reger: Studies for the Left Hand, , Walker: Piano Sonata Number 4, , Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Mendelssohn: Suite of Seven Pieces, , and Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.)
”"A born pianist ... exhilarating."
Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia)
PERFORMERS
Frederick Moyer, piano
PROGRAM
Side A
Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata Number 9 in F Major,
HV XVI:9 (ca 1766) 6:26
1. Allegro 2:32
2. Menuet 3:03
3. Scherzo 0:40
4. Johannes Brahms:
Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Opus 9 21:04
Side B
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata Number 8 in B flat Major, Opus 84
(1944) 30:11
1. Andante dolce 15:40
2. Andante sognando 4:31
3. Vivace – Allegro ben marcato 9:50
Recorded on 14 April 1985 live at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, during the International Artists Series Recital.
Executive Producer: Gunther Schuller
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