AMR20031028 - My Favorite Encores

Walter Hautzig, pianist

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This recording contains some of Walter Hautzig's favorite works that he plays for encores at his concerts and recitals. They are sure to become some of your favorites as well. Mr. Hautzig is perhaps one of the few great Romantic pianists left alive today and Americus is honored to have his latest recording on our label. The CD also includes a short piece by Americus Records founder John DesMarteau. It's entitled Spanish Nights. A PDF of the sheet music is available for downloading (opens in a new window).

Total playing time: 73:26


Quicktime Sample:
Track 2: Gluck-Sgambati:

Tracklist:

• 1: Marcello-Bach: “Aria” from Marcello’s Oboe Concerto [3:47]
• 2: Gluck-Sgambati: “Melody” from Gluck’s opera Orfeo/Orpheus [3:46]
• 3: Handel-Munz: “Minuet” from Handel’s opera Berenice [3:20]
• 4:Schubert-Liszt: “Ständchen” (Serenade). Song by Schubert [5:48]
• 5: Schubert: Moment Musical in F Minor, D780, No. 3 [2:03]
• 6: Schumann: ""Träumerei"" (Reverie), Op. 15, No. 7, from Kinderscenen (Scenes from Childhood) [2:47]
• 7: Brahms: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No.15 [1:45]
• 8: Chopin: Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18 (“Grande Valse Brilliante”) [5:15]
• 9: Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 [4:23]
• 10: Chopin: Waltz in D-flat Major. Op. 64, No. 1 (“Minute Waltz”) [1:55]
• 11: Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 ("Heroic") [7:32]
• 12: Debussy: “La fille aux cheveux de lin” (“The Girl with Flaxen Hair”) from Préludes, Book I (1910) [2:33]
• 13: Debussy: “Feux d’artifice” (“Fireworks”) from Préludes, Book II (1913) [5:13]
• 14: Frederico Mompou: “Jeunes filles au jardin” (“Girls in the Garden”) from Scènes d”enfants (Scenes of Childhood) [2:57]
• 15: John DesMarteau: "Spanish Nights" [2:17]
• 16: Manuel de Falla: “Danza del molinero” (“The Dance of the Miller”) from El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) [2:15]
• 17: Manuel de Falla: “Danza ritual del fuego” (“Ritual Fire Dance”) from El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) [4:41]
• 18: Ignaz Friedman: Gärtnerwalzer No. 2 [4:02]
• 19: Johann Strauss-Grünfeld-Hautzig: Concert Paraphase of Themes from the operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) [7:05]
• Total Time: 73:26