MACDOWELL: Piano Sonata No. 4 / 6 Poems / 12 Virtuoso Studies

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Piano Sonata No. 4 (more info)
Composed by: Edward MacDowell
James Barbagallo, piano


1.   I. With great power and dignity (Maestoso) - 7:29
2.   II. With naive tenderness (Semplice, teneramente) - 5:31
3.   III. Very swift and fierce (Molto allegro con fuoco) - 4:38


Forgotten Fairy Tales (more info)
Composed by: Edward MacDowell
James Barbagallo, piano


4.   No. 1. Sung outside the Prince's door (Softly, wistfully) - 1:17
5.   No. 2. Of a Tailor and a Bear (Gaily, pertly) - 1:55
6.   No. 3. Beauty in the Rose-Garden (Not fast; sweetly and simply) - 1:58
7.   No. 4. From Dwarf-land (Merrily, quaintly) - 1:38


6 Poems after Heine (more info)
Composed by: Edward MacDowell
James Barbagallo, piano


8.   No. 1. From a Fisherman's Hut (Allegro soave) - 2:04
9.   No. 2. Scotch Poem (Allegro tempestoso) - 2:17
10.   No. 3. From Long Ago (Allegretto giocoso) - 1:57
11.   No. 4. The Postwaggon (Allegro moderato) - 1:52
12.   No. 5. The Shepherd Boy (Allegretto placido) - 1:57
13.   No. 6. Monologue (Andante tristemente) - 2:59


12 Virtuoso Studies (more info)
Composed by: Edward MacDowell
James Barbagallo, piano


14.   No. 1. Novelette (Allegro energico) - 1:42
15.   No. 2. Moto Perpetuo (Leggierissimo e piu veloce possibile) - 1:35
16.   No. 3. Wilde Jagd (Allegro furioso) - 2:11
17.   No. 4. Improvisation (Andantino, quasi a piacere) - 2:06
18.   No. 5. Elfentanz (Presto leggiero) - 3:10
19.   No. 6. Valse Triste (Allegretto non troppo) - 2:46
20.   No. 7. Burlesque (Allegretto giocoso capriccioso) - 2:03
21.   No. 8. Bluette (Allegrissimo) - 1:36
22.   No. 9. Traumerei (Andantino, con tenerezza) - 2:21
23.   No. 10. Marzwind (Prestissimo volante) - 2:05
24.   No. 11. Impromptu (Moderato grazioso) - 1:38
25.   No. 12. Polonaise (Allegro maestoso ma non fuoco) - 3:34

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