Cyril Scott
The Complete Sonatas and Other Works for Piano
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GEN 85049 EAN: 4260036250497
15.1.2006
Special offer18.90 € 16.90 €
Do you know who Scott is? And we don't mean Walter Scott, author of swashbuckling historical novels of high romance. This is about Cyril Scott, composer, pianist, poet and mystic-spiritualist (1879-1970)… His most important piano works are recorded in the first release in our brand new Geniun CD series — "Un!erhoert" devoted to Unheard Of! piano repertory. With wondrous flourishes and bewitching dexterity, Munich pianist Michael Schaefer carries a torch for the boldly unconventional Scott. These exciting pieces for piano solo move between jazzy passages and exotic flair, basking in Late Romanticism and the realism of 1920s Neue Sachlichkeit. They represent Scott’s output over a period of nearly 60 years! Essential listening. The final work, from 1963, is simply a message from another world…If you don’t know Cyril Scott yet, now is the time.
Fono Forum
"Michael Schäfer presents Scott’s major piano works here in a highly committed and expressive manner." Fono Forum 9/2006
MusicWeb International
"strongly recommendable CD"
Review on the MusicWeb International by Jürgen Schaarwächter, June 2007
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Tracklist
- Cyril Scott (1879—1970)
Sonata op. 66 (1909)
Allegro con spirito - Adagio
- Tempo of first movement
- Fugue
- Cyril Scott
Second Sonata (1932) - Cyril Scott
Sonata III (1956)
Molto tranquillo — poco più mosso - Scherzo patético, Allegretto
- Finale Grave — con moto
- Cyril Scott
Sphinx op. 63 (1908) - Cyril Scott
Rainbow Trout (1916) - Cyril Scott
Rondeau de Concert (1918) - Cyril Scott
Ballad (1920) - Cyril Scott
Victorian Waltz (1963)
Do you know who Scott is? And we don't mean Walter Scott, author of swashbuckling historical novels of high romance. This is about Cyril Scott, composer, pianist, poet and mystic-spiritualist (1879-1970)… His most important piano works are recorded in the first release in our brand new Geniun CD series — "Un!erhoert" devoted to Unheard Of! piano repertory. With wondrous flourishes and bewitching dexterity, Munich pianist Michael Schaefer carries a torch for the boldly unconventional Scott. These exciting pieces for piano solo move between jazzy passages and exotic flair, basking in Late Romanticism and the realism of 1920s Neue Sachlichkeit. They represent Scott’s output over a period of nearly 60 years! Essential listening. The final work, from 1963, is simply a message from another world…If you don’t know Cyril Scott yet, now is the time.
Fono Forum
"Michael Schäfer presents Scott’s major piano works here in a highly committed and expressive manner." Fono Forum 9/2006
MusicWeb International
"strongly recommendable CD"
Review on the MusicWeb International by Jürgen Schaarwächter, June 2007