Schubert: Impromptus D899 Moments Musicaux D780
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Tracklist
1
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 1 in C minor
2
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
3
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major
4
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
5
Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: No. 10, Ballet No. 2 (Transcr. Tharaud)
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Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: Overture (Transcr. Tharaud)
7
Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: No. 6, Entr'acte No. 3 (Transcr. Tharaud)
8
Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: No. 1, Entr'acte No. 1 (Transcr. Tharaud)
9
Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 1 in C Major
10
Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
11
Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F minor
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Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 4 in C-Sharp minor
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Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 5 in F minor
14
Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major
About This Release
The programme for Alexandre Tharaud's first album of Schubert comprises the four Impromptus D 899 (op 90), the six Moments musicaux and, in Tharaud's own transcription for piano, four excerpts from the stage music for Rosamunde. When Tharaud performed the Impromptus at London's Wigmore Hall in 2014, The Guardian wrote: "He got to the heart of the beauties and abysses of this music."