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Six Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin
Lawrence Budmen of the American Record Guide remarks of this CD, "Big-boned pianism,
rich tonal colors and dazzling technique are on display here. Has Scriabin ever been played better?"
Order this disc of the sonatas 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 and find out for yourself! I have included a sample track below
to whet your appetite. Romeo Records 7232. Romeo Records website.
Scriabin, Sonata no. 4 in F#, excerpt (5:02) [4.61 MB]
B! Music of Bach, Bartok and Brahms
Pictured
is my recording (2004) of J.S. Bach's lively Partita no. 5 in G, Bela Bartok's
evocative Suite Out of Doors and Johannes Brahms's songful Four Ballades, op. 10. Free mp3
selections from the recording are given in the three links below.
Bach, Corrente from Partita no. 5 (2:14) [2.05 MB]
Bartok, 'With fife and drum' (1:40) [1.53 MB]
Brahms, 'Edward' Ballade (excerpt) (3:34) [3.26 MB]
The Complete Mazurkas of Karol Szymanowski
Pictured
is my compact disc recording (2002) of the Complete Mazurkas of Karol Szymanowski. These exquisite mazurkas
were the subject of my doctoral paper Karol Szymanowski: Revitalizing the Solo Piano Mazurka
Genre (2001), my AMS Lowens Award lecture on that subject, and my paper The 'Szymanowski
clash': Harmonic Conflict and Ambiguity in the Szymanowski Mazurkas, which won the
2003 Stefan and Wanda Wilk Prize for Research in Polish Music. This article will be published shortly online at
the Polish Music Journal. For those unfamiliar with this composer,
I recommend the informative website Karol Szymanowski info.
Some free sample mp3 tracks:
Karol Szymanowski, Mazurka op. 50 no.
10 (2:46) [1.8 MB]
Karol Szymanowski, Mazurka op. 50 no.
13 (3:06) [1.7 MB]
More Music Samples
Please enjoy some more sample mp3 recordings below.
Harpsichord:
JS Bach, Quodlibet from Goldberg Variations,
on Fisk double manual harpsichord (1:50) [1.68 MB]
Fortepiano:
Please be patient: these will be available shortly.
Modern piano:
Jean-Philippe Rameau,
Allemande from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin (7:05)
[4.2 MB]
Franz Schubert, Impromptu
D. 899 no. 4 in A-flat (7:12) [4.5 MB]
Gyorgy Ligeti, Etude no. 10
'Der Zauberlehrling' (2:16) [2.25 MB]
Some of my performances may also be found at the
Karol Szymanowski info website, at the
Romeo Records website, at
David Thomas's website and at
Aaron Berkowitz's website.
to send e-mail to Matthew Bengtson.
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