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Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Georges Bizet
Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 2
Genres: Folk, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Moonlight Sonata - Adagio sostenuto
2. Song Without words, Op.102, No.5
3. L' Arlesienne, Suite No.1 - Adagietto
4. Leise flehen meine Lieder (from Schwanengesang' D.957)
5. October
6. Barcarolle
7. Prelude Op.28, No.15
8. Londonderry air
9. Moment Musical
10. Sonata KV 310 - Andante cantabile
11. Heimweh
12. Mephisto Waltz

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All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Georges Bizet, Franz Liszt, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Jacques Offenbach, Frederic Chopin, Irish Traditional, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Peter Nagy
Title: Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 2/15/1994
Genres: Folk, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Short Forms, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 730099505321

CD Reviews

Disappointing potpourri with abysmal Moonlight Sonata

Leslie Richford | Selsingen, Lower Saxony | 08/24/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Hungarian pianist Péter Nagy has made quite a few recordings for a number of labels, but I found this 1987 Naxos potpourri rather disappointing. The end of the CD is the best part: Nagy gives a rousing version of Liszt's "Mephisto Waltz" which shows off his ability as a pianist to good advantage. But a lot of the other material on this CD is, in my opinion, not well done. The Adagio sostenuto from Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" sounds anything but romantic; this is not the moon shining on a Swiss lake, as the poet Rellstab thought, it is more like the nextdoor neighbours hammering away to get their woodframe house finished. A comparison of Nagy's version with Rudolf Buchbinder on Warner Classics was like being in two different worlds: Buchbinder sounds like he really believes in Beethoven's music, Nagy sounds like he is playing it because he has to. The same is more or less true of all the slower pieces on this disc, which come over accurately but without real emotion. It's only with the faster, more showy pieces that Nagy begins to get more convincing, but that is not enough to make this CD a winner. The recording quality is good, but not as good as on Volume 1 of the same series."