SERGIO FIORENTINO

 

Edition 1

 

The Berlin Recordings 1994-97:

 

SCHUMANN FANTASIE in C major Op. 17

 

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major D664, Impromptus Op. 90 D899, Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor D537

 

CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58

 

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major D960

 

LISZT Ballade No. 1 in D flat major, Ballade No. 2 in B minor, Funérailles, La leggierezza, Waldesrauschen, Sonata in B minor

 

FRANCK Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18 (Arr. Bauer), Prélude, choral et fugue, Prélude, aria et final

 

SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor Op. 19 (Sonata-fantasie)

 

RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36 (1931 version)

 

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No 8 in B flat major Op. 84

 

SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 6

 

RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28

 

BACH Prelude & Fugue in D major BWV532 (Busoni arr. Fiorentino), French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816, Suite from Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (Transcribed Rachmaninoff), Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV552 (St. Anne) (Transcribed Busoni, arr. Fiorentino)

 

BACH Partita No. 1 in B flat major BWV825, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV1001 (transcribed Fiorentino), Partita No. 4 in D major BWV828

 

DEBUSSY Suite Bergamasque

 

SCARLATTI, MOSZKOWSKI, FAURÉ (Arr. Fiorentino) SCHUMANN, LISZT

 

 

“He is the only other pianist” said the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998). How is it that one of the greatest geniuses of the 20th-century is still so unknown?

The answer leads to the personality of artist: Fiorentino was no career-hunter, had no big ego, was serving the music instead of himself, an “Enlightened” person and true aristocrat (Gianni Cesarini).

 

This 10-CD set presents the recordings Fiorentino made between 1994 and 1997 in the Siemenvilla in Berlin, a testimony of a great musical mind and technical command, of works by Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Bach.

 

Piano Classics 10cds PCLM0033