IGNAZ FRIEDMAN (1882-1948): Transcriptions - Bach: Siciliano from Flute Sonata BWV 1031, Rameau: Le rappel des oiseaux from Pièces de Clavecin, Suite in E Minor, Musette from Les Indes Galantes, Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits and Ballet des ombres heureuses from Orfeo ed Euridice, Gavotte from Don Juan, Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B Flat, Franck: Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B Minor, Op. 18/3, Dalayrac: Romance from Nina, ou La folle par amor, Dandrieu: Le Caquet and Les Fifres from Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, Suite No. 4, D. Scarlatti: Sonatas in G, K.523 and in F, K.446, Couperin: La tendre fanchon from Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1, Ordre 5, Grazioli: Adagio from Harpsichord Sonata in G, Op. 1/11. - World Premiere Recordings.

Catalogue Number: 09S045

Label: Grand Piano

Reference: GP712

Format: CD

Price: $16.98

Description: Friedman's transcriptions are both a delight for the listener and a challenge for the performer, and his creative imagination gives these delicious, charming and moving works a life of their own. The pianistic effects are both breathtakingly bravura and disarmingly subtle while remaining faithful to the originals. Joseph Banowetz (piano).