Recital Favorites by Nissman, Vol. 6: Chopin, Ravel, Buxtehude, Prokofiev / Barbara Nissman, piano

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Album Summary

Performer

• Barbara Nissman (Piano)

Composers

• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Notes & Reviews:

Described as "a pianist of a bygone-era," Barbara Nissman imprints her personal stamp on recital favorites including Ravel's Gaspard, Scriabin's Fifth Sonata, Schumann's G minor Sonata, and Chopin's G minor Ballade. Novelties such as Mendelssohn's Etude in F major, Prokofiev's transcription of an Organ Prelude & Fugue by Buxtehude plus his set of Four Grandmother's Tales written during his brief stay in America are also included. The Prelude in Gb by Rachmaninoff provides a poignant conclusion to all these fireworks. "One of the last pianists in the grand romantic tradition of Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Rubinstein," Nissman connects the souls of the composers of the past to today's listeners. "Brilliant- technically and musically!"

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Du (06/12/2009-06/14/2009).

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Works Details

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 8 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Ravel, Maurice : Gaspard de la nuit

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 21 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908

Prokofiev, Sergei : Prelude and Fugue in D minor for piano (trans. from Buxtehude)

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Prokofiev, Sergei : Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Scriabin, Alexander : Sonata for Piano no 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 10 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907

Mendelssohn, Felix : Etude for piano in F major, Op. 104b/2

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 04/21/1834

Schumann, Robert : Sonata for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 17 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1833-1838

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Prelude, Op. 23 no 10

• Performer: Barbara Nissman (Piano)
• Notes: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903