 | from Dohnányi: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2 (CDA67932) 1 March: Allegro moderato [4'16] 25 minutes 41 seconds 5 tracks2 Toccata: Allegro molto [4'07] 3 Pavane from the 16th century with variations: Allegretto, quasi Andante – Variations 1-5 [5'52] 4 Pastorale: Andante con moto [4'51] 5 Introduction and Fugue: Allegro [6'35] ‘The opening pages of Dohnányi's Op 2 might well have been penned by Brahms in one of his jollier moods … the finale reveals a taste for bravura writing in the great pianist-composer tradition. T ... ‘You can't help but be impressed by Dohnányi's compositional assuredness … all performed with consummate technical mastery and musical insight’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘Connoisseurs of late Romanticism and aficionados of early twentieth-century music all owe Martin Roscoe an immense debt of gratitude … it would be difficult to overpraise Roscoe's accomplishment ... |