Portraits - 45 Original Piano Pieces

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Portraits come in many different forms: in paintings, graphic art, photography, film and literature. Portraits in sound and piano pieces representing people, is the theme of this collection. The chronological order shows that this theme has fascinated composers from the earliest time to the present.

Contents

• F. Couperin: Les Moissonneurs
• F. Couperin: La Bouffonne
• F. Couperin: Soeur Monique
• F. Couperin: Les Jongleurs, Sauteurs et Saltimbanques, avec les Ours et les Singes
• J. Ph. Rameau: La Joyeuse
• J. Ph. Rameau: La Boiteuse
• J. Ph. Rameau: La Triomphante
• J. Ph. Rameau: L’Égyptienne
• C. Ph. Bach: La Complaisante
• C. Ph. Bach: La Caroline
• C. Ph. Bach: La Capricieuse
• C. Ph. Bach: La Philippine
• J. Reichardt: Shepherd’s Lament
• F. Burgmüller: The Gossip
• F. Burgmüller: The Graceful Girl
• F. Burgmüller: The Playful Girl
• R. Schumann: Pleading Child
• R. Schumann: Knight of the Hobby-Horse
• R. Schumann: The Poet Speaks
• R. Schumann: Mignon
• R. Schumann: Sheherazade
• R. Schumann: The Stranger
• F. Liszt: The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
• Th. Kirchner: Intermezzo: The Piano Tuner Arrives
• St. Heller: Crying Child
• St. Heller: Consoling Comrades
• P. I. Tchaikovsky: The Witch
• E. Grieg: Solitary Traveller
• E. Grieg: Puck
• C. Debussy: La Fille aux cheveux de lin
• C. Debussy: The little Shepherd
• E. Satie: Le Chant guerrier du Roi des Haricots
• E. Satie: Ce que dit la petite princesse des Tulipes
• J. Turina: Clowns
• E. Toch: The Juggler
• D. Dushkin: The Tight-Rope Dancer
• E. Pütz: Sentimental Lady
• J. Françaix: La Tendre
• K. H. Pick: Sleeping Beauty is Sleeping
• K. H. Pick: Cinderella is Dancing
• R. Mohrs: The Sad Princess Sings
• R. Mohrs: The Bewitched Dwarf Awakens
• M. Schoenmehl: Sad Girl
• P. Wittrich: The Little Prince from Asteroid B 612
• E. Naoumoff: Le Clown triste

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Piano