Weber - Complete Piano Works Vol. I - Kann

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Complete Piano Works, Volume I

Hans Kann, Piano
(with Rosario Marciano in the
4-Hand Works)
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 39
6 Variations on an "air de ballet" from
Vogler's "Castor et Pollux", Op. 5
7 Variations on Bianchi's "Vien qua
Dorina bella", Op. 7
7 Kontertänze
6 Fugues, Op. 1
6 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 2
6 Variations on Vogler's "Samori", Op. 6
6 Pieces, Op. 3 (for Piano 4-Hands)
6 Pieces, Op. 10 (for Piano 4-Hands)
8 Pieces, Op. 60 (for Piano 4-Hands)

(Vox, 1971)

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From the notes:

"It surely is unfair to toss aside this portion [the piano music] of Weber's artistic output as Oscar Bie did in "Das Klavier". In a translation and revision by Kellett and Naylor entitled "A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players" (1899), it is stated: '... his (Weber's) piano music belongs to the technically rich but spiritually empty style of the time. If he did not live as operatic composer and orchestral poet, his piano compositions would be forgotten.' This last sentence of the quotation is significant, however. It is particularly as a dramatic composer and orchestral poet that the piano music of Weber SHOULD be viewed."

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