Track Listing

CD 1 (76:47)

Zodiac Sessions, April and May 1953

SCHUMANN:
Kinderscenen, op. 15
1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 1:17
2. Curiose Geschichte 1:01
3. Hasche-Mann :37
4. Bittendes Kind :42
5. Glückes genug 1:12
6. Wichtige Begebenheit :53
7. Träumerei 2:44
8. Am Kamin :59
9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd :47
10. Fast zu ernst 1:46
11. Fürchtenmachen 1:37
12. Kind im Einschlummern 2:11
13. Der Dichter spricht 2:04
SCHUMANN:
14. Novellette in D Major, op. 21, no.4 3:32
SCHUMANN:
Symphonic Etudes, op. 13
15. Theme 1:20
16. Variation I (Etude I) 1:26
17. Variation II (Etude II) 3:36
18. Etude III 1:25
19. Variation III (Etude IV) 1:04
20. Variation IV (Etude V) 1:30
21. Variation V (Etude VI) 1:05
22. Variation VI (Etude VII) 1:24
23. Variation VII (Etude VIII) 1:10
24. Etude IX :47
25. Variation VIII (Etude X) 1:30
26. Variation IX (Etude XI) 1:47
27. Finale (Etude XII) 6:51
SCHUMANN:
28. Romance in F-Sharp Major, op. 28, no. 2 4:20
BRAHMS:
29. Scherzo in E-Flat Minor, op. 4 9:09
BRAHMS:
30. Intermezzo in B-Flat Major, op. 76, no. 4 1:49
BRAHMS:
31. Intermezzo in E-Flat Major, op. 117, no. 1 4:16
PAUER:
32. Old French Gavotte 2:50
CRAMER:
33. Etude in C Major, op. 81, no. 1 :43
MENDELSSOHN:
34. Andante & Rondo capriccioso, op. 14 7:05

 

CD 2 (75:08)

Zodiac Sessions, April and May 1953 (continued)

BEETHOVEN:
Sonata in G Major, op.14, no. 2
1. Allegro 6:31
2. Andante 6:10
3. Allegro assai 3:44
FRIEDBERG:
4. Improvisation 2:33
5. Second Improvisation 4:23
6. Third Improvisation 3:50

Juilliard Recitals, 1949 and 1951

PARADISI:
7. Toccata in A Major 1:35
SCARLATTI:
8. Sonata in C Major, L. 104 (K. 159) 1:43
MOZART:
9. Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 282, First Movement (Adagio) 4:05
BRAHMS:
10. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major, op. 76, no. 3 1:42
BRAHMS:
11. Intermezzo in C Major, op. 119, no. 3 1:40
BRAHMS:
12. Ballade in G Minor, op. 118, no. 3 3:32
CHOPIN:
13. Impromptu No.3 in G-Flat Major, op. 51 5:14
CHOPIN:
14. Nocturne in A-Flat Major, op. 32, no. 2, modulating to: 6:07
15. Waltz in A Minor, op. 34, no. 2 5:44
CHOPIN:
16. Waltz in E Minor, op. posth. 2:50
CHOPIN:
17. Ballade No.3 in A-Flat Major, op. 47 7:30

Private Recordings

CHOPIN:
18. Nocturne in F-Sharp Major, op. 15, no. 2 3:15
FRIEDBERG:
19. Improvisation "Remembrance" 2:49

CD2:
Tracks 7-11, 14-16 from 24 July 1951 performance
Tracks 12-13 and 17 from 2 August 1949 performance

 

Producer: Donald Manildi

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Photographs: The International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Gregor Benko and Ann Riesbeck DiClemente for their help in the production of this CD release.