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DAME MYRA HESS PLAYS the ROMANTICS
Myra Hess plays the Romantics with the authority of a great master. She has power, delicacy, sensitivity, an unerring sense of rhythm and style, and the technical prowess required to combine them all into what will doubtless sound to you like a perfect rendition of every piece on this page.
As the below recordings move from Schubert sonatas, to Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, to Chopin, then matchless Schumann and Brahms, you might wonder if it was not she who actually wrote the music.
Then come the great colorists, MacDowell, Debussy, Granados, Ravel, and Griffes requiring a very different approach. This is visual music, and Hess plays it with the richest of color palettes.
At the end of this page is a four-hand delight by Gabriel Pierné performed with Harold Bauer. I do not know who plays Primo, but the two pianists are so beautifully matched, it does not matter to one's enjoyment of the piece.
To hear Myra Hess perform the great works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Franck for piano and orchestra go to Hess plays Concerti.
Schubert "Rosamunde" (arr Ganz)
recorded in 1928
Schubert Piano Sonata 13 in A major, D 664 (Op 120)
recorded in 1928
i Allegro moderato
ii Andante
iii Allegro
Schubert Piano Sonata 21 in B♭ major, D 960
i Molto moderato
13:16 ➢ ii Andante sostenuto
22:24 ➢ iii Scherzo - Allegro vivace con delicatezza - Trio
26:11 ➢ iv Allegro ma non troppo
recorded in 1949
Mendelssohn Songs without Words
in A♭ major, Op 38~6 "Duetto"
02:42 ➢ in C major, Op 67~4 "Spinning Song"
recorded in 1929
Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op 49
Chopin Nocturnes
5 in F sharp major, Op 15~2
recorded in 1928
13 in C Minor, Op 48~1
broadcast live in 1948
Chopin Waltz 1 in E♭ major, Op 18
recorded live in 1949
Schumann Carnaval, Op 9
1 Préambule - 2 Pierrot - 3 Arlequin - 4 Valse noble - 5 Eusebius - 6 Florestan - 7 Coquette
8 Réplique - 9 Papillons - 10 Lettres dansantes - 11 Chiarina -12 Chopin - 13 Estrella
14 Reconnaissance - 15 Pantalon et Colombine - 16 Valse allemande - 17 Paganini - 18 Aveu
19 Promenade - 20 Pause -21 Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins
recorded in 1938
Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op 13
recorded in 1954
1 - 8
9 - 12
Schumann 7 "Vogel als Prophet" from Waldszenen, Op 82
Brahms Waltz in A♭ major, Op Op 39~15
Brahms from 8 Klavierstücke, Op 76
recorded in 1928
2 Capriccio in B minor
3 Intermezzo in A♭ major
Brahms Intermezzo in E♭ major, Op 117~1
04:50 ➢ Capriccio in D minor, Op 116~7
recorded in 1941
Brahms Intermezzo in C major, Op 119~3
recorded in 1941
MacDowell 3 A.D. MDCXX from Sea Pieces, Op 55
Debussy 3 Poissons d'Or from Images Set II (1907)
Debussy Préludes, Livre I (1909-1910)
8 La fille aux cheveux de lin - Très calme et doucement expressif
02:27 ➢ 12 Minstrels - Modéré
recorded in 1928
10 La cathédrale engloutie - Profondément calme
Duo-Art piano roll
Granados Quejas Ó "La Maja Y El Ruiseñor" from Goyescas
recorded in 1958
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
recorded in 1928
Selim Gustaf Adolf Palmgren (1878-1951) "Cradle Song"
Griffes "The White Peacock"
recorded in 1928
Howard Ferguson (1908-1999) Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 8 (1938-1940)
"To the memory of Harold Samuel"
i Lento. Allegro inquieto
08:26 ➢ ii Poco adagio
14:56 ➢ iii Allegro non troppo
recorded in 1943
Pierné "March Of The Little Lead Soldiers" Op 28
with Harold Bauer
Duo-Art piano roll
For those of you who enjoy murder mysteries, here is my first with a strong musical polemic as background
Murder in the House of the Muse
which is also available as an audiobook.
And this is the more recently published second mystery in the series:
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