Charles Rosen Plays 20th Century Music

CHARLES ROSEN PLAYS 20th MUSIC

Charles Rosen plays 20th century music with the same stylistic and structural care he applies to music of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. There is a quality of rightness about his playing that so many other fine pianists achieve only with some of the music they play.

Here he plays a number of works by Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern and Elliott Carter

Stravinsky Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1958-59)
Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra

i Eighth note = 110
02:00 ➢ ii Quarter note = 52
03:34 ➢ iii Eighth note = 72
04:41 ➢ iv Eighth note = 80
06:18 ➢ v Eighth note = 104

Webern Five Songs from Der siebente Ring for voice & piano, Op 3 (1908-09)

I Dies ist ein Lied für dich allein - Fliessend
II Im Windesweben - Sehr fliessend
III Am Bachesranft - Ziemlich rasch
IV Im Morgentaun - Fliessend
V Kahl reckt der Baum - Langsam

with Heather Harper, soprano

Webern Five Songs after poems by Stefan George for voice & piano, Op 4 (1908-09)

I Eingang - Ruhevoll
II Noch zwingt mich Treue - Bewegt
III Ja Heil und Dank - Sehr langsam
IV So ich traurig bin - Sehr fliessend und zart
V Ihr tratet zu dem Herde - Langsam

with Heather Harper, soprano

Webern Four Pieces for violin & piano, Op 7
with Isaac Stern, violin

1 Sehr langsam
2 Rasch
3 Sehr langsam
4 Bewegt

Webern Three Little Pieces for cello & piano, Op 11 (1914)

I Mässige Achtel
II Sehr bewegt
III Äusserst ruhig

with Gregor Piatigorsky, cello

Webern Four Songs for voice & piano, Op 12 (1915-17)

I Der Tag ist vergangen (Volkslied) - Sehr ruhig
II Die geheimnisvolle Flöte (Li Tai Po/Bethge) - Langsam
III Schien mir's als ich sah die Sonne (aus August Strindbergs "Gespenstersonate") - Ruhig fliessend
IV Gleich und gleich (Goethe) - Sehr fliessend

with Heather Harper, soprano

Webern Quartett, Op 22 (1928-1930)
with Daniel Majeske, violin - Robert Marcellus, clarinet - Abraham Weinstein, saxophone
Pierre Boulez, conductor

I Sehr mässig
II Sehr schwungvoll

Webern Variations for Piano, Op 27
i Sehr mässig

[performed by Glenn Gould (rec 1950s)
01:44 ➢ Maurizio Pollini (rec 1976)
03:38 ➢ Charles Rosen (rec 1970s)
05:46 ➢ Mitsuko Uchida (rec 2000)

Elliott Carter Piano Sonata (1945-46)

i Maestoso. Legato Scorrevole

iia Andante (beginning)

iib Andante (conclusion)

Carter Double Concerto, for harpsichord and piano (1959-61)
with Paul Jacobs, Harpsochord
Frederik Prausnitz conducting the English Chamber Orchestra

recorded in the 1960s