The Piano Music of Thomas de Hartmann
Elan Sicroff, pianist
Listening here:
Disc One Trois Morceaux, Op. 4 Nos. 2 & 3 (1899) - No. 2 Mazurka - No. 3 Impromptu Three Preludes, Op. 11 (1904) 3.46 1. Molto cantando 2. Un poco agitato 3. Andantino Twelve Russian Fairy Tales, Op. 58 (1937) 20.24 1. Introduction 2. Verlioka the Monster 3. The Little Peasant as Big as a Thumb, with Moustaches Seven Miles Long 4. Ivan Tsarevitch 5. The Witch’s House on Hen’s Legs 6. The Wonderful Gusli 7. Baba Yaga the Witch Goes a-Galloping Through the Forest in Her Mortar, Pounding It With Her Pestle and Sweeping Away All Trace of Herself With a Broom 8. Alenooshka’s Lullaby 9. The Seven League Boots 10. The Princess of Whom One Never Tires of Admiring 11. Kasstchei the Deathless 12. The Ride of Ivan Tsarevitch and the Princess on the Back of the Grey Wolf to the Kingdom of Marvels 13. The Solemn Entrance of Ivan Tsarevitch and the Princess into the Kingdom of Marvels First Piano Sonata, Op. 67 (1942) 21.01 - Moderato - Aria - Finale Two Nocturnes, Op. 84 (1953) - The Music of the Stars - The Dance of Life Six Pièces, Op. 7 Nos. 1, 5 & 6 (1902) 9.12 - No. 1 Prelude - No. 5 Nocturne - No. 6 Novelette Divertissements, from Forces of Love and Sorcery, Op. 16 (1915) 7.29 - Prelude, Le Triton - Gavotte - La Grenouille - Menuet - Marche Turque Humoresque Viennoise, Op. 45 (1931) 1. Lumière noire, Op. 74 (1945) 2. Fantastico e rubato assai 3. Andante funebre 4. Allegro g iocoso e molto ritmico Musique pour la fête de la patronne, Op. 77 (1947) 9.49 1. Polka 2. Valse langoureuse 3. Quadrille Second Piano Sonata, Op. 82 (1951) 20.24 - Moderato - Larghetto - Finale
Performers
- Elan Sicroff
Elan Sicroff is known as an interpreter of the music written by Thomas de Hartmann, both the classical works as well as the music from the East composed in collaboration with Gurdjieff . In the 1960s he studied with Jeaneane Dowis, protégée and assistant to Rosina Lhevinne at the Juilliard School. From 1973-75 he attended… Read more: Elan Sicroff