Description
J.S. Bach:
Gigue (French Suite No. 5, BWV 816)
Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp
Toccata in G (Allegro)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata No. 147)
Scarlatti: Sonatas in B Minor, L. 33 and n G Major, L. 387
Beethoven: Bagatelle Op. 119 No.11
Mendelssohn: ‘Songs without Words’ No. 18 in A Flat Major, Op. 38 No.6
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op. 46 No. 1
Brahms: Intermezzo in C Major, Op. 119 No. 3
Chopin: Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Macdowell: Sea Pieces, Op.55 No. 3, ‘AD 1620’
Griffes: Roman Sketches, Op. 7 No. 1, ‘The White Peacock’
Debussy: Preludes, Book I No. 8 (‘La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin’) and No. 12 (Minstrels)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
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‘This is a performance that is controlled and often restrained but it’s never dull; there’s such rhythmic life in Hess’s playing that the finale generates formidable energy even at quite a moderate speed.’
Nigel Simeone, International Record Review, December 2014