Bruckner / Markovina Piano Works CD

This compilation features compositions, studies and fragments in various arrangements and at various levels of development, pieces that not only represent Bruckner's course of study but also anticipate his future impact as a symphonist and reformer of musical idiom. So, just as a few pencil strokes outlining the architectural design of a magnificent building may give a more vivid impression than the final realisation of the design, the compositions from the study book may seem more vivid to us than the great symphony. They are a world unto themselves. Bruckner's piano works (the compositions and sketches from the study book and the published works) occupy, at best, a marginal position in the eyes of the concert world, performers, listeners and organisers. Their rich substance is yet to be duly acknowledged, for these small-scale works are the fascinating building-blocks of great music. The school with which the composer allied himself through his study with connoisseurs of revolutionary musical initiatives (notably Otto Kitzler) has here been embraced by the genius to full effect.

1. Sonatensatz G-Moll Wab Deest (8:40) 2. Walzer Es-Dur Wab Deest 27 (1:43) 3. Galopp (Polka) C-Dur Wab Deest 18 (0:49) 4. Duo (0:53) 5. Thema Und Variationen G-Dur Wab Deest 23 (7:27) 6. Marsch C-Dur (1:59) 7. Walzer C-Dur Wab Deest 26 (1:17) 8. Chromatische Et?de F-Dur Wab Deest 4 (1:08) 9. Rondo G-Dur (4:28) 10. Andante Es-Dur Wab Deest 3 (4:44) 11. Menuett Und Trio G-Dur Wab Deest 15 (1:55) 12. Thema F-Dur (0:40) 13. Et?de G-Dur Wab Deest 6 (1:05) 14. Andante D-Moll Wab Deest 2 (5:05) 15. NR. 1 Engang (1:15) 16. NR. 2 Allegro (1:49) 17. NR. 3 Allegro (3:10) 18. NR. 4 Allegro (3:40) 19. NR. 1 Langsam (0:38) 20. NR. 2 Allegro Moderato (0:53) 21. NR. 3 Langsam, Feierlich-Schneller (1:29) 22. NR. 1 Pantalon (0:55) 23. NR. 2 Et? (0:35) 24. NR. 3 Poule (0:56) 25. NR. 4 Tr?nis (0:34) 26. NR. 5 Pastouralle (0:47) 27. NR. 6 Finale (1:03) 28. Klavierst?ck Es-Dur Wab 19 (1:27) 29. Stille Betrachtung An Einem Herbstabend Fis-Moll Wab 123 (3:11) 30. Steierm?rker G-Dur Wab 122 (1:40) 31. Fantasie G-Dur Wab 119 (4:29) 32. Erinnerung As-Dur Wab 117 (5:17)