Henselt / Gallo,Sergio Piano Works CD

Bavarian-born Adolf von Henselt was one of a galaxy of star pianist-composers of a similar age that included Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Thalberg. A student o Hummel, Henselt developed a breathtaking, idiosyncratic virtuoso technique but stage fright drew him away from performance an more towards composition and then teaching. Sergio Gallo, a steinway artist, specializes in the repertoire of the Romantic period, especially Liszt and his contemporaries, including Schumann, Henselt, Brahms and Chopin. Gallo has made several acclaimed recordings for Eroica and a recent release with Naxos of Liszt's transcriptions of opera by Meyerbeer, which was critically acclaimed by BBC Magazine: "Gallo makes a goo case for Liszt's honoring of the operatic originals."

1. Wiegenlied, Op. 45 2. Petite Romance 3. No. 2. Etude, 'La Gondola' 4. No. 1. Schmerz Im GLCK 5. No. 6 in F Sharp Major, 'Si Oiseau J'?tais, ? Toi Je Volerais!' 6. No. 3 in B minor, 'Exauce Mes Voeux!' 7. No. 4 in B-Flat Major, 'Repos D'amour' 8. Valse M?lancolique, Op. 36 9. No. 1 in F Major 10. No. 2 in C Major 11. Waltz 12. Romance Russe in D minor, Op. 33B, 'Ya Vsyo Yeshcho Yego Lyublyo' 13. No. 3 in a Minor, 'Hexentanz' 14. No. 9 in a Major 15. No. 2 in D-Flat Major, 'Pensez Un Peu ? Moi, Qui Pense Toujours ? Vous' 16. No. 6 in A-Flat Major, 'Danklied Nach Sturm' 17. Rhapsodie, Op. 4, No. 1, 'Erinnerung Und Freundschaft' 18. Aufforderung Zum Tanze, Op. 65, J260