Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was one of the most celebrated pianists of the golden age of the piano virtuoso. A prodigious arranger, transcriber and adapter of existing keyboard music, he was also a gifted composer. This fourth volume in the distinguished series devoted to his piano works, contains some of Godowsky's best known transcriptions (Albéniz - Tango, Op. 165 and Triana from Iberia, Bizet - Adagietto from L'Arlésienne, Bohm - Still Wie Die Nacht, Kreisler - Rondino (on a Theme by Beethoven), Saint-Saëns - Le Cygne from The Carnival of the Animals, Richard Strauss - Standchen, Op. 17, No. 2, von Weber - Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65, et. al.) and his remarkable Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Johann Strauss, Jr., as well as his own terrific Waltz Poems. The pianistic wizardry on view in this collection is quite simply, mind-boggling. This is a volume any serious musician and pianist will want to own and treasure. As before, the excellent biographical sketch and notes on the pieces are by noted Godowsky scholar, Dr. Millan Sachania.
Contents
- Tango, Op. 165, No. 2 Composed by Isaac Albeniz
- Triana from Iberia Composed by Isaac Albeniz
- Adagietto from L'Arlesienne Composed by Georges Bizet
- Still wie die Nacht Composed by Carl Bohm
- Canzonetta from Concerto Romantique for Violin and Orchestra , Op. 35 Composed by Benjamin Godard
- Capriccio Patetico for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Capriccio Patetico for Both Hand Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Elegy for Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Elegy for Both Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Etude Macabre for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Etude Macabre for Boths Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Five Miniatures (Humoresque, Rigaudon, The Miller's Song, Processional March, and Arabian Chant ) Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Four Poems (Devotion, Avowal, Adoration, Yearning) Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Gigue for Both hands from the Suite for Left A Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Impromptu for the Left Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Impromptu for Both Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Intermezzo Melanconico for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Intermezzo Melanconico for Both Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Meditation for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Meditation for Both Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Meneut for Both Hands from the Suite for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Prelude and Fugue for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Suite for the Left Hand Alone (Allemande, Courante, Gavotte, Sarabande, Bouree, Sicillienne, Minuet, Gigue) Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Johann Strauss II (Kunstlerleben, Fledermaus, Wein Weib und Gesang) Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Symphonic Metamorphoses of the Schatz-Walzer Thems from the Operetta Der Zigeunerbaron (for the Left Hand Alone) Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem I for both hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem I for Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem II for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem II for Both Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem III for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem IV for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem IV for Both Hands Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem V for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Waltz-Poem VI for the Left Hand Alone Composed by Leopold Godowsky
- Si oiseau j'etais (If I were a Bird) Etude, Op. 2, No. 6 Composed by Henselt
- Rondino (on a Theme by Beethoven) Composed by Kreisler
- Le Cygne (The Swan) from Le Carnaval des animaux Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
- Du bist wie eine BLume Composed by Robert Schumann
- Standchen (Serenade) , Op. 17, no. 2 Composed by Richard Strauss
- Invitation to the Dance, op. 65 (contrapuntal arrangement) Composed by Carl Maria Von Weber
- Momento Capriccioso, Op. 12 Composed by Carl Maria Von Weber
- Perpetuum Mobile (Rondo from the Sonata, Op. 24) Composed by Carl Maria Von Weber
