THE KEY COLLECTION

THREE CENTURIES OF RARE KEYBOARD GEMS

The Grand Piano label is dedicated to exploring undiscovered piano repertoire by unfamiliar composers, producing high quality, often world première recordings, performed by virtuoso authorities in their chosen field. Marking the label’s 5th anniversary, this collection is a comprehensive guide through the history of keyboard music from the invention of the fortepiano to today’s living composers, as well as taking the listener on a musical adventure through a geographically global range of rare musical gems, with all of their new and exciting sounds and fresh perspectives.

CD1: 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES: THE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC ERAS
CD2: 1900 – 1950s: DIVERGENCE IN A NEW CENTURY
CD3: 1960s – TODAY: LATTER-DAY TRENDS

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CD 1 18^TH AND 19TH CENTURIES: THE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC ERAS (78:57)

1

NEEFE | Susan Kagan: 12 Keyboard Sonatas:
Sonata No. 4 in C minor: III. Presto (1773) (02:25)

2

TÜRK | Michael Tsalka: 12 Keyboard Sonatas, Collection 2: Sonata No. 2 in E flat major: II. Adagio assai (1777) (02:53)

3

KOŽELUCH | Kemp English: Piano Sonata No. 11 in E flat major, Op. 10, No. 1, P. XII:15 - III. Allegretto (1784) (04:13)

4

VAŇHAL | Michael Tsalka: 3 Neue Caprice-Sonaten, Op. 31:
No. 2 in G minor, ‘Amoroso’: III. Allegretto (1780s) (03:32)

5

HOFFMEISTER | Biliana Tzinlikova: Keyboard Sonata in A major:
III. Presto (1790) (03:31)

6

BEETHOVEN | Amy and Sara Hamann: Sonata in D major for Piano 4 Hands, Op. 6: II. Rondo: Moderato (1797) (03:23)

7

CRAMER | Alessandro Deljavan: Studio per il pianoforte, Book 1, Op. 30: No. 26 in G sharp minor (1804) (02:07)

8

BUSONI | Gianluca Luisi: Eight Etudes after Cramer:
No. 5 in C major (1897) (02:02)

9

SZYMANOWSKA | Alexander Kostritsa: 18 Danses: No. 7. Valse in B flat major (early 1800s) (01:31)

10

VOŘÍŠEK | Biljana Urban: Piano Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 20, “Quasi una fantasia”: III. Finale: Allegro con brio (1820s) (04:12)

11

GLINKA | Inga Fiolia: Variations on the Russian folk-song
Sredi dolinï rovnïya (In the Shallow Valley) (1826) (03:01)

12

HENSELT | Sergio Gallo: 12 Études caractéristiques, Op. 2:
No. 6 in F sharp major, “Si oiseau j’étais, à toi je volerais!”
(1837-38) (02:03)

13

SAINT-SAËNS | Geoffrey Burleson: Bagatelles, Op. 3: No. 3:
Poco adagio (1855) (03:00)

14

BALAKIREV | Nicholas Walker: Piano Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 3 ‘Grande Sonate’: IV. Finale: Allegro grazioso (1855) (06:20)

15

RAFF | Tra Nguyen: Fantaisie-polonaise, Op. 106 (1861) (06:58)

16

GOUVY | Emile Naoumoff • Yau Cheng: Sonata for Piano 4 Hands in C minor, Op. 49: III. Minuetto (1869) (04:16)

17

CARRENO | Alexandra Oehler: Souvenirs de mon pays, Op. 10 (1873) (07:14)

18

GRIEG | Carl Petersson: Piano Concerto in B minor (fragments) (1882-83) (02:34)

19

EVJU | Carl Petersson, Prague Radio Symphony, Kerry Stratton: Piano Concerto in B minor (on fragments by E. Grieg): V. Finale (04:17)

20

GODARD | Eliane Reyes: Promenade en Mer, Op. 86 (1884) (03:24)

21

SATIE | Nicolas Horvath: Allegro (1884) (00:29)

22

HOFMANN | Artem Yasynskyy: Mazurka in B minor (1886) (02:11)

23

VIANA DA MOTA | Sofia Lourenço: Cenas portuguesas, Op. 9:
No. 2. Chula (1893-1903) (03:22)
CD 2 1900 – 1950s: DIVERGENCE IN A NEW CENTURY (71:30)

1

CORTOT | He Yue: Fauré – Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse (1898) (02:30)

2

ROGER-DUCASSE | Joel Hastings: Six Préludes: No. 2, Très calme (1907) (01:38)

3

SAMAZEUILH | Olivier Chauzu: Piano Suite in G minor: II. Française (1902) (02:54)

4

MEDTNER | Paul Stewart: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 5: II. Intermezzo: Allegro. Moderato-Andante (1903) (03:44)

5

LE FLEM | Giorgio Koukl: Le chant des genêts: No. 4. Pour bercer (1910) (02:30)

6

SCHMITT | The Invencia Piano Duo: Feuillets de voyage, Book 2, Op. 26: No. 2. Mazurka (1910-1913) (01:32)

7

PONCE | Álvaro Cendoya: Barcarola mexicana, ‘Xochimilco’ (1914) (02:39)

8

FRIEDMAN | Joseph Banowetz: Four Preludes, Op. 61: No. 1. Pensieroso (1915) (01:46)

9

ENESCU | Josu de Solaun: Pièces impromptues, Op. 18: I. Mélodie (1916) (03:16)

10

KOMITAS | Mikael Ayrapetyan: Shushiki of Vagharshapat (1916) (03:34)

11

TCHEREPNIN | Giorgio Koukl: Ten Bagatelles, Op. 5: No. 6. Allegro con spirito (1918) (01:05)

12

NIEMANN | Bing Bing Li: Three Compositions for Piano, Op. 7: No. 3. Arabeske: Vivace e leggiero (1919) (01:41)

13

SCHULHOFF | Caroline Weichert: Funf Pittoresken, Op. 31:
No. 1. Foxtrott (1919) (02:36)

14

ROSLAVETS | Olga Andryushchenko: Five Preludes: No. 4 (1919) (01:42)

15

OSWALD | Sergio Monteiro: Album, Op. 33: No. 2. Idylle (1920) (02:03)

16

GERSHWIN | Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua: Rhapsody in Blue:
II. Andantino moderato (1924) (02:30)

17

KHACHATURIAN | Kariné Poghosyan: Two Pieces: No. 1. Waltz-Caprice (1926) (02:21)

18

LOURIÉ | Giorgio Koukl: Petite Suite in F major: II. --- (1926) (01:12)

19

MOSOLOV | Olga Andryushchenko: Turkmenian Nights: III. Allegro (1929) (02:21)

20

AUBERT | Jean-Pierre Armengaud • Olivier Chauzu: Feuille d’images: No. 2. Chanson de route: Avec entrain (1930) (02:16)

21

NENOV | Viktor Valkov: Etude No. 1 (1931) (01:35)

22

FROMMEL | Tatjana Blome: Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 10:
III. Allegro (1935) (04:41)

23

KAPRÁLOVÁ | Giorgio Koukl: Grotesque passacaglia (1935) (02:34)

24

GRAINGER | Caroline Weichert • Clemens Rave: Lincolnshire Posy:
IV. The Brisk Young Sailor (1937) (01:46)

25

BOWEN | Cristina Ortiz: 24 Preludes, Op. 102: No. 4 in C sharp minor (1938) (01:36)

26

KVANDAL | Joachim Knoph: Lyric pieces for piano, Op. 5, No. 7:
Scherzino. Allegro scherzando (1942 & 1946) (02:14)

27

SUCCAR | Tatiana Primak-Khoury: Variations sur un theme oriental (1947) (06:18)

28

NØRGÅRD| Carl Petersson: Toccata: Fuga (1949) (02:33)

29

WEINBERG | Allison Brewster Franzetti: Piano Sonatina, Op. 49:
I. Allegro leggiero (1950-1951) (02:20)
CD 3 1960s – TODAY: LATTER-DAY TRENDS (69:50)

1

KAZHLAEV | Chisato Kusunoki: Picture Pieces: Welcome Overture (1961) (02:59)

2

ABRAMIAN | Mikael Ayrapetyan: 24 Preludes: No. 1 in E flat major (1958) (01:22)

3

BAGDASARIAN | Mikael Ayrapetyan: 24 Preludes: No. 3 in
G major (1958) (00:40)

4

BAZ | Tatiana Primak-Khoury: Esquisses: VII. Une soirée libanaise (1959) (02:07)

5

ARUTIUNIAN | Hayk Melikyan: Three Musical Pictures:
Sassoun Dance (1963) (02:30)

6

BABADJANIAN | Hayk Melikyan: Six Pictures: No. 3. Toccatina (1965) (01:53)

7

GELALIAN | Tatiana Primak-Khoury: Tre cicli: III. Allegro con furia (1969) (02:46)

8

RÄÄTS | Nicolas Horvath: Sonata No. 4, Op. 36 ‘Quasi Beatles’: II. (1969) (02:31)

9

GLASS | Nicolas Horvath: Music in Fifths (1969) (05:47)

10

FULEIHAN | Tatiana Primak-Khoury: Piano Sonata No. 9:
IV. Presto (1970) (03:45)

11

B. TCHAIKOVSKY | Olga Solovieva • Dmitry Korostelyov:
Sonata for 2 Pianos: III. Etude (1973) (02:50)

12

LYKKEBO | Carl Petersson: Tableaux: No. 1. Couleurs et valses (1969, rev. 1978) (02:10)

13

SOLAL | Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua, with Martial Solal:
Voyage en Anatolie (1985) (05:34)

14

BISGAARD | Carl Petersson: Barcarole (1986-87) (03:14)

15

MAČEK | Goran Filipec: Prelude and Toccata: Toccata (1987) (02:51)

16

RIOTTE | Thérèse Malengreau: Métamorphose II: En oppositions (2001) (01:25)

17

SILVESTROV | Elisaveta Blumina: Two Waltzes, Op. 153:
No. 2 Allegretto (2009) (02:31)

18

HAMMOND | Michael McHale: Miniatures and Modulations:
Open the Door Softly (2011-13) (02:24)

19

H. KHOURY | Tatiana Primak-Khoury: Piano Sonata No. 3,
‘Pour un instant perdu…’: III. Quête (2013) (06:17)

20

EKANAYAKA | Tanya Ekanayaka: Adahas: Of Wings Of Roots (04:18)

21

JABERI | Afshin Jaberi: Piano Sonata No. 1, ‘The Seeker’:
I. Allegro (06:08)

22

GLASS | Nicolas Horvath: The Hours
(arr. M. Riesman and N. Muhly for piano): Choosing Life (03:48)