Title: Dreams Memories & Impressions
Artist: Patricia Goodson
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5029365928328
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014-01-28
Number of Discs: 4

Foerster: Complete Solo Piano Music, Composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Artist Patricia Goodson piano, Format 4 CD, "J.B. Foerster was born in this house on 30 December 1859 in order, through his music, to raise us to the heights of beauty." Although little known today in the wider musical world and even in his own country, Czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster was highly revered among his contemporaries. Foerster was active during the Czech National Revival, when the Czech art and culture was undergoing a true renaissance. This collection comprises the composer's complete solo piano music, which is characterized by fluid, lyrical melodic lines and unusual harmony. Each of these pieces was written as a dedication, gift or personal commission, showing the importance with which Foerester treated his family and friends. Many of the works contain a certain imagery or derive from a particular back story; one of these is the 1908 work Music for my young son containing references to the infant Albert's favorite folk tune which almost seems to foretell the young boy's tragic death, aged 16, in 1921. Among the other works in the collection is Dreaming; perhaps the composer's most popular piano work. The pieces are performed by renowned American pianist Patricia Goodson. Having lived in Prague since 1991, Goodson regularly wins praise all over the world for her interpretation of the Czech piano repertoire. Recorded in Prague in 2013. This 4-CD set contains the complete solo piano music of Josef Bohuslav Foerster, an important but unjustly neglected Czech composer. Foerster's romantic idiom is drenched in Bohemian folklore, the world of fairytales and woodland landscapes, picturesque, charming and witty. Though purely romantic, Foerster's harmonics are often personal and quite daring, foreboding his successor Martinu. Splendid and idiomatic performances by American pianist Patricia Goodson who did extensive research into this fascinating figure in Czech music history.

Tracks:
1.1 Sostenuto Molto
1.2 Tempo Di Valse
1.3 Andante Con Moto
1.4 Allegretto Grazioso
1.5 Allegro
1.6 Allegro Moderato
1.7 Moderato Ma Appassionato
1.8 Tempo Di Valse Lente
1.9 Andante Ma Non Troppo
1.10 Tranquillo
1.11 Andante Comodo
1.12 Andante Con Moto
1.13 Andante Ma Con Molto Passione
1.14 Moderato
1.15 Allegro Grazioso
1.16 Appassionato
1.17 Allegro Giusto
1.18 Andante Comodo Ma Non Troppo Lento
1.19 Allegro Ma Non Troppo
1.20 Allegretto Scherzando
1.21 Con Moto
1.22 Allegro Con Brio
2.1 The Masks of Eros, Op. 98
2.2 Allegro Moderato Ma Appassionato
2.3 Tranquillo E Moderato Ma Non Troppo Lento
2.4 Allegro Impetuoso
2.5 Andante Solenne
2.6 Allegro Moderato, Ma Con Spirito
2.7 Allegretto Grazioso
2.8 Allegro Giusto
2.9 Largo E Lugubre
3.1 Dream
3.2 Love Song
3.3 Parting
3.4 Halcyon Day
3.5 Morning
3.6 Noon
3.7 Evening
3.8 Allegretto Grazioso
3.9 Andante
3.10 Andantino
3.11 Allegro Con Brio
3.12 Allegretto
3.13 Allegro Grazioso
3.14 Allegro Appassionato
3.15 Andante Sostenuto
3.16 Allegretto
3.17 Molto Moderato Et Espressivo
3.18 Greetings to President T.G. Masaryk
3.19 Bagattella
3.20 Melodie
3.21 Lullaby
3.22 Notturno
3.23 Fantastico
4.1 Danse Des Enfants
4.2 Danse Des Amoureux
4.3 Danse Des Mariés
4.4 Danse Des Vieux
4.5 Andante
4.6 Moderato
4.7 Allegro Ma Non Troppo
4.8 Molto Moderato
4.9 Andante
4.10 Memories of Youth
4.11 Petites Esquisses
4.12 Moment Musicale
4.13 Allegretto Capriccioso
4.14 Tempo Di Valse
4.15 Allegro Ma Non Troppo
4.16 Allegretto Grazioso
4.17 Allegro
4.18 Scherzo
4.19 March for the National Youth Front
4.20 Wiegenlied
4.21 Zuckerpuppe Tanzt

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