Songs Without Words in Classical Piano Music and Jazz

The Recording (available as CD as well as mp3 download) sheds light on the genre of songlike solo piano pieces founded by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847), which capture the songful poetic moment of piano playing in musical miniatures. Marie-Luise Alcántara devotes herself to classical piano composition and juxtaposes works by Mendelssohn with those of selected contemporaries. Through pieces by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) and Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) she builds a bridge to the 20th century, to which Victor Alcántara dedicates himself from the perspective of jazz. Here he improvises on pieces of the jazz piano tradition such as Horace Silver’s (1928-2014) “Song for My Father” or Fred Hersch’s (*1955) “Heartsong”.

Marie-Luise Alcántara | Piano | Track 1–15 | www.marieluisealcantara.de
Victor Alcántara | Piano | Track 16–21 | www.victoralcantara.de

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Isaac Albéniz – Angustia | Lied ohne Worte
Steingraeber & Söhne, Kammermusiksaal

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01 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 | Nr. 1 – Andante con moto

02 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 | Nr. 3 – Molto Allegro e vivace

03 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 | Nr. 5 – Piano agitato

04 Delphine von Schauroth – Sechs Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 18 | Nr. 1 Mäßig und gefühlvoll

05 Gabriel Fauré – Trois Romances sans paroles, Op. 17 | Nr. 1 – Andante quasi Allegretto

06 Gabriel Fauré – Trois Romances sans paroles, Op. 17 | Nr. 2 – Allegro molto

07 Gabriel Fauré – Trois Romances sans paroles, Op. 17 | Nr. 3 – Andante Moderato

08 Cecilé Chaminade – Six Romances sans paroles, Op. 76 | Nr. 3 – Idyllle – Andante moderato

09 Cecilé Chaminade – Six Romances sans paroles, Op. 76 | Nr. 5 – Chanson Bretonne – Allegro risoluto

10 Isaac Albéniz – Romanza sin palabras | Angustia – Agitato

11 Semyon Barmotin – Drei Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 2 | Nr. 2 – Adagio sostenuto

12 Darius Milhaud – Quatre Romances sans paroles | Nr. 1 – Modéré

13 Darius Milhaud – Quatre Romances sans paroles | Nr. 2 – Vif

14 Darius Milhaud – Quatre Romances sans paroles | Nr. 3 – Modéré

15 Darius Milhaud – Quatre Romances sans paroles | Nr. 4 – Modéré

16 Richie Beirach – Leaving

17 Fred Hersch – Heart Song

18 Victor Alcántara – Song for Marie

19 John Lewis – Django

20 My Song – Keith Jarett

21 Horace Silver – Song for my Father