Inspiration - Homage to Maria Curcio

Anthony Goldstone (piano)
Maria Curcio was one of the most influential and sought after piano teachers of the latter part of the 20th century including among her students such luminaries as Martha Argerich, Peter Frankl, Radu Lupu, and Mitsuko Uchida - and Anthony Goldstone. Following Curcio's death in 2009 at the age of 89, this is Goldstone's tribute to his mentor - a fine recital in its own right, and works all of which have a connection to her, in some way or other. This is the first ever recording of the lovely Waltzes composed by Artur Schnabel. As a bonus we include one of the very few surviving recordings made by Maria Curcio, where she accompanies Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in a Mozart aria - a performance first broadcast in 1957.
TRACKS:
Schubert, arr. Liszt:
Ave Maria, S. 558 no. 12
Rossini, arr. Liszt:
La danza (Tarantella Napolitana), S.424 no. 9
Villa-Lobos:
Alma Brasileira (Choro no. 5)
Casella:
Variations on a Chaconne, Op. 3
Schnabel:
Walzer, Op. 15 no. 3
Mozart:
Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Beethoven:
Fantasie, Op. 77
Chopin:
Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44
Reger:
Maria Wiegenlied, Op. 76 no. 52
Schumann, arr. Liszt:
Widmung (Dedication), Op. 25 no. 1

Mozart: Concert aria "Ch'io mu scordi di te?"
Maria Curcio (piano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer