Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes

Jean Sibelius (Composer), Alexander Scriabin (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Federico Mompou (Composer), Ferruccio Busoni (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Dmitry Shostakovich (Composer), Isaac Albeniz (Composer), George Antheil (Composer), Charles Trenet (Composer), Johan Halvorsen (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Bedrich Smetana (Composer), Cyril Scott (Composer), Jacques Ibert (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Leif Ove Andsnes (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
• Composer: Jean Sibelius, Alexander Scriabin, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Richard [1] Strauss, Federico Mompou, et al.
• Audio CD (September 12, 2006)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000HC2PBS
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,602 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #5 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Scriabin, Alexander
  • #28 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Waltzes
  • #38 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Historical Periods > Modern & 20th Century

Track Listings

1. Sibelius: 13 Pieces Op. 76, No. 2 Etude

2. Scriabin: 2 Impromtus Op. 14, No. 1

3. Mendelssohn: Songs Without WordsBook VI Op. 67 - No. 2 in F Sharp minor

4. R. Strauss/Gieseking: Standchen (No. 2 of 6 Lieder, Op. 17)

5. Mompou: Paisajes - No. 2, El lago

6. J. S. Bach/Bussoni: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (from 10 Chorale

7. Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat Op. 29

8. Liszt: 3 Liebestraume S541 - No. 3 "O Lieb, so land du lieben kannst!"

9. Shostakovich: The Golden Age Op. 22 - Polka

10. Albeniz: Espana Op.165, No. 2 Tango

11. Mompou: Cancion y danza No. 1

12. Chopin/Liszt: 6 Chants polonaises s480 - No. 5 Meine Freunden

13. Liszt: Valse - impromptu S213

14. Antheil: Toccata No. 2

15. Trenet: Chanson: Coin de rue

16. Halvorsen/Andsnes: Suite de morceaux caracteristiques for violin &

17. Grieg: Humoresque Op. 6, No. 3

18. Smetana: Am Seegestade ("At the Sea") - Concert Study in G sharp minor

19. Scott: 2 Pieces Op. 47, No. 2 Lotus Land

20. Ibert: 10 Histoires No. 2 Le Petit Ane blanc

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Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHORT, SWEET AND LOVELY, September 12, 2007

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GEORGE RANNIE "GWRJWMCL" (DENVER, COLORADO United States) - See all my reviews
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According to the notes in this release the selections contained therein are a personal collection of piano encores selected and wonderfully played by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Indeed it is a rich and full recording (close to 70 minutes in length) of short (each averaging about 3 ½ minutes in length) piano works composed by (or arranged) composers such as Jean Sibelius, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin, Edward Grieg, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt--to name a few. All of the selections are played very beautifully by Leif Ove Andsnes always with gorgeous tone through out the recording. Plus the encores on this disc are very interesting musically from the virtuosic Franz Liszt "Valse Impromptu" to the introspection and beauty of Debussy's "Clair de lune"

I really loved Smetana's "At the Sea" and Cyril Scott's two pieces opus 47. Infact I enjoyed this entire album immensely. It is truly played wonderfully and it contains some rather familiar works intermingled with some rather unknown repertoire played by a master of the piano. In addition the recorded sound is good too.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll stand and shout "encore!", January 3, 2007

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Owen R. Youngman (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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The appearance of this disk on many Best of 2006 lists came as no surprise. I heard Andsnes perform several of these selections in Chicago and Kalamazoo early in the year, and in Michigan even got a sampler CD of "Horizons" as we left the recital that whetted my appetite. Everything that makes Andsnes' playing compelling is here, but listen in particular for how, in so many of the pieces, he's able to bring out the left hand that are clearly not just microphone/recording studio wizardry. A true gem.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 22 Bravos, January 21, 2007

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John Albanese "Dramatist" (New York) - See all my reviews
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22 piano encores some familiar most not, at least to me, played with manly beauty by Leif Ove Andsnes. A treasure chest. A horizon expanding recording. 22 Bravos