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Andsnes here reveals a hitherto hidden side to his art – the salon charmer. Some of the pieces are favourites from his childhood, though it is not every nine-year-old who has tackled Sibelius’s uncharacteristically jolly ‘Staccato’ Etude or mastered Chopin’s First Impromptu with such fluency and grace. Appealing, too, is the drama and sweep he brings to Liszt’s Liebestraum No 3 (though it will not suit everyone’s taste) and his avoidance of cliché, while the Norwegian’s own transcription of Halvorsen’s Chant de Veslemöy (originally for violin), Ibert’s Le petit âne blanc and Debussy’s Clair de lune are played with a
| 1 | 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 2, Étude | ♡ | 1:15 | Jean Sibelius | John Fraser |
| 2 | 2 Impromptus, Op. 14: No. 1 in B Major | ♡ | 2:27 | Alexander Scriabin | John Fraser |
| 3 | Songs Without Words, Book VI, Op. 67: No. 2, Allegro leggiero, MWV U145 | ♡ | 2:01 | Felix Mendelssohn | John Fraser |
| 4 | 6 Lieder, Op. 17: No. 2, Ständchen (Arr. Gieseking) | ♡ | 2:34 | Richard Strauss | John Fraser |
| 5 | Paisajes: No. 2, El lago | ♡ | 4:01 | Frederic Mompou | John Fraser |
| 6 | 10 Chorale Preludes: No. 5, Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (After Bach’s Orgelbüchlein, BWV 639) | ♡ | 3:12 | Ferruccio Busoni | John Fraser |
| 7 | Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29 | ♡ | 3:29 | Fryderyk Chopin | John Fraser |
| 8 | 3 Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-Flat Major | ♡ | 4:07 | Franz Liszt | John Fraser |
| 9 | Suite from the Age of Gold, Op. 22: II. Polka | ♡ | 2:10 | Dmitri Shostakovich | John Fraser |
| 10 | España, Op. 165: No. 2, Tango | ♡ | 2:30 | Isaac Albéniz / Leopold Godowsky | John Fraser |
| 11 | Cançons i Danses: No. 1 | ♡ | 2:44 | Frederic Mompou | John Fraser |
| 12 | 6 Polish Songs, S. 480: No. 5, Meine Freuden (After No. 12 from Chopin’s “Polish Songs, Op. 74”) | ♡ | 3:20 | Franz Liszt / Fryderyk Chopin | John Fraser |
| 13 | Valse-Impromptu, S. 213 | ♡ | 5:18 | Franz Liszt | John Fraser |
| 14 | 2 Toccatas for the Piano: No. 1, Allegro | ♡ | 2:22 | George Antheil | John Fraser |
| 15 | Coin de rue (Arr. Weissenberg) | ♡ | 3:09 | Charles Trenet | John Fraser |
| 16 | Mosaique, Suite for Violin and Piano: IV. Veslemøy’s Song (Arr. Andsnes) | ♡ | 2:51 | Johan Halvorsen | John Fraser |
| 17 | 4 Humoresques, Op. 6: No. 3, I Love but Thee! | ♡ | 2:13 | Edvard Grieg | John Fraser |
| 18 | On the Seashore, Concert Study in G-Sharp Minor, B. 119 | ♡ | 4:57 | Bedřich Smetana | John Fraser |
| 19 | Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 | ♡ | 3:41 | Cyril Scott / Fritz Kreisler | John Fraser |
| 20 | Histoires: II. Le petit âne blanc. Avec une tranquille bonne humeur | ♡ | 2:03 | Jacques Ibert | John Fraser |
| 21 | Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune | ♡ | 4:43 | Claude Debussy | John Fraser |
| 22 | Moods, Op. 73: No. 4, Folk Song | ♡ | 2:31 | Edvard Grieg | John Fraser |
| 23 | Piano Transcriptions of Songs, Book II, Op. 52: No. 5, Love | ♡ | 2:17 | Edvard Grieg |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0001841293
Credits
Edited By — Julia Thomas Engineer — Arne Akselberg Producer — John Fraser
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