Cyprien Katsaris
Hundred and Eleven Piano Hits
- Type CD
- Label Piano 21
- UPC 3760051450588
- Catalog number P21 052
- Release date 21 November 2014
About the album
111 is the number of popular pieces that Cyprien Katsaris has assembled in the service of his one thousand and one fingers to lead us on a tour of the world illumined by his manual pyrotechnics. Over six hours of music embracing every age and every genre: the originality of this feast is that it is not confined to classical orthodoxy but rather opens windows on to territory that the ayatollahs of strict classicism would prefer to anathematise. Thus, to a Bach Prelude will respond a dance from West Side Story or an aria from Carmen! Why? Because music belongs to everyone, because music is made for everyone, because music should be able to bring pleasure to everyone.
These five CDs invite us to discover the various facets of the talents of Cyprien Katsaris: he is, of course, a virtuoso exponent of dexterity (just listen to The Flight of the Bumble Bee by Rimsky- Korsakov, supercharged by Cziffra. The Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla or the Finale of Rachmaninov’s Third Concerto); he is also a virtuoso exponent of repertoire (ranging from Bach, the “Master”, with whom he begins, of course, to Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, but also Bernstein, Gottschalk and Mancini and his Pink Panther, or indeed from a waltz by Strauss to a tango by Piazzola or a Hungarian Dance by Brahms!) Moreover, he is a virtuoso exponent of style (from the tenderness of a Schumann Träumerei to the fireworks of the Khachaturian Sabre Dance; from the limpidity of Debussy’s Clair de Lune to the flamboyance of a Rachmaninov Prelude; from the sound of the guitar that he conjures up for Tárrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra to the pure singing of the violin in the Méditation from Thaïs by Massenet or the choral mightiness of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.)
With this breathtaking musical garden of delights, one could be forgiven for thinking that Cyprien Katsaris’ intent was to produce a beguiling digest of all these pianistic peaks he has scaled, all the flashes that have marked his success, all the byways he has explored and vaulted in expressing his poetic personality.
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11Prelude No.1 In C Major BWW 846
02:05 -
12Ave Maria
04:23 -
13Warsaw Concerto
08:26 -
14Polonaise In A Flat Major Op.53 'Héroique'
06:19 -
15Soldier's March
00:56 -
16Lullaby Op.49-4
02:15 -
17Recuerdos De La Alhambra
03:40 -
18Adagio
06:41 -
19Waltz No.2
03:38 -
110Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 I. Stick Dance
01:11 -
111Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 II. Sash Dance
00:33 -
112Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 III. In One Spot
01:04 -
113Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 IV. Dance From Bucsum
00:47 -
114Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 V. Romanian Polka
00:34 -
115Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 VI. Fast Dance
00:51 -
116Waltz No.10
01:20 -
117Tales From The Vienna Woods Op. 325
06:48 -
118Melody
03:13 -
119Méditation
04:14 -
120Etude In C Minor Op.10-12
02:19 -
121Spontaneous Improvisation on The Japanese Song 'Sakura'
01:32 -
122Pomp And Cicumstance Marc Op.39-1
05:53 -
123Sarabande
05:01 -
124Marche In D Major BWW Anhang 122
01:01 -
125Solfeggietto In C Minor H. 220 Wq 117-2
00:52 -
126Grotesque Fantasy American Sketch
04:06 -
21Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
10:31 -
22Andante from Symphony No. 94
05:48 -
23Les Moissonneurs
01:40 -
24The Reaper's Song
00:54 -
25The Merry Peasant Returning From Work
00:42 -
26Traumerei
02:29 -
27Ave Maria, Op. 52-6 D. 839
04:58 -
28Prelude in G Minor Op. 23-5
04:00 -
29Adagio from Oboe Concerto
04:37 -
210Spring Song Op.62-6
02:02 -
211The Wild Rider
00:38 -
212Prelude In A Major Op. 28-7
00:44 -
213Habanera
02:12 -
214Farandole
03:17 -
215Menuet in D Minor BWW Anhang 132
00:49 -
216Intermezzo Op. 117-2 Flat Minor
03:48 -
217Bread And Butter Waltz
02:05 -
218Cotillon In E Flat Major D. 976
00:37 -
219Feuillet d'Album In E Flat Major Op. 45
01:00 -
220Presto. Allegro Assai, 'Ode To Joy' from Symphony No.9
22:54 -
221In C Sharp Minor, Op. 64-2
03:41 -
31The Pink Panter Theme
02:10 -
32The Swan
02:35 -
33Musette In D Major BWW Anhang 126
00:55 -
34Aria
03:05 -
35Courante
02:39 -
36Sonata In C Major K. 159
02:18 -
37Ritual Fire Dance
03:35 -
38Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
04:15 -
39Waltz No. 19
00:54 -
310Etude Op.10-3 'Tristesse'
03:52 -
311Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant
01:22 -
312Rondo Alla Turca
03:26 -
313Les Fifres - Rondeau
01:52 -
314Moment Musical No.3 In F Minor
01:54 -
315Largo from Winter
02:00 -
316Hallelujah
03:38 -
317Badinerie. Arrangement In Burlesque Style
01:27 -
318Waltz No.35
00:44 -
319Tango - Ballade
01:30 -
320Spontaneous Improvisation On The Korean Song 'Arirang'
02:00 -
321Souvenir De Noel
07:33 -
322Adagio Sostenuto from Moonlight Sonata
05:51 -
323Clair De Lune
04:36 -
324Marche Militaire Op.51-1 D.733
05:35 -
325The Ride Of The Valkyries
05:03 -
326Intermezzo
02:05 -
327Precipitato from Sonata No.7
02:59 -
41Concert Study No.1
01:39 -
42Andante from Concerto No.21
07:14 -
43Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWW 565 For Organ
08:14 -
44June Barcarolle
04:22 -
45Hungarian Dance In G Minor No.1
02:47 -
46Poco Allegretto from Symphony No.3
05:54 -
47Melody In F Minor Op.3-1
04:10 -
48Valse
06:18 -
49Canon
07:04 -
410Prelude In B Flat Minor Op.28-16
00:58 -
411Nocturne
02:22 -
412Spontaneous Improvisation On Various Themes
09:38 -
413Silver Clouds Chasing The Moon
02:44 -
414Finale from Piano Concerto No.2
13:45 -
51Sabre Dance
03:18 -
52Gymnopèdie No.1
03:01 -
53Le Jardin De Dolly
02:24 -
54Musette In G Major
01:01 -
55Romance - Larghetto from Concerto No.2
08:35 -
56Landler No.5
00:44 -
57Waltz In A Flat Major Op.39-15
01:27 -
58Slavonic Dance In E Minor Op. 72-2
05:09 -
59Begatelle No.25 In A Minor Wo Op.59 'Fur Elise'
02:51 -
510Plaisir d'Amor Romance
04:12 -
511Notturno No.3 'Liebestraum'
04:03 -
512Wedding March
05:10 -
513Waltz Of The Flowers
06:25 -
514Morning Mood Allegretto Pastorale
03:53 -
515Aranjuez Ma Pensée
06:05 -
516Fantaisie Sur 'Happy Birthday To You'
05:37 -
517Liza
02:17 -
518Jets
02:00 -
519Jump
00:57 -
520Cha-Cha
01:10 -
521Aria
05:35 -
522La Misma Pena
00:59 -
523Adios
03:08