Artist: Sergio Fiorentino Title: Sergio Fiorentino: The Legacy, Vol. 1 Year Of Release: 2025 Label: Brilliant Classics Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC 24 Bit (44,1 KHz / tracks) Total Time: 488:37 min Total Size: 3.8 GB https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/s/sergio-fiorentino-the-legacy/

Tracklist:

1. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus Phantastisch Und Leidenschaftlich Vorzutragen
2. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: II. Mässig, Durchaus Energisch
3. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: III. Langsam Getragen, Durchweg Leise Zu Halten
4. Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
5. Novelette No. 1 in F Major, Op. 21
6. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: I. So Rasch Wie Möglich
7. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Andantino, Getragen
8. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: III. Scherzo, Sehr Rasch Und Markiert
9. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: IV. Rondo, Presto
10. Romanze in F-Sharp Major, Op. 28 No. 2
11. Myrthen, Op. 25: I. Die Lotusblume
12. Myrthen, Op. 25: II. Widmung
13. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664: I. Allegro Moderato
14. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664: II. Andante
15. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664: III. Allegro
16. 4 Impromptus, D. 899: I. Impromptu in C Minor, Allegro Molto Moderato
17. 4 Impromptus, D. 899: II. Impromptu in E-Flat Major, Allegro
18. 4 Impromptus, D. 899: III. Impromptu in G-Flat Major, Andante
19. 4 Impromptus, D. 899: IV. Impromptu in A-Flat Major, Allegretto
20. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
21. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537: II. Allegretto Quasi Andantino
22. Piano Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537: III. Allegro Vivace
23. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro, Maestoso
24. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo, Molto Vivace
25. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: III. Largo
26. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale, Presto Ma Non Tanto
27. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto Moderato
28. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante Sostenuto
29. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: III. Scherzo, Allegro Vivace Con Delicatezza
30. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
31. Ballade No. 1 in D-Flat Major, S.170
32. Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S.171
33. Harmonies Poétiques Et Religieuses, S.173 : VII. Funérailles
34. 3 Études De Concert, S.144: II. La Leggierezza
35. 2 Konzertetüden, S.145: I. Waldesrauschen
36. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: I. Lento Assai-Allegro Energico
37. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: II. Grandioso
38. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: III. Andante Sostenuto-Quasi Adagio
39. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: IV. Allegro Energico, Piu Mosso
40. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: V. Sostenuto-Stretta quasi Presto-Presto-Prestissimo
41. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: Vi. Andante Sostenuto-Allegro Moderato-Lento Assai
42. Prélude, Fugue Et Variation in B Minor, Fwv 30: I. Prélude
43. Prélude, Fugue Et Variation in B Minor, Fwv 30: II. Fugue Et Variation
44. Prélude, Choral Et Fugue, Fwv 21: I. Prélude
45. Prélude, Choral Et Fugue, Fwv 21: II. Choral
46. Prélude, Choral Et Fugue, Fwv 21: III. Fugue
47. Danse Lente, Fwv 22
48. Prélude, Aria Et Final, Fwv 23: I. Prélude
49. Prélude, Aria Et Final, Fwv 23: II. Aria
50. Prélude, Aria Et Final, Fwv 23: III. Final
51. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19: I. Andante
52. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19: II. Presto
53. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 36: I. Allegro Agitato
54. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 36: II. Non Allegro
55. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 36: III. Allegro Molto-Poco Meno Mosso-Presto
56. Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84: I. Andante Dolce-Allegro Moderato
57. Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84: II. Andante Sognando
58. Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84: III. Vivace
59. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro Con Fuoco
60. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 6: II. No Tempo Indication
61. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 6: III. Presto
62. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 6: IV. Funebre
63. Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: I. Andante-Prestissimo Volando
64. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: I. Allegro Moderato
65. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: II. Lento
66. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: III. Allegro Molto

The most comprehensive tribute ever issued on record to the art of the Italian pianist Sergio Fiorentino. Many recordings here newly remastered and receiving their first-ever issue in the digital age. A landmark set for pianophiles. This set has been curated by the collector Ernst Lumpe, who contributes a lengthy appreciation and introduction to the booklet of the set, alongside an essay by Christoph Schlüren & Ottavia Maria Maceratini. It was Lumpe who drew the pianist out of retirement during the 1990s, resulting in an ‘Indian Summer’ of recordings made in Berlin until not long before the pianist’s death in 1998. They are reissued here, alongside much less familiar solo and concerto recordings from the 1950s and 60s – ‘The Early Recordings’ – and separate sections dedicated to Fiorentino’s particular, free-wheeling mastery of Chopin and Liszt. Many of the early recordings were made in the UK for the Concert Artist label under the supervision of Willliam Barrington-Coupe, and some of them issued under pseudonyms (though not attributed to his wife Joyce Hatto, at least not at the time). In 1954 he recorded Mozart’s Concerto K467 in Naples; the repertoire from those years otherwise focuses on richly sonorous interpretations of German repertoire, from Bach (and Bach/Busoni) onwards, through Beethoven, into fantastically inventive Schumann and Brahms. Around this time too, however, he recorded several major Chopin collections: the Ballades, Etudes, Polonaises, Scherzos and Waltzes. The sources for all these recordings vary between master tapes (occasionally), and more often the best available LP copies, often of releases issued in very limited quantities, and in compromised engineering, but the artistic value of the performances speaks for itself. Lumpe remarks of his as ‘a real aristocrat’ of the piano and quotes several of his pupils, who recall a musician without ego, demanding and quietly aware of his own abilities but modest and disinclined to self-promotion or fits of artistic temperament. Alongside some revisiting of this repertoire, late in life in Berlin, Fiorentino turned to Russian repertoire: Prokofiev, Scriabin and especially Rachmaninoff, whom he had always venerated as the supreme pianist. If this set bears witness to anything, it is Fiorentino’s place in the canon as one of Rachmaninoff’s few worthy successors