Piano Works

Alicia de Larrocha's magisterial, sonorous, even coruscating performance of Liszt's B minor Sonata is here preceded by altogether more genteel repertoire from the 19th century - pairs of pieces by Grieg and Mendelssohn. A rarity - making its first appearance on CD internationally - is Grieg's only solo piano sonata was written in eleven days at Rungsted, near Copenhagen, in June 1865 and published a year later. It is rarely performed or recorded today. Likewise, Mendelssohn's A minor Caprice, dizzyingly despatched by Larrocha, is unfairly neglected The lovely 'Notturno', on the other hand, is one of Grieg's best-known miniatures and likewise, Mendelssohn's Variations serieuses one of his best-known solo piano pieces.