Many Happy Returns to Menahem Pressler – pianist, teacher and co-founder & member of the Beaux Arts Trio (1955-2008) – who turns 99 today. Video of his Tokyo recital on October 16, 2017, in Suntory Hall.
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Happy Birthday and congratulations. Thank you for your wonderful playing of – among other things – Haydn Piano Trios.
“George Frideric Handel
Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, HWV 434-442
[1:55] 2. Chaconne in G major, HWV 435
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
[9:12] Adagio – [13:46] Allegro – [15:34] Andantino – [17:59] Più Allegro – [20:03] Tempo I
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457
[22:20] 1. Molto Allegro
[27:56] 2. Adagio
[36:09] 3. Allegro assai
– Intermission –
Claude Debussy
Préludes – Premier livre, L. 117
[43:58] 1. Lent et grave (…Danseuses de Delphes)
[47:04] 2. Modéré (…Voiles)
[51:16] 8. Très calme et doucement expressif (…La Fille aux cheveux de lin)
[54:10] 10. Profondément calme (…La Cathédrale engloutie)
[1:00:31] 12. Modéré (…Minstrels)
La plus que lente, L. 121
[1:02:57] Lent
Rêverie, L. 68
[1:08:04] Andantino
Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
[1:13:05] 4. in B minor, Mesto
3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
[1:19:00] 3. in F-sharp minor, Vivace
4 Mazurkas, Op. posth. 67
[1:23:15] 4. in A minor, Moderato animato
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
[1:25:32] Allegretto
– Encores –
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.
[1:36:32] Lento con gran espressione – Adagio – Tempo I
Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, L. 75
[1:44:22] 3. “Clair de lune” Andante – [1:45:33] Tempo rubato – [1:46:29] Un poco mosso – [1:47:02] En animant – [1:47:18] Calmato – [1:47:50] Tempo I”