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: 01. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus Phantastisch Und Leidenschaftlich Vorzutragen 02. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: II. Mässig, Durchaus Energisch 03. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: III. Langsam Getragen, Durchweg Leise Zu Halten 04. Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 05. Novelette No. 1 in F Major, Op. 21 06. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: I. So Rasch Wie Möglich 07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Andantino, Getragen 08. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: III. Scherzo, Sehr Rasch Und Markiert 09. 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