Search - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Alfred Grünfeld; Leopold Godowsky; Edvard Grieg; Christian Sinding; Moritz Moszkowski; Anton Rubinstein; Anatole Liadow; Ignace Jan Paderewski; Franz Liszt; Edward MacDowell; Stephen Heller; Léo Delibes, Frank Glazer (piano) :: Music of a Bygone Era

The American pianist Frank Glazer, now 91 years old, is heard in this highly entertaining collection of short piano compositions- repertoire once standard fare of the day for piano students. These pieces, though fashionable during the latter half of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth, are not often performed in concert anymore, despite their great appeal. Glazer writes that ?Dohnányi?s 1916 transcription of Delibe?s Waltz was advertised as ?being performed everywhere with the greatest success by Rachmaninoff, Igna Friedmann, Backhaus, Lhevinne, Godowsky, Eisenberger, Youra Güller, etc.? And as a student in Junior High School, I performed it in our assembly programs....when, in 1932, I arrived in Berlin to study with Artur Schnabel, I soon became aware that he would not be listening to this genre of repertoire, so it lay dormant, unused until many years later...? Frank Glazer?s warmly embracing performances bring back an era long past, and the accompanying booklet includes period photographs, and Ruth Glazer?s reminiscences of her husband?s long career.