This compilation features compositions, studies and fragments in various arrangements and at various levels of development, pieces that not only represent Bruckner's course of study but also anticipate his future impact as a symphonist and reformer of musical idiom. So, just as a few pencil strokes outlining the architectural design of a magnificent building may give a more vivid impression than the final realisation of the design, the compositions from the study book may seem more vivid to us than the great symphony. They are a world unto themselves. Bruckner's piano works (the compositions and sketches from the study book and the published works) occupy, at best, a marginal position in the eyes of the concert world, performers, listeners and organisers. Their rich substance is yet to be duly acknowledged, for these small-scale works are the fascinating building-blocks of great music. The school with which the composer allied himself through his study with connoisseurs of revolutionary musical initiatives (notably Otto Kitzler) has here been embraced by the genius to full effect.

Tracklist:

Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Piano Sonata In G Minor
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Waltz In E-Flat Major, Wab Deest 27
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Galopp In C Major, Wab Deest 18
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Duo
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Theme & Variations In G Major, Wab Deest 23
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): March In C Major
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Waltz In C Major, Wab Deest 26
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Chromatic Etude In F Major, Wab Deest 4
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Rondo In G Major
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Andante In E-Flat Major, Wab Deest 3
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Minuet & Trio In G Major, Wab Deest 15
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Theme In F Major
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Etude In G Major, Wab Deest 6
Kitzlers Studienbuch (Excerpts): Andante In D Minor, Wab Deest 2
Lancer-Quadrille, Wab 120: I. Eingang
Lancer-Quadrille, Wab 120: II. Allegro
Lancer-Quadrille, Wab 120: III. Allegro
Lancer-Quadrille, Wab 120: IV. Allegro
3 Little Pieces, Wab 124: No. 1 In G Major. Langsam
3 Little Pieces, Wab 124: No. 2 In G Major. Allegro Moderato
3 Little Pieces, Wab 124: No. 3, In F Major. Langsam, Feierlich - Schneller
Quadrille, Wab 121: I. Pantalon. Andante Con Moto
Quadrille, Wab 121: II. Été. Allegretto
Quadrille, Wab 121: III. Poule. Amabile
Quadrille, Wab 121: IV. Trénis. Pathetico
Quadrille, Wab 121: V. Pastourelle. Grazioso
Quadrille, Wab 121: VI. Finale. Poco Animato
Klavierstück In E-Flat Major, Wab 119
Stille Betrachtung An Einem Herbstabend, Wab 123
Steiermärker, Wab 122
Fantasie In G Major, Wab 118
Erinnerung, Wab 117

UPC: 881488170542
Label: Profil - G Haenssler
Release Date: 8.3.18
Format: CD

Bruckner / Markovina - Piano Works (CD)