The Piano Music of Thomas de Hartmann

Elan Sicroff, pianist

Disc One
Trois Morceaux, Op. 4 Nos. 2 & 3 (1899)
- No. 2 Mazurka
- No. 3 Impromptu

Three Preludes, Op. 11 (1904) 3.46
1. Molto cantando
2. Un poco agitato
3. Andantino

Twelve Russian Fairy Tales, Op. 58 (1937) 20.24
1. Introduction
2. Verlioka the Monster
3. The Little Peasant as Big as a Thumb, with Moustaches Seven Miles Long
4. Ivan Tsarevitch
5. The Witch’s House on Hen’s Legs
6. The Wonderful Gusli
7. Baba Yaga the Witch Goes a-Galloping Through the Forest in Her Mortar, Pounding It With Her Pestle and Sweeping Away All Trace of Herself With a Broom
8. Alenooshka’s Lullaby
9. The Seven League Boots
10. The Princess of Whom One Never Tires of Admiring
11. Kasstchei the Deathless
12. The Ride of Ivan Tsarevitch and the Princess on the Back of the Grey Wolf to the Kingdom of Marvels
13. The Solemn Entrance of Ivan Tsarevitch and the Princess into the Kingdom of Marvels

First Piano Sonata, Op. 67 (1942) 21.01
- Moderato
- Aria
- Finale

Two Nocturnes, Op. 84 (1953)
- The Music of the Stars
- The Dance of Life

Six Pièces, Op. 7 Nos. 1, 5 & 6 (1902) 9.12
- No. 1 Prelude
- No. 5 Nocturne
- No. 6 Novelette

Divertissements, from Forces of Love and Sorcery, Op. 16 (1915) 7.29
- Prelude, Le Triton
- Gavotte
- La Grenouille
- Menuet
- Marche Turque

Humoresque Viennoise, Op. 45 (1931)
1. Lumière noire, Op. 74 (1945)
2. Fantastico e rubato assai
3. Andante funebre
4. Allegro g iocoso e molto ritmico

Musique pour la fête de la patronne, Op. 77 (1947) 9.49
1. Polka
2. Valse langoureuse
3. Quadrille

Second Piano Sonata, Op. 82 (1951) 20.24
- Moderato
- Larghetto
- Finale

Performers

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  Elan Sicroff
  Elan Sicroff is known as an interpreter of the music written by Thomas de Hartmann, both the classical works as well as the music from the East composed in collaboration with Gurdjieff . In the 1960s he studied with Jeaneane Dowis, protégée and assistant to Rosina Lhevinne at the Juilliard School. From 1973-75 he attended… Read more: Elan Sicroff