Uploaded March 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Picturesque vignettes to challenge the keyboard performer and feed the listener's appetite for stirring Romantic/Impressionist music. MacDowell's Opus 46 was composed in 1894. Listen to the lilting Träumerei at 17:20 in particular. Exquisitely crafted!

I. Novellete (Allegro energico) 0:12
II. Moto Perpetuo (Leggierissimo e piu veloce possible) 1:55
III. Wild Chase (Allegro furioso) 3:30
IV. Improvisation (Andantino, quasi a piacere) 5:41
V. Elfin Dance (Presto leggiero) 7:47
VI. Valse Triste (Allegretto non troppo) 10:57
VII. Burlesque (Allegretto giocoso capriccioso) 13:43
VIII. Bluette (Allegrissimo) 15:46
IX. Träumerei (Andantino, con tenerezza) 17:21
X. March Wind (Prestissimo volante) 19:43
XI. Impromptu (Moderato grazioso) 21:48
XII. Polonaise (Allegro maestoso ma con fuoco) 23:26

Performed by James Barbagallo

You can find this recording in the 3rd volume of MacDowell's piano works on the Naxos label: naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559019

Paintings by William Merritt Chase (1814-1916)