Xaver Scharwenka - Selected Works for Piano

Seta Tanyel - Piano 00:00 Barcarolle 07:00 Polonaise in F minor 12:26 Menuett No.1 16:51 Scherzo No.2 20:19 Valse-Caprice 26:56 Eglantine Waltz 31:31 Polonaise 37:29 Impromptu in D major Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924) was a Polish-German Pianist and Composer of Bohemian-Polish decent. He was the brother of Philipp Scharwenka, also a composer. Although he began learning to play the piano by ear when he was 3, Scharwenka did not start formal music studies until he was 15, when his family moved to Berlin and he enrolled at the Akademie der Tonkunst. Under Theodor Kullak, his pianistic skills developed rapidly, and he made his debut at the Singakademie in 1869. Praised for the beauty of his tone, he became a renowned interpreter of the music of Frédéric Chopin. In 1886, he conducted the first in a series of orchestral concerts devoted to the music of Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt and Ludwig van Beethoven while continuing to tour extensively and play his works in collaboration