Albert Ferber - Decca Recordings 1945 - 1951 (CD)

Born in Lucerne in 1911, Albert Ferber studied with a pupil of Alfred Cortot and often played for Rachmaninov in Switzerland. International critics visiting the 1939 Lucerne Festival were impressed by ‘an exceptional Swiss pianist … who also showed in works of Schubert and Schumann some uncommon pianistic gifts’. 

TRACK LIST

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
1 Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4°
       
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
2 Minuet in D major, KV 355°    
3 Gigue in G major, KV 574°
       
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
4–6 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'*
 
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
7 Impromptu in F minor, D.935 (Op. 142) No. 1*   
8–10 Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664 (Op. 120)* 
 
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Lieder ohne Worte*
Songs without Words
11 Book I No. 1 in E major, Op. 19 No. 1 'Sweet Remembrance'    
12 Book VIII No. 3 in C major, Op. 102 No. 3 'Children's Piece'    
13 Book VIII No. 4 in G minor, Op. 102 No. 4 'The Sighing Wind'    
14 Book V No. 3 in E minor, Op. 62 No. 3 'Funeral March'    
15 Book II No. 6 in F sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 6 'Venetian Gondola Song'  
16 Book VI No. 4 in C major, Op. 67 No. 4 'Spinning Song'    
 
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
17–29 Kinderszenen, Op. 15* 
 
*FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA
°PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED