Rudolf Buchbinder is one of the legendary performers of our time. The authority of a career spanning more than 60 years is uniquely combined with esprit and spontaneity in his piano playing. Tradition and innovation, faithfulness and freedom, authenticity, and open-mindedness merge in his reading of the great piano literature.

"We all have impossible dreams. And one such dream gave rise to this album: I’d so much like to attend a Viennese soirée where all the composers on this recording are assembled: Strauss, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven. These pieces embody the spirit of a good evening get-together: inspiring, good-humoured, effervescent, but always probing the depths." – Rudolf Buchbinder

Tracklist:

JOHANN STRAUSS (1825–1899) / ALFRED GRÜNFELD (1852–1924)

1. Soirée de Vienne op. 56

Concert Paraphrase after themes from Die Fledermaus and other works by Strauss

JOHANN STRAUSS / OTTO SCHULHOF (1889–1958)

1. Pizzicato-Polka op. 9/2

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

1. Marche militaire in D major D 733/15:53 arr. Carl Tausig
2. Waltz in G flat major “Kupelwieser-Walzer” D Anh. I/14

arr. Richard Strauss

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

1. Bagatelle in C major op. 33/5

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)

1. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor op. 66
2. Nocturne in E flat major op. 9/2
3. Waltz in C sharp minor op. 64/2
4. Waltz in B minor op. posth. 69/2
5. Étude in A flat major op. 25/1

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) / FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)

1. Liebeslied S 566

after Schumann’s Widmung op. 25/1

FRANZ SCHUBERT

4 Impromptus D 899

1. No. 1 in C minor. Allegro molto moderato
2. No. 2 in E flat major. Allegro
3. No. 3 in G flat major. Andante
4. No. 4 in A flat major. Allegretto

JOHANN STRAUSS / ALFRED GRÜNFELD

1. Frühlingsstimmen-Walzer op. 57

Concert Paraphrase after Strauss

FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ LISZT

1. Soirées de Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6 S 427/6

after Schubert’s waltzes D 969/9, 969/10 & 779/13