From Schubert and Chopin through Richard Strauss to Shostakovich, the two-hundred-year-old history of the waltz was always about more than a dance. The form may convey a feeling, nostalgic moods, complex human situations, or even a whole story. Now two great pianists, Károly Mocsári and János Balázs demonstrate how many faces this dance has.
In addition to graceful, elegant, playful and soaring waltzes, the programme also includes two pieces by Norbert Glanzberg (1910–2001) who was born in Austria–Hungary, but then found his home in France. A man with an eventful life, Glanzberg was a greatly versatile artist, who also earned world-fame as the composer of soundtracks and the writers of songs for Édith Piaf and Yves Montand, among others. His art absorbed the influence of such contemporaries as Alban Berg, Béla Bartók and Django Reinhardt.

Tchaikovsky: Flower Waltz from the Nutcracker Suite – Zoltán Kocsis’s arrangement
Dohnányi: Waltz Suite (Suite en valse), Op. 39

Rachmaninoff: Suite No 2 – Valse. Presto, Op. 17
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances – Andante con moto (Tempo di Valse), Op. 45
Norbert Glanzberg: Di Bobe gedenkt ir ershtn Bal (Grandma recalls her first ball)

Norbert Glanzberg: Invitation à la valse 

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