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Special offer. Niels Viggo Bentzon plays Bentzon, Scriabin a.o.

Niels Viggo Bentzon, Paul Tofte Hansen, Pierre René Honnens, Arne Svendsen, Eyvind Rafn

Niels Viggo Bentzon plays Bentzon, Scriabin a.o.
A generous collection of premiere CD transfers from the mid-1980s, featuring definitive, high-impact accounts of Niels Bentzon playing his own piano music, and an invaluable reading of Petrassi’s...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20204 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Niels Viggo Bentzon plays Bentzon, Scriabin a.o.

Niels Viggo Bentzon, Paul Tofte Hansen, Pierre René Honnens, Arne Svendsen, Eyvind Rafn

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A generous collection of premiere CD transfers from the mid-1980s, featuring definitive, high-impact accounts of Niels Bentzon playing his own piano music, and an invaluable reading of Petrassi’s...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20204 out of 5 stars

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Undoubtedly the greatest and most prolific Danish composer of the last century was Niels Viggo Bentzon who had a strong and individual composing style, but was also considered one of the finest pianists in Denmark. Here are some of his early and rare recordings released on CD for the first time including his last LP sessions with items never published before. Not only does this 2 CD set give us Niels Viggo Bentzon as pianist and solo piano composer, but two essential chamber works are also included.

Contents and tracklist

Bentzon, N V: Woodcut, Op. 65
Work length18:06
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
No. 1, Largo
Track length1:28
No. 2, Moderato
Track length1:19
No. 3, Molto largo
Track length3:17
No. 4, Tempo giusto
Track length2:05
No. 5, Con moto
Track length1:21
No. 6, Tempo pesante
Track length2:35
No. 7, Flessibile, secco
Track length1:01
No. 8, Presto molto ritmico
Track length1:18
No. 9, Quasi cadenza
Track length3:42
Bentzon, N V: Sonata for Cor Anglais and Piano, Op. 71
Work length10:20
  • Paul Tofte-Hansen, Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
I. Moderato
Track length2:47
II. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length2:34
III. Moderato
Track length4:59
Bentzon, N V: Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 77
Work length19:20
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
I. Con moto
Track length8:14
II. Andante
Track length5:49
III. Allegro
Track length5:17
Bentzon, N V: Partita, Op. 38
Work length15:46
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
I. Praeambulum
Track length2:16
II. Allegro
Track length3:20
III. Intermezzo I
Track length3:46
IV. Intermezzo II
Track length1:50
V. Fanfare
Track length4:34
Bentzon, N V: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 44
Work length15:05
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
I. Allegro sempre fluente e espressivo
Track length6:18
II. Presto
Track length2:10
III. Intermezzo - Largo
Track length1:37
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length5:00
Bentzon, N V: Mosaique Musicale, Op. 54
Work length12:36
  • Eyvind Rafn (flute), Arne Svendsen (violin), Pierre Rene Honnens (cello), Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
Bentzon, N V: Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 459
Work length15:19
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
I. Moderato
Track length3:44
II. Allegro
Track length2:15
III. Adagio
Track length3:49
IV. Moderato
Track length3:13
V. Allegro
Track length2:18
Bentzon, N V: Piano Sonata No. 19, Op. 460
Work length15:33
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
I. Moderato
Track length5:02
II. Allegro
Track length2:29
III. Allegretto
Track length3:20
IV. Moderato
Track length4:42
Busoni: Sonatina No. 4: In Diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII
Work length9:23
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'
Work length10:00
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
Petrassi: Inventions for Piano (Excerpts)
Work length15:44
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon (piano)
No. 1, Presto volante
Track length1:16
No. 2, Moderato
Track length2:55
No. 4, Moderato mosso, scorrevole
Track length3:36
No. 5, Andantino, non molto mosso e sereno
Track length4:51
No. 6, Tranquillo
Track length3:06

Awards and reviews

April 2020

A generous collection of premiere CD transfers from the mid-1980s, featuring definitive, high-impact accounts of Niels Bentzon playing his own piano music, and an invaluable reading of Petrassi’s Invenzioni.
4 out of 5 stars

February 2020

A notably successful restoration
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