A Life of Music Records

 
1     Steven Introduces Memories And Inspirations
2     Steven Shares His Earliest Musical Experiences
3     Amazing Grace (Live Performance)
4     Something About That Name
5     There Is A Fountain
6     Oh How He Loves You And Me
7     How Great Thou Art
8     Steven Talks About His First Piano Lessons
9     Chopin, Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
10   Grieg, Arietta, From Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 No. 1
11   Steven Discusses The Influence Of Vladimir Horowitz
12   Rachmaninoff, Etude Tableau In D Major, Op. 39 No. 9
13   Scriabin, Prelude In G-Flat Major, Op. 16 No. 3

 
1     Bach/Busoni, Chorale Prelude, Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr, BWV 639
2     Bach/Busoni, Chorale Prelude, Nun Komm’ Der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
3     Steven Shares His First Experience Learning The Music Of Liszt
4     Schubert/Liszt, Erlkönig S.558/4 (Live Performance, 2011)
5     Lassen/Liszt, Lose, Himmel, Meine Seele, (Live Performance, 2011)
6     Steven Speaks Of His Admiration For Keith Jarrett
7     Shenandoah
8     Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Live Performance, 2013)
9     Steven Talks About The Art Of Improvisation
10   Amazing Grace (Studio Version)

 
1     Bach/Busoni, Chorale Prelude No. 3, Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
2     Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in A Minor, K. 149 (On Horowitz’s Piano)
3     Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 213 (On Horowitz’s Piano)
4     Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 474 (On Horowitz’s Piano)
5     Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K. 184
6     Scriabin, Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2 No. 1
7     Scriabin, Etude in D-Sharp Minor, Op. 8 No. 12
8     Scriabin, Prelude in G-Flat Major, Op. 16 No. 3
9     Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330: I. Allegro moderato
10   Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330: II. Andante cantabile
11   Mozart, Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330: III. Allegretto
12   Arensky, Elegie in G Minor, Op. 36 No. 16
13   Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 No. 12
14   Rachmaninoff, Etude in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
15   Rachmaninoff, Moment musical in B Minor, Op. 16 No. 3
16   Queen/Spooner, Concert Etude for Vladimir Horowitz (2014)
17   Audio Liner Notes

 
1    Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1
2    Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4
3    Mazurka in C Major, Op. 56 No. 2
4    Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 67 No. 4
5    Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 1
6    Mazurka in E Minor, Op. 17 No. 2
7    Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 17 No. 3
8    Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17 No. 4
9    Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 7 No. 3
10  Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 2
11   Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3
12   Mazurka in D-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 3
13   Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 50 No. 2
14   Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 63 No. 2
15   Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 41 No. 4
16   Mazurka in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33 No. 1
17   Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2
18   Mazurka in E Minor, Op. 41 No. 2
19   Mazurka in C Major, Op. 67 No. 3
20   Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67 No. 2
21   Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24 No. 1
22   Mazurka in C Major, Op. 24 No. 2
23   Mazurka in A-Flat Major, Op. 24 No. 3
24   Mazurka in B-Flat Minor, Op. 24 No. 4
25   Audio Liner Notes

 
1    Bach/Busoni, Chorale Prelude No.5, Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr, BWV 639
2     Schubert/Liszt, Soirée de Vienne in A Major, S. 427/7
3     Schubert/Liszt, Ständchen, S. 560/7
4    Schubert/Liszt Erlkönig, S. 558/4
5    Liszt, Consolation in D-Flat Major, S. 172/3
6    Liszt, Legend No. 2, St François de Paule: marchant sur les flots (St. Francis walks on the waves) S. 175/2
7     Lassen/Liszt, Löse, Himmel, meine Seele, S. 494i
8     Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands And Peoples)
9     Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kuriose Geschichte (A Curious Story)
10   Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)
11   Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event)
12   Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei (Dreaming)
13   Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)
14   Schumann, from Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)
15   Chopin, Polonaise in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 26 No. 1
16   Chopin, Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 69 No. 1
17   Chopin, Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 (Heroic)
18   Audio Liner Notes

 
Schubert, Winterreise, D. 911, Chris Thompson, Baritone:
1     Gute Nacht
2     Die Wetterfahne
3     Gefrorne Tränen
4     Erstarrung
5     Der Lindenbaum
6     Wasserflut
7     Auf dem Flusse
8     Rückblick
9     Irrlicht
10   Rast
11   Frühlingstraum
12   Einsamkeit
13   Die Post
14   Der greise Kopf
15   Die Krähe
16   Letzte Hoffnung
17   Im Dorfe
18   Der stürmische Morgen
19   Täuschung
20   Der Wegweiser
21   Das Wirtshaus
22   Mut!
23   Die Nebensonnen
24   Der Leiermann
25   Audio Liner Notes

 
Brahms, Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34:

1     I. Allegro non troppo
2     II. Andante, un poco adagio
3     III. Scherzo: Allegro
4     IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo – Presto, non troppo
5     A discussion with the Borromeo Quartet and Steven Spooner

Featuring The Borromeo String Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello

 
Haydn, Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI/40:
1     I. Allegretto e innocente

Haydn, Keyboard Sonata in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI/46:
2     I. Allegro moderato
3     II. Adagio
4     III. Finale. Presto

Haydn, Keyboard Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Hob. XVI/36:
5     I. Moderato
6     II. Scherzando. Allegro con brio
7     III. Menuetto

Haydn, Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI/48:
8     I. Andante con espressione
9     II. Rondo. Presto

Haydn, Keyboard Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI/49:
10   I. Allegro
11   II. Adagio e cantabile
12   III. Tempo di Menuet

13   Audio Liner Notes

 
Gabunia, 5 Pieces From A Pupil’s Diary (1978):
1     Morning
2     On the Way to School
3     School Bell
4     Pop
5     Dream

6     Schnittke, Concerto for Piano and Strings (1979)

Mohammed Fairouz, Piano Sonata No. 2, “The Last Resistance” (2011):
7     I. The Last Resistance
8     II. Retro Recollections on 21st and 8th
9     III. Freud Goes to Abu Ghraib
10   IV. Men and Women in Dark Times

11   Audio Liner Notes

 
Debussy, Preludes, Book I (1910):
1     Danseuses de Delphes
2     Voiles
3     Le vent dans la plaine
4     Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
5     Les collines d’Anacapri
6     Des pas sur la neige
7     Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest
8     La fille aux cheveux de lin
9     La sérénade interrompue
10   La Cathédrale engloutie
11   La danse de Puck
12   Minstrels

Debussy, Preludes, Book I (1910) on an 1886 Bechstein Concert Grand:
13   Danseuses de Delphes
14   Voiles
15   Le vent dans la plaine
16   Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
17   Les collines d’Anacapri
18   Des pas sur la neige
19   Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest
20   La sérénade interrompue
21   La Cathédrale engloutie
22   La danse de Puck
23   Audio Liner Notes

 
Liszt, Sonata in B Minor, S. 178:
1     Lento assai – Allegro energico – Grandioso – Recitativo
2     Andante sostenuto – Quasi adagio
3     Allegro energico
4     Allegro energico- Stretta quasi presto – Presto – Prestissimo – Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato – Lento assai

5     Liszt, Deuxieme année: Italie, Il Penseroso, S.161/2

Liszt, Sonata in B Minor, S. 178, on an 1886 Bechstein:
6     Lento assai – Allegro energico – Grandioso – Recitativo
7     Andante sostenuto – Quasi adagio
8     Allegro energico
9     Allegro energico- Stretta quasi presto – Presto – Prestissimo – Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato – Lento assai
10   Audio Liner Notes

 
Schubert, Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960:
1     I. Molto moderato
2     II. Andante sostenuto
3     III. [Scherzo] Allegro vivace con delicatezza
4     IV. Allegro ma non troppo

5     Schubert, Hungarian Melody, D. 817
6     Schubert, Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915
7     Schubert, From German Dances, D. 783
8     Audio Liner Notes

 
1     Schumann, Papillons, Op. 2
2     Chopin, Etude in C Major, Op 10 No. 1
3     Chopin, Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op 61
4     Liszt, Aux cyprès de la Villa d’Este I, from Années de Pèlerinage III, S.163
5     Liszt, Transcendental Etude No 1, Preludio, S. 139
6     Liszt, Transcendental Etude No 3, Paysage, S. 139
7     Liszt, Transcendental Etude No 8, Wilde Jagd, S. 139
8     Liszt, Transcendental Etude No 11, Harmonies du Soir, S. 139
9     Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 No. 12
10   Prokofiev, Sonata No 6, Op. 82, I
11   Bartok, from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
12   Bartok, Burlesque no. 1, Quarrel
13   Audio Liner Notes

 
1     Bach/Siloti, Prelude in B Minor
2     Wagner/Liszt, Phantasiestück über Motive aus ‘Rienzi, S. 439

Grieg Lyric Pieces
3     Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1
4     Butterfly, Op. 43 No. 1
5     Nocturne, Op. 54 No. 4
6     Grandmother’s Minuet, Op. 68 No. 2
7     At Your Feet, Op. 68 No. 3
8     At the Cradle, Op. 68 No. 5
9     Remembrances, Op. 71 No. 7

Brahms, 7 Fantasies, Op. 116:
10   Capriccio. Presto energico
11   Intermezzo. Andante
12   Capriccio. Allegro passionato
13   Intermezzo. Adagio
14   Intermezzo. Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento
15   Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente
16   Capriccio. Allegro agitato

17   Brahms, Intermezzo in E-Flat Major, Op. 117 No. 1
18   Brahms, Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor, Op. 117 No. 2
19   Audio Liner Notes

 
1     Key/Rachmaninoff, Star Spangled Banner
2     Beethoven, Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1, I (Moonlight)
3     Rachmaninoff, Prelude in C-Sharp, Op. 3 No. 2
4     Schumann, Romanze in F-Sharp Major, Op. 28 No. 2
5     Schumann/Liszt, Widmung, S. 566
6     Schumann, Traumerei from Kinderszenen, Op. 15
7     Chopin, Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
8     Chopin, Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 (Heroic)
9     Chopin, Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28 No. 15 (Raindrop)
10   Brahms, Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 39 No. 15
11   Brahms, Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2
12   MacDowell, To a Wild Rose, Op. 51 No. 1
13   Scriabin, Etude in D-Sharp Minor, Op. 8 No. 12
14   Debussy, from Suite Bergamasque, Clair de Lune
15   Debussy, La fille aux cheveux de lin
16   Audio Liner Notes

Debussy, Preludes, Book I (1910):
1     Danseuses de Delphes
2     Voiles
3     Le vent dans la plaine
4     Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
5     Les collines d’Anacapri
6     Des pas sur la neige
7     Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest
8     La fille aux cheveux de lin
9     La sérénade interrompue
10   La Cathédrale engloutie
11   La danse de Puck
12   Minstrels

13   Schubert/Liszt, Standchen
14   Scriabin, Etudes Op. 2 No. 1 and Op. 8 No. 12
15   Spooner, Three Concert Etudes for Argerich, Jarrett, and Horowitz
16   Encore, Improv on Amazing Grace