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CD 1:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Prelude and Fugue for organ in D major, BWV 532 (Arrangement “for concert performance on the piano” by Ferruccio Busoni)

Robert Schumann:
Fantasie in C major, Op.17

Charles Gounod:
Valse de l’opéra Faust, S.407 (arr. Franz Liszt)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Walzer in A-flat major (arr. Sergio Fiorentino)

Richard Strauss:
Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz Paraphrase (arr. Sergio Fiorentino)

Johann Strauss II:
Valse-Caprice (No.2) d’apres J.Strauss Jr (arr. Carl Tausig)

CD 2:
Johann Strauss II:
Die Fledermaus (arr. Leopold Godowsky)

Frédéric Chopin:
Waltz No.1 in E-flat major, Op.18 “Grande valse brillante”

César Franck:
Piano Quintet in F minor, CFF 121

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, Op.16

CD 3:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Theme with Variations in A minor
Valse-Caprice in D major, Op. 4

Johannes Brahms:
Waltzes, Op. 39

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Bagatelles, Op. 126
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

CD 4:
Frédéric Chopin:
Four Preludes, Op. 28
Waltz No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 18
Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64/2
Waltz No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 34/1
Nocturn No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27/2
Nocturn No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 15/2
Four Etudes, Op. 10
Four Mazurkas
Polonaise No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 26/1
Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Waltz No. 5 in A-flat major, Op. 42
Waltz No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 64/1

CD 5:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552 “St. Anne” (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)

Franz Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D.960
Moment musical No. 3 in F-minor, D.780, Op. 94
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D.664

CD 6:
Franz Schubert:
6 Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S.565 (arr. Franz Liszt)
12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S.558 (arr. Franz Liszt)
4 Impromptus, D.899, Op.90

Franz Liszt:
3 Études de concert, S.144
Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C-sharp minor, S.244/XII

Alexander Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19

Frédéric Chopin:
Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64/2

CD 7:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552 “St. Anne” (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)

Alexander Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36

Frédéric Chopin:
Waltz No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 34/1
Waltz No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 64/1
Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64/2
Waltz No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 18

Felix Mendelssohn:
Song Without Words in C major, Op. 67/4

Moritz Moszkowski:
Etude de Virtuosité in F major, Op. 72/6

Franz Schubert:
Moment musical No. 3 in F-minor, D.780, Op. 94

CD 8:
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

Robert Schumann:
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

Frédéric Chopin:
Etude No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 10/4
Waltz No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 64/1
Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64/2

Robert Schumann:
Romanze in F-sharp minor, Op. 28 No. 2

Moritz Moszkowski:
Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6

Isaac Albéniz:
Seguidillas, Op. 232 No. 5

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (piano transcription by Fiorentino, 1962)

CD 9:
Robert Schumann:
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

Frédéric Chopin:
Waltz No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 18
Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64/2
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27/2
Waltz No. 5 in A-flat major, Op. 42

Sergio Fiorentino was one of the greatest pianists I have ever heard. I realize that this is a big statement, especially since my listening and loving pianists over a period of over half a century. I heard Backhaus, Cherkassky, Kapell, Landowska, Moiseiwitsch, Schnabel and Solomon. I knew Horowitz personally. And I introduced to America in their debut recitals such pianistic luminaries as Bella Davidovich, Andrei Gavrilov, JeanPhilippe Collard, Mikhail Pletnev, Igor Zhukov, Ekaterina Novitskaya, Maria Joao Pires, Andrea Lucchesini and more than twenty others. I returned to America after absences of many decades such artist as Maria Tipo, Magda Tagliaferro, Dubravka Tomši?, Vlado Perlemuter and Dame Moura Lympany. But it was Sergio Fiorentino’s return after forty odd years of first playing in New York City that brought me the greatest satisfaction and moved me deeply… Sergio was immediately loved by Newport and New York audiences. Critics from Boston and New York wrote that his was a throwback to the golden age of Lhevinne, Godowsky and Rachmaninoff himself. Sergio was generous with his time, his artistry and his concern for others. His fellow artists at the Festival revered him; one seasoned pianist even wanted to travel to Naples for further study with him. He was an impresario’s dream: always playing like a god with no hidden agenda of personal difficulties. His needs were simple: a light meal and a glass of Coke. He was impeccably dressed even though his concert suit spanned the decades. The Festival made him a gift of a new set of tails; he accepted it graciously, and it is now a poignant reminder that he played his very last recital in that new suit. As a matter of fact, the very last piece he played in public was at the Newport Music Festival --- Beethoven’s Sonata Op.26, prophetically containing the “Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un eroe.” For me, Sergio was that “hero”. He will be forever missed and never forgotten.

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Recordings: The Breakers, Newport, 8 July 1996 (CD 1), 13 July 1996 (CD 2); Wakehurst Tent, Newport, 12 July 1997 (CD 2); Ochre Court, Newport, 10 July 1996 (CD 3); The Elms, Newport, 16 July 1997 (CD 3); Mable House, Newport, 16 July 1997 (CD 3).