Cyprien Katsaris live in Shanghai, 2005 - Gottschalk/Katsaris: The Banjo, Op. 15

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Gottschalk’s Banjo (Grotesque Fantasy, American Sketch), Op. 15, arranged here by Cyprien Katsaris, is part of the recital he gave at the International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music on 4 October 2005. The DVD of that recital features the first video recordings in the world of the 3 following transcriptions: Katsaris’ own version of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue BWV 565, Schubert’s Ballet Music “Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus” arranged by Ernst Pauer, and the Overture “The Queen of Cyprus” of Jacques-François Fromental Halévy arranged by… Richard Wagner (!), who was an admirer of Halévy. In addition to a number of lesser-known works of Liszt, there is also a Chinese piece which Katsaris learned at the very last moment, an hour before the concert started, especially for the Shanghai audience.

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