I adapted this program from a lecture-recital I gave at the European Piano Teachers Association International Conference in Rome, Italy on November 19, 2023, originally titled “Salvatore Sciarrino’s Anamorfosi and the Art of Concert Paraphrase.”

Marc-André Hamelin (b. 1961)
Étude No. 6 in D Minor "Esercizio per pianoforte, Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti" from 12 Études in All the Minor Keys

Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947)
Anamorfosi

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
“Turandot’s Chambers” from Elegies, BV 249
Chamber Fantasy on Carmen, BV 284

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
“My Joys” from 6 Chants polonaise de Frédéric Chopin, S. 480
“Valse-caprice No. 6” from Soirées de Vienne, S. 427 after Schubert

Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
“Alt Wien” from Triakontameron
“Wienerisch” from Walzermasken 

Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924)
Soirée de Vienne, op. 56 Concert Paraphrase on Johann Strauss’ waltzes from Die Fledermaus

Fazil Say (b. 1970)
Paganini Jazz, Variations on Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24           

Alexis Weissenberg (1929-2012)
“En Avril, à Paris” and “Ménilmontant” from Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet