Francesco Libetta in Lecce

Live recital, March 22, 2002, Paisiello Theatre, Lecce, Italy

"The remarkable Frances Libetta [is] a poet-aristocrat of the keyboard with the profile and carriage of a Renaissance prince...Libetta In Lecce [intersperses] concert footage with perceptive remarks by other artists and scholars from his out-of-the-way, culturally blessed hometown."
-Matthew Gurewitsch, The New York Times (1/5/03)

Features:
Beethoven: Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Delibes: Passepied
Chaminade: Les Sylvains
Schubert: Ballet Music from Rosamunde (transcription by Godowsky)
Ravel: La Valse (transcription by the composer)
Chopin: Souvenir de Paganini
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35
Debussy: Claire de lune
Saint-Saens: Le Cygne (The Swan) (transcripted by Godowsky)
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53