The fifth volume in this much admired series offers another fascinating anthology.

Of the pianists featured, the two oldest are the long-lived Cornelia Rider-Possart (1865-1963) who can be heard on an exceptionally rare, non-commercial 1926 Berlin disc in the first recording of Scriabin’s Etude, Op.42 No.3, and Etelka Freund (1879-1977), a pupil of Brahms, who performs one of his Intermezzos in 1952.

Jean Melville, a distant relation of Arthur Sullivan, plays Valse arabesque in London in 1923, whilst Johana Harris who, together with her husband, the American composer Roy Harris, enjoyed a highly successful career, can be heard playing Frescobaldi in Los Angeles.

Contents:
Frescobaldi
- Fugue in G minor
Johana Harris

Galuppi
- Sonata in C minor: Larghetto and Allegro
Emma Contestabile

Mozart
- Fantasia and Fugue in C major, K.394
Denise Lassimonne

Mendelssohn
- Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14
Dorothea Winand-Mendelssohn

Chopin
- Introduction and Variations on “Je vends des scapulaires”
Tatiana Nikolayeva

Brahms
- Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op.117/2
Etelka Freund

Wagner
- Albumblatt in E flat major
Felicitas Karrer

Tchaikovsky
- The Seasons, Op.37: No.6: June – Barcarolle
Eva Wollman

Moszkowski
- Nouvelles Danses Espagnoles, Op.65: Nos 1 & 3
Denise Herbrecht, Lucien Petitjean

Lack
- Valse Arabesque, Op.82
Jean Melville

Mayerl
- Two Syncopated Impressions
Carmen-Marie-Lucie Guilbert

A Williams
- Two Milongas
Madeleine Grovlez

Philipp
- Trois Études de Concert en doubles notes, Op.56: Nos 2 and 1
Ida-Marie-Louise Périn

Scriabin
- Étude in F sharp major, Op.42/3
Cornelia Rider-Possart

Marx
- Six Piano Pieces: Prelude in E flat minor
Grete Scherzer

Poulenc
- Humoresque
Annette Haas-Hamburger

Griffes
- Fantasy Pieces, Op.6: No.3 Scherzo
Lenore Engdahl