Holiday For Harpsichord - E. Power Biggs

 

Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from "El Amor Brujo"

Holiday For Harpsichord 

Fun-Filled Favorites From E. Power Biggs & His Pedal Harpsichord

All Arrangements by E. Power Biggs

Produced by Andrew Kazdin

Cover Photo: Bob Cato

Cover Illustrations and Lettering: Chas B Slackman

Columbia Records ML 6278 & MS 6878

1966

From Billboard - August 20, 1966: One of the surest sellers in the classical field, E. Power Biggs has come up with one of the most unusual recordings in a long time, containing a series of standard selections he transcribed for a pedal harpsichord. One after another they come, "Marche Melitarie," "Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 3," "The Swan," "In The Hall Of The Mountain King."

Schubert: Marche Militarie, Op. 51, No. 1

Schubert: Moment Musical In F Minor

Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca from Sonata In Major, K, 331

Haydn: Minuet from Symphony No. 104 In D Major, "London"

Beethoven: Turkish March from "The Ruins Of Athens"

Beethoven: Minuet In G Major

Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from "El Amor Brujo"

Chopin: "Military" Polonaise In A Major, Op. 40, No. 1

Chopin: Prelude In C Major, Op. 28, No. 20 / Prelude In A Major, Op. 28, No. 7

Weber: Country Dance

Boccherini: "Celebrated Minuet In A Major

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5

Grieg: In The Hall Of The Mountain King from "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1"

Saint-Saens: The Swan from "The Carnival Of The Animals"

Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance ("Trepak") from "Nutcracker Suite," Op. 71a