A new CD has been issued by Romantic Discoveries Recordings.

August Wilhelm Hartmann: Piano Sonata in C minor, with works by Lachner, von Hessen and Sterndale Bennett
John Kersey, piano
RDR CD104

Total time: 62 minutes 14 seconds.

A.W. Hartmann (1775-1850): Piano Sonata in C minor (unpublished, prepared from the composer’s manuscript)
1. (6:49)
2. (5:36)
3. (4:33)

4. Alexander Friedrich Landgraf von Hessen (1863-1945): Fantasiestuck, op 2 (8.36)

Franz Lachner (1803-80): Suite, op 142
5. Praeludium: Allegro moderato (3:45)
6. Andantino (6:48)
7. Menuetto: Allegretto (8:33)
8. Allegro agitato (4:04)

Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-75): 4 Studies in the form of Capriccios from op 11
9. no. 1 Allegro con Precisione (4:24)
10. no. 3 Allegro Brillante (2:12)
11. no. 4 Vivace Giocoso (3:05)
12. no. 6. Allegro Agitato (3:24)

Our thanks to Klaus Zehnder-Tischendorf for supplying scores of these rare works. Recorded in 2014.