PSANTERIN
Antology of Israeli Music for piano (1923-95)
Israel Composers League
Israeli Music Center IMCD 104–112 (9 CDs)

2003
IMC/1 Liora Ziv-Li Joel (Julius) Engel : Five Klavierstucke, op. 19 (1923) (13:00)
  1. Folk tune (Volkweise)
  2. A new song (Neues Lied)
  3. Jouk (Dance)
  4. My father's niggun (Melodie meines Vaters)
  5. At the wedding (Auf der Hochzeit)


Paul Ben-Haim (13:00)

  • Nocturne (1935) (4:33)
  • Piano pieces, op. 34 (1943)
    1. Pastorale
    2. Intermezzo
    3. Capriccio agitato
    4. Canzonetta
    5. Toccata

Menahem Avidom

  • Sonatina I (1941) (7:00)
  • Sonatina II (1945) (7:00)


Hanoch Jacoby : Seven miniatures (1944) (13:00)

  1. Prelude
  2. Passacaglia
  3. Interlude
  4. Scherzo
  5. Canon
  6. Capriccio
  7. Funeral march

Alexander Uriah Boskovitch : Semitic suite (1946) (17:00)

  1. Toccata
  2. Andantino, rubato, teneramente
  3. Amaniyah (folk dance)
  4. Toccata
  5. Nofiah (pastorale)
  6. Hodaya (thanks giving)
IMC/2 Allan Sternfield Haim Alexander : Variations (1947) (9:31)

Verdina Shlonsky : Five sketches (1947) (15:00)

Yehoyachin (Joachim) Stutchewsky : Three pieces (1941) (7:00)

  1. Prelude
  2. Invocation
  3. Burlesca

Marc Lavry : Five country dances (1952) (7:00)

  1. Procession
  2. Mountain folk
  3. The amorous shepherd
  4. The shepherdes[s]
  5. Polka

Ram Da-Oz : Capriccio (1960) (6:53)(4:10)

Erich Walter Sternberg : Capriccio (1952) (3:28)

Tzvi Avni : Capriccio (1955, 1975) (4:10)

Paul Ben-Haim : Sonata (1954) (16:00)

  1. Preamble
  2. Fugue
  3. Variations
IMC/3 Ora Rotem-Nelken Abel Ehrlich : Furious rondo (El oudh) (1953) (4:09)

Mordechai Seter : Chaconne and scherzo (1956) (14:00)

Arthur (Artur) Gelbrun : Four preludes for piano (1959) (9:00)

Andre Hajdu : Journal from Sidi-Bou-Said (1960) (The afternoon of 4th April 1960) (6:00)

  1. The following morning
  2. Ten days later at noon

Theodor Holdheim : Twelve miniatures for piano (1961) (13:00)

Oedoen Partos : Piece for piano (1965) (6:06)

Ben-Zion Orgad : Two preludes in impressionistic mood (1960) (9:00)

Jacob Gilboa : Seven little insects (7 miniatures for piano) (1954) (14:00)

  1. Prelude (the ant)
  2. Waltz in the air (the dragonfly)
  3. Walk in the moonlight (the spider)
  4. Sad interlude (the grasshopper)
  5. Dialogue with lilac blossoms (he cockchafer)
  6. Funeral march in the grass (the caterpillar)
  7. Thoughts of spring (the butterfly)
IMC/4 Herut Israeli Nachum Nardi
  • In my garden (1956) (2:46)
  • Hora Mister Kibbutz (1956) (3:00)

Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov

  • From every garden (1964) (3:06)
  • Whither is thy beloved gone? (1964) (1:40)

Yardena Alotin : Passacaglia for piano (1954) (7:00)

Yizhak Edel : Triptique for piano (1963) (8:00)

Yehuda Engel : 2 preludes for piano (1969) (6:00)

Yeoyachim (Joachim) Stutchewsky : Quatre inattendues pour piano (1967) (10:00)

Sergio Shapira : Triptique for piano (1976) (10:00)

  1. Bagatelle
  2. A longing song
  3. Capriccio

Sara Feigin : Toccata for piano (1972) (6:50)

Menahem Avidom : Passacaglia D-A-E-B for piano (1973) (7:00)

Mark Kopytman : For piano I (1974) (8:00)

Jacob Gilboa : Reflections on three chords of Alban Berg (1979) (6:35).

IMC/5 Tomer Lev Sergiu. Natra : Three street corteges (1945, 1995) (7:00)
  1. Carnaval
  2. Funeral procession
  3. Demonstration

Tzvi Avni : Epitaph (Piano Sonata No. 2) (1974-9) (19:25)

Dan Yuhas : Three pieces for piano (1973) (8:00)

Paul Ben-Haim : Chamsin (1972) (4:38)

Shlomo Yoffe : Thoughts for piano (1982) (6:36)

Asher Ben-Yohanan : Impressions for piano (1976) (6:35)

Tomer Lev : Elegie (1988) (6:54)

IMC/6 Michal Tal Haim Permont : Piano suite (1988) (16:00)

Yossi Peles : Untitled (1988) (6:52)

Noa Guy : Over fallen leaves (1987) (9:41)

Chaya Arbel : Memories (1985) (8:03)

Arie Shapira : Off piano (1984) (4:41)

Tsippi Fleischer : In chromatic mood (1986) (5:20)

Betty Olivero : Endings (1991) (10:00)

Menachem Zur : Centers for piano solo (1980) (4:56).

IMC/7 Natasha Tadson Ari Ben-Shabetai : Three romances for piano (1986)

Ron Weidberg : Impromptu, no. 2 (1988)

Yinam Leef : How far east, how further west? (Canaanite fantasy, no. 2) (1988)

Mark Kopytman : Alliterations(1993)

Oedoen Partos : Metamorphosis for piano (1971)

Ronn Yedidia : Outcries (Sonata, no. 3) (1995)

IMC/8 Yuval Admony Gil Shohat : Three waltzes (1993)

Joseph Dorfman : Chassidic dance from Verses of Klezmer-ballade (1992)

Haim Alexander : Sonata for piano (1994)

Yoram Meyouhas : Three pieces for piano (1995)

Zipora Jochsberger : Moods (1990)

Vladimir Scolnic : Simply irresistible dreams of a pianist (1995)

Leon Schidlowsky : Toccata (1991)

Abel Ehrlich : Ludi III (1992)

Dror Elimelech : Winter 88 (1988)

IMC/9 Allan Sternfield (1,2)
Alon Goldstein (3)
Astrith Baltsan (4,5,6)
Joseph Kaminski : Suite for piano (1952)

Joseph Tal : Sonata (1950)

Ben-Zion Orgad : Permissions (1978)

Moshe Zorman

  • Canzona  (Three pieces for piano) (1984)
  • Fascinating rhythm (Homage to George Gershwin) (1989)

Hagar Kadima : Expansions (1984)