Works by Cyprien Katsaris

1) Works issued on CD • PIANO 21 & other labels

Compositions

• Rhapsodie Chypriote - Cyprus Rhadsopdy - (1978)
  Recorded live at Salle Pleyel, Paris, on March 1, 1978.
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Tribute to Cyprus” (P21 015) *

• In Memoriam Mozart - (1988)
  Issued by Sony Classical on the CD entitled “Mozartiana” (SK 52 551) *

• Mozartiana - (1991)
  Issued by Sony Classical on the CD entitled “Mozartiana” (SK 52 551) *

Arrangements

• Claude Rouget de Lisle / Franz Liszt, The Marseillaise - (end of the70s)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the double CD entitled “French Music” (P21 024-A) *

• Franz Liszt, Csardas obstinée - (1977)
  Issued by Teldec *

• Louis Moreau Gottschalk, The Banjo - (1978)
  Issued by Teldec *

• Beethoven / Liszt, Symphonies nos. 1 - 9 - (80s)
  (Addition of instruments of the orchestra which were omitted in Liszt’s arrangements.)
  Issued by Teldec *

• Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Prélude - (1988)
  (Te Deum in D major)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the double CD entitled “French Music” (P21 024-A) *

• Louis XV, Roi de France, La 4ème Tête ou la Fanfare du Roi - The 4th Head or the King’s Fanfare - (1996) • Improvised arrangement
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the double CD entitled “French Music” (P21 024-A) *

• Louis XIII, Roi de France, Tu crois, ô beau soleil - Thou believ’st, o beauteous sun - (1996)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the double CD entitled “French Music” (P21 024-A) *

• José Antonio Gómez, Variaciones sobre el tema del Jarabe Mexicano - (2001)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Latin-American Recital” (P21 002) *

• Francis Popy, Ode à Venus - Grande Valse - (2002)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Tribute to Cyprus” (P21 015) *

Transcriptions

• J. S. Bach, Schafe können sicher weiden - Sheeps may safely graze - (1990)
  (Cantata, BWV 208)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *

• J. S. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ, BWV 565 - (2000)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *

• J. S. Bach, Largo - (2000)
  (Concerto for Harpsichord no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *

• J. S. Bach, Badinerie • Arrangement in Burlesque style - (2000)
  (Suite no. 2 in B mineur, BWV 1067)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *
  Score published by Schott Music

• J. S. Bach, Air - (2000)
  (Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *

• J. S. Bach, Fantaisie (Präludium) and Fugue in G minor for organ, BWV 542 - (2000)
  Transcription : Theodor Szántó • Franz Liszt • Cyprien Katsaris
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *

• J. S. Bach, Gavotte en Rondeau - (2000)
  (Partita no. 3 in E major for solo Violon, BWV 1006)
  Transcription : Serge Rachmaninov • Ignaz Friedman • Cyprien Katsaris
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach • Vol. 2” (P21 017-N) *

• W. A. Mozart, Hier soll ich dich denn sehen - Then must I see you here - (2002)
  (Belmonte’s first aria, The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Mozart Transcriptions” (P21 018) *

• Franz Schubert, Unfinished Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 - (2009)
  Transcription : Carl Reinecke • Cyprien Katsaris
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the double CD entitled “Viennese Connections” (P21 033-N) *

Cadenzas

• Cadenzas for Mozart’s piano concertos for which Mozart himself did not write any cadenzas - (1996 - 1998)
  They are written in 2 styles:
  a) à la Mozart
  b) in the Romantic style
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the complete Mozart Piano Concertos which Cyprien Katsaris recorded live in Salzburg with Yoon K. Lee and the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie :
  Vol. no. 1 (P21 009-N) *, Vol. no. 3 (P21 021-N) * & Vol. no. 4 (P21 025-N) *

• Cadenza for the 2nd movement (Adagio) of the Concerto for Harpsichord (piano), strings and basso continuo in E minor, Fk 43 by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - (2003)
  Issued by PIANO 21 on the CD entitled “Bach & Sons” (P21 013)

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2) Works not issued on CD

Compositions

• Le poème du Phoenix - The Poem of the Phoenix - (1977)

• Fantasy on “Happy Birthday to you” - (1985, 1st version)
  (This work was broadcast by French TV France 3 and German TV ZDF on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Yehudi Menuhin.)

• Variations on the Bavarian hymn - (1986) 

• Fantasy on the “Deutschlandlied” (the German hymn), the “Marseillaise” (the French hymn) and the “Ode to the Joy” (from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony) - (1988)
  (Cyprien Katsaris played this work in 1998 on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the cooperation treaty between Germany and France. The former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Richard von Weizsäcker, attended this gala event which took place in Bonn, at the hall “Redoute” where the young Beethoven performed. Cyprien recorded later this Fantasy for the German TV station, Südwestfunk.)

• Souvenir de Noël - Memory of Christmas - (1989, 1st version)
  (Fantasy on Silent Night)

• Album pour la Jeunesse - Notebook for the Young
  (Collection of several pieces. Published separately by “Chopin Magazine” (Japan), then as a volume by “Tokyo Ongakusha co. Ltd”. Currently out of print.)
  Valse du Souvenir - Waltz of Memory - (1988)
  In Memoriam Mozart - (1988)
  Staccato-Étude • for left-hand movements - (1989)
  Good Bye, Mr. Rachmaninov - (1989)
  La ballade du Croisé Errant - The Ballad of the Errant Crusader - (1989)
  Fantasy - (1989)
  (Cadenza for the 2nd movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto, K. 414)
  Souvenir de Noël - Memory of Christmas - (1989, 2nd version)
  Sakura Universalis - (1990)
  Prélude - (1990)
  Le Troubadour et la Princesse - The Troubadour and the Princess - (1990)
  Chopiniana - (1990)
  Hymne de Paix - Hymn of Freedom - (1990)
  Sonatine • Allegretto - Andante mélancolique - Rondeau - (1990-1991)
  Fantasy on “Happy Birthday to you” - (1991, 2nd version)
  Moment Musical - (1991) 

• Polyétude - (1999)
  (This study is based on Chopin's Etude op. 10, no. 12 “Revolutionary Etude” and twelve additional etudes by Chopin.)

• Le Tango du Dandy - The Tango of the Dandy - (2001)

• Various improvisations, either original ones or improvisations on famous themes from operas, ballets...

• Various melodies and improvisations which are intended for songs and film scores.
  
  

Transcriptions

• Franz Liszt, Aria from the opera Don Sanche - (1998)

• Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, La Cumparsita - (2001) • Free transcription

• Enrique Delfino, Griseta - (2002) • Free transcription

All of Cyprien Katsaris’ compositions exist in manuscript and have not been published, except for those which were printed in the Notebook for the Young as well as the arrangement in Burlesque style of the Badinerie (from Bach's Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067).