The present collection of piano pieces invites the musician on a journey - of the mind. Images described by the music emerge like musical picture postcards: Songs, dances, atmospheres, portraits stir up longings and memories. In 'Reisebilder' there are many composers who sing of their beloved home country in the language of folk music: the Norwegian Grieg, the Polish Chopin or Béla Bartók who saved the folk music of his Hungarian home country from oblivion with his recordings.But there are also a large number who yearn to see distant places and describe the longed-for country of their dreams. Often, it is just the outward appearance which makes the peculiar characteristics of the strange and unknown stand out, the distance that makes it look mysterious, exotic and enticing: The Russian Tchaikovsky composed a 'German song', the German Schumann a Sicilian song. The Hungarian Takács portrayed 'Spanish Street Musicians', Felix Mendelssohn created several 'Venetian Gondola Songs'. 37 pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries - a journey into the large variety of piano music!

R. Schumann: A Tale of Distant Lands (from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15) - Germany: P. Tchaikovsky: German Song (from Album for Young People, Op. 39) - F. Schubert: German Dance, called Ländler in A minor (D 366/3) - German Dance, called Ländler in A minor (D 366/4) - Austria: F. Schubert: Wiener Damen-Ländler in G major, Op. 67/1 - Wiener Damen-Ländler in G major, Op. 67/15 - F. Burgmüller: Styrian Dance (from Studies, Op. 100) - Italy: R. Schumann: Siciliano (from Album for the Young, Op. 68) P. Tchaikovsky: Neapolitan Song (from Album for Young People, Op. 39) - F. Burgmüller: Tarantella (from Studies, Op. 100) - F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Venetian Gondola Song in G minor, Op. 19b No. 6 (from Songs without Words) - A. Casella: Siciliana (from 11 Pezzi infantili) - Spain: J. Takács: Spanish Street Musicians (from From Far and Wide, Op. 37) - I. Albéniz: Malagueña (from España, Op. 165) - J. Turina: Madrid (from Postcards) - Fiesta (from Miniatures, Op. 52 No. 7) - J. Rodrigo: Rústica (from Tres Danzas de España) - France: J.P. Rameau: Tambourin (from Suite en mi) - Norway: E. Grieg: Norwegian Melody (from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12) - Poland: F. Chopin: Mazurka in G minor, Op. 67/2 - Polonaise in G minor - Mazurka in G major, Op. 7/5 – Czech Republic: Z. Fibich: Furiant – Bohemian Dance (from Sonatina in D minor) - C. Debussy: Danse bohémienne - Hungary: B. Bartók: Evening in the Countfy (from 10 Easy Piano Pieces) – Hungarian Folk Tune No. 34 - Hungarian Folk Tune No. 35 - S. Heller: Gypsies (Bohémiens, Op.138/19) - Romania: B. Bartók: Romanian Folk Dance No. 1 - Romanian Folk Dance No. 4 - Russia: P. Tchaikovsky: In an Old Russian Church (from Album for Young People, Op. 39) – White Nights (May) (from The Seasons, Op. 37a) - Mongolia: Tong Shang: Friendship – Love Song on the Meadow (from Seven Little Pieces after Folk Songs from Inner Mongolia) - America: E. Nazareth: Tango Garôto (from 25 Tangos brasileiros) - G. Gershwin: Prelude No. 2 - S. Joplin: The Easy Winners (Ragtime)