Enchanting Scents Mariann Marczi

• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 “The Trees”:
• 1 Sibelius: Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 “The Trees”: I. When the Rowan Blossoms 01:41
• 2 Sibelius: Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 “The Trees”: II. The Solitary Fir Tree 02:14
• 3 Sibelius: Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 “The Trees”: III. The Aspen 02:22
• 4 Sibelius: Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 “The Trees”: IV. The Birch 01:43
• 5 Sibelius: Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 “The Trees”: V. The Spruce 02:48
• Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943): In My Garden at Night, Op. 38:
• 6 Rachmaninov: In My Garden at Night, Op. 38: No. 1 01:51
• Lilacs, Op. 21:
• 7 Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op. 21: No. 5 02:50
• Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859): The Rose (Die Rose), Romance from the opera Zemire und Azor (Beauty and the Beast), S. 571:
• 8 Spohr: The Rose (Die Rose), Romance from the opera Zemire und Azor (Beauty and the Beast), S. 571 03:37
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): The Rose (Die Rose, D. 745), S. 556/1:
• 9 Schubert: The Rose (Die Rose, D. 745), S. 556/1 04:22
• The Linden-Tree (Der Lindenbaum, D. 911/5), S. 561:
• 10 Schubert: The Linden-Tree (Der Lindenbaum, D. 911/5), S. 561 05:05
• Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969): Rose... Rose... Rose... from the operetta Les Chansons de Bilitis:
• 11 Kosma: Rose... Rose... Rose... from the operetta Les Chansons de Bilitis 02:13
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891): Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin) from the opera Lakmé:
• 12 Delibes: Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin) from the opera Lakmé 04:56
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71:
• 13 Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71 06:35
• Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899): Concert Paraphrase on Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325:
• 14 Strauss II: Concert Paraphrase on Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 08:28
• Total Runtime 50:45

Info for Enchanting Scents

“Poetry has long given shape to the moods awakened by scents – yet music, too, can lend a voice to these elusive sensations. I began seeking musical works woven from metaphors of fragrance, pieces that do more than portray plants and perfumes as simple elements of nature, but use them as gateways into personal emotion, quiet reflection, and the stories that linger within us. My intention was to offer the listener a glimpse of this luxury through the music on the album – each track an essence unto itself, a delicate bubble of sound, capturing and distilling its own small, fragrant universe.” (Mariann Marczi)

Mariann Marczi, piano (Steinway Model D Concert)

Mariann Marczi
is a Hungarian concert-pianist, soloist and chamber musician. She is professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. Her DLA / DMA dissertation deals with "György Ligeti's Etudes for Piano" (2008). She was awarded Habilitation in 2022 at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

In 2025, she achieved outstanding international success: she won the Silver Prize at the American Classical Music Awards, first prize at the International Moscow Music Competition, second prize at the International Clara Schumann Competition and the International Mozart Competition Vienna, and also received a special prize at the European Virtuoso Music Awards.

Earlier in her career, she won second prize at the Lajtha László Competition in 1992, the grand prize at the Chopin Festival in Budapest in 1993, first prize at the Youth Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest and the Bach Special Prize at the International Piano Competition in Senigallia in 1994, third prize at the Andor Földes Piano Competition in 1996, third prize at the Chopin Piano Competition in Szeged in 1999, second prize at the Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition in Budapest and the Schönberg Prize of the Arnold Schönberg Stiftung in Baden bei Wien in 2000, and a special prize at the International Smetana Competition in Plzeň in 2005.

Performing at 35-40 concerts a year, she has played in the most prestigious concert halls in Hungary and in most European countries and in the United States.

Mariann Marczi has made recordings for the Odradek Records label.

Her first album "SPLINTERS" featuring 20th Century Hungarian Works for Piano in 2013 was nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award.

Her second album, “PAST VISIONS” paying homage to Schubert and Schumann, was released in 2019.

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