Light refreshment: the piano singles (ISCM 1922/23)

As an antidote to my previous two posts, and to show that modern music wasn’t all about serious soul-searching, here is a playlist of 14 minutes of pure delight: five short piano pieces, chosen for performance at the first festivals of the International Society of Contemporary Music in 1922 and 1923.

• Francis Poulenc: A Bicyclette, No.9 from Promenades (1921)
• Egon Kornauth: Walzer, from 3 Klavierstücke, op. 23 (1920)
• Lord Berners: Strauss, Strauss, et Strauss, No. 3 from Valses Bourgeoises for piano four-hands (1917)
• Manuel de Falla: Cubana, No. 2 from 4 Piezes Españolas, played on a Duo-Art piano roll (1906-09)
• Igor Stravinsky: Piano-Rag-Music (1919)