Gottlieb Wallisch, the pianist on this recording, made his concert debut at age seven and his Vienna Musikverein debut at twelve.
Album & Artwork
This album is the sixth volume in Grand Piano's "20th Century Foxtrots" series, featuring Gottlieb Wallisch on piano.
Performer Biography
Gottlieb Wallisch became a Steinway Artist in 2012 and has held professorships at the Geneva University for Music and the Berlin University of Arts.
Recording & Production
Several pieces on this album, including works by Marco Enrico Bossi, Victor de Sabata, Emma Bianchini, Domenico Savino, Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Josep Martí i Cristià, Clifton Worsley, and António Tomás de Lima, are world premiere recordings.
Recording & Production
The recording was made in Studio 2 of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany, in September 2022, using a Steinway Model D piano.
Historical Context
The album explores how composers in Southern Europe, including Italy and Spain, incorporated jazz-influenced dances like tangos and Charlestons into their music during the 1920s.
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