Michael Korstick, the pianist on this album, studied at the Juilliard School in New York City for seven years.
Performer Biography
Michael Korstick is a prizewinner of several important international piano competitions and performs worldwide.
Compositional Technique
Debussy's piano music, particularly the Préludes, introduced new and original ideas, such as formal delineation using different modes and atmospheric use of overtones and parallel chord chains.
Performer Biography
Michael Korstick has earned a reputation as one of Germany's leading pianists through numerous award-winning CD recordings.
Recording & Production
For the piece Khamma, the pianist Michael Korstick recorded eight bars using playback technology to simulate a two-piano version, a technique pioneered by Glenn Gould.
Composition History
The piece "Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon" was written by Debussy in March 1917 as payment for coal during the freezing wartime winter of 1916-17, when he was seriously ill.
Recording & Production
The eight bars in Khamma, which last only 23 seconds, took half a recording day to complete due to the complexity of the playback technique.
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