Dohnányi launched his career as a professional pianist with recitals in Berlin in October 1897, where he premiered the third of his Four Piano Pieces and the Variations and Fugue on a Theme of EG.
Composer Biography
The 'EG' in the title Variations and Fugue on a Theme of EG Op 4 refers to Emma Gruber, a wealthy Hungarian benefactor and patron of the arts, to whom the work is dedicated.
Composition History
Emma Gruber, the dedicatee of Dohnányi's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of EG, was also a patron of composers Bartók and Kodály, later marrying Kodály.
Composer Biography
Erno Dohnányi, the composer, was a student at the National Hungarian Royal Academy of Music in Budapest, now known as the Franz Liszt Academy.
Performer Biography
Martin Roscoe, the pianist on this recording, performs at Wigmore Hall every season and holds positions at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Recording & Production
This album is the second volume in Martin Roscoe's complete solo piano music survey of Erno Dohnányi, a Hungarian composer-pianist.
Composition History
The Variations and Fugue on a Theme of EG Op 4 by Dohnányi was hailed by the Viennese press as "the most valuable enrichment of music literature since Brahms."
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