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Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Op. 33, Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41

4/29/2022, 7 Tracks, 1:10:58

Featuring

  • Peter Donohoe
  • Sakari Oramo
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Dora Pejačević

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Historical Context

During World War I, Dora Pejačević served as a volunteer nurse in her village of Našice, experiencing realities that deeply affected her and influenced some of her finest works.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording utilizes 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Dora Pejačević died at the age of thirty-seven from kidney failure, a month after giving birth to her son, Theo, and was buried outside the family crypt at her request.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

For Dora Pejačević, music was 'the most powerful of all the arts... the kingdom of the spirit,' and she described herself as entering 'a complete trance of musical obsession' when composing.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Dora Pejačević was fluent in several languages and read voraciously, keeping a diary of books she read by diverse writers including Goethe, Nietzsche, and Hugo Ball, the founder of Dada.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Dora Pejačević, born into a noble Croatian family, rejected the prescribed life of a noblewoman and defied convention from an early age.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Pejačević's mother, Lilla Vay de Vaya, was a gifted pianist and singer, and her first piano teacher.

Source: Booklet

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