IDAGIO | Kirill Gerstein - Liszt, Schumann & Knussen 4260183515050

Featuring

Kirill Gerstein
Robert Schumann
Oliver Knussen
Franz Liszt

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Recording & Production

This recording was made using Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology, and features microphones by Sonodore and DPA, and cables by van den Hul.

Performer Biography

Kirill Gerstein was awarded the prestigious 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, making him only the sixth musician to receive this honor.

Composition History

Oliver Knussen's "Ophelia's Last Dance" was commissioned by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival for the 2010 Gilmore Artist, Kirill Gerstein.

Compositional Technique

Schumann was the first composer to use the word 'Humoreske' for a musical composition, intending it as an intimate tracing of his emotional states.

Performer Biography

Kirill Gerstein, a Russian-born pianist, was the youngest student ever to attend Boston's Berklee College of Music, where he initially pursued jazz piano studies.

Compositional Technique

Liszt's B-minor Sonata is a single-movement work with uninterrupted development, yet it retains the traditional sequence of an opening exposition, slow movement, scherzo, and finale.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Liszt's B-minor Sonata illustrates his profound compositional importance and establishes him as an inheritor of Beethoven's quest to make sonata form a unified drama.