Kirill Gerstein, the pianist on this album, was named the recipient of the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, an honor given to exceptional pianists.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's B-minor Sonata unifies its four large sections or movements using a common set of motivic ideas, molded through thematic transformation.
Performer Biography
Pianist Kirill Gerstein taught himself to play jazz by listening to his parents' record collection and was the youngest student ever at Boston's Berklee College of Music.
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
Schumann was the first to use the word 'Humoreske' for a musical composition, intending it as an intimate tracing of his emotional states.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in May 2010 at Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, using DIRECT STREAM DIGITAL technology.
Composition History
Oliver Knussen's "Ophelia's Last Dance" was commissioned by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival for 2010 Gilmore Artist Kirill Gerstein.
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