Marc-André Hamelin in a State of Jazz: Gulda, Kapustin, Weissenberg & Charles Trenet
10/27/2023, 19 Tracks, 1:09:05
Featuring
Marc-André Hamelin
Friedrich Gulda
Nikolai Kapustin
Alexis Weissenberg
George Antheil
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Composer Biography
Friedrich Gulda, initially a respected classical pianist, was 'bitten by the jazz bug' in 1950 and subsequently produced a large body of jazz-idiom music.
Composer Biography
Alexis Weissenberg, a Bulgarian-born pianist, was also a composer and arranger, though his works in a popular style were often hard to find.
Compositional Technique
George Antheil, an American composer, was known for his disregard for convention, exemplified by his 1924 Ballet mécanique which included multiple pianos, sirens, and an aeroplane propeller.
Performer Biography
Marc-André Hamelin, the pianist on this recording, is renowned for his exploration of unfamiliar pianistic repertoire and his technical brilliance in both classic and lesser-known works.
Compositional Technique
Nikolai Kapustin, a Russian composer and pianist, uniquely grafts idiomatic jazz writing onto established classical forms like sonatas and preludes, without improvisation.
Compositional Technique
Despite the album's title, nearly all the music presented is fully notated, with improvisation only occurring in very small, specific exceptions.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album features four 20th-century composers who successfully fused the spirit or letter of jazz with concert music, believing the public desired something different.
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