IDAGIO | Piano Music - Scriabin, A. / Clementi, M. / Liszt, F. / Godowsky, L. / Prokofiev, S. (Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss Vor Husum, 1990 Festival) 5709499379004

Featuring

Igor Shukov
Claudius Tanski
Janice Weber
Marc-André Hamelin
Benedikt Koehlen
Bengt Forsberg

Geoffrey Douglas Madge
Abbey Simon
Alexander Scriabin
Muzio Clementi
Franz Liszt
Leopold Godowsky
Sergei Prokofiev
Leoš Janáček
Henning Mankell
Nikolai Medtner

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Album & Artwork

The compilation includes rare recordings, individual piano pieces often hidden within larger cycles, and "precious gifts for the connoisseur."

Critical Reception

Sorabji, in his book "Mi contra Fa," wrote that Godowsky's arrangement of Albeniz's "Triana" enriches and glorifies the original, making the original sound "almost meagre and weak" in comparison.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Prokofiev's "Sarcasms" Op. 17, from which the piece "Tempestoso" is taken, exemplifies his intention to translate irony, mockery, and "hideous bruitism" into music.

Album & Artwork

The album features a selection of one or two piano works from each recital at the 4th festival, which took place from August 18th to 25th, 1990.

Critical Reception

One listener described Henning Mankell's Intermezzo Op. 12 No. 2 as a mixture of Brahms's style and Frank Zappa at its 1982 premiere, suggesting that captivating music is possible without "revolutionizing the musical material."

Album & Artwork

This CD is the second volume of live recordings from the "Raritäten der Klaviermusik" (Piano Rarities) festival, held at Schloss vor Husum.

Compositional Technique

Godowsky's "metamorphosis" type of Chopin arrangements alters the character, representation, and rhythm of the original text while preserving the form, often with considerably deviating melodic and harmonic contours.