Sergei Prokofiev's Piano-Suite Cinderella, Op. 102, distills the essence of Charles Perrault's fairy tale into scenes from a ballet Prokofiev composed between 1940 and 1944.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Liszt viewed himself as a medium for disseminating wonderful music through his transcriptions, aiming to bring the verses of poets like Rellstab, Heine, and Goethe to life.
Composition History
Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit was inspired by Aloysius Bertrand's prose poem of the same name, with Ravel aiming to translate its subtleties into music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's program explores the relationship between composers and language, and how they translate literature, poetry, and stories into music.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt created piano arrangements of works by other composers, including Beethoven symphonies, opera themes, and Bach's organ works, in addition to his own compositions.
Compositional Technique
Ravel intended Gaspard de la nuit to be a work of 'transcendental virtuosity,' even more virtuosic than Balakirev's Islamey, which was then considered the pinnacle of pianistic virtuosity.
Composition History
Konstantia Gourzi's composition Ithaca was commissioned by the Philharmonie Luxembourg and is inspired by the poem of the same name by Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy.
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