Piano Rhapsody - An Odyssey from Bach to Satie with Roland Pontinen
7/30/2013, 62 Tracks, 5:21:59
Featuring
Roland Pöntinen
Leif Segerstam
Bamberger Symphoniker
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Maria von Weber
Franz Schubert
George Frideric Handel
Frédéric Chopin
Gioachino Rossini
Domenico Scarlatti
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Robert Schumann
Anton Rubinstein
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Franz Liszt
Carl Tausig
Moritz Moszkowski
Claude Debussy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Edvard Grieg
Manuel de Falla
Erik Satie
Isaac Albéniz
William Seymer
Ferruccio Busoni
Sergei Prokofiev
Alberto Ginastera
Enrique Granados
Leoš Janáček
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Historical Context
Voltaire, who only knew early pianofortes, dismissed the instrument as 'a boilermaker's instrument compared with the harpsichord,' an inaccurate prophecy given the piano's later development.
Performer Biography
Many composers have dedicated works to Roland Pöntinen, and in 2007 he gave the world premiere of Rodion Shchedrin's Romantic Duets with the composer at the Verbier Festival.
Performer Biography
In 2002, Roland Pöntinen became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and received the 'Litteris et Artibus' royal medal for outstanding services to the arts.
Performer Biography
Roland Pöntinen has an extensive discography, with his first solo disc for BIS in 1984, and has appeared on over 60 BIS albums as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.
Performer Biography
Roland Pöntinen, the pianist on this album, made his debut in 1981 and has performed with major orchestras worldwide, collaborating with eminent conductors like Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Instruments
A famous piano maker claims that over 12,000 parts are used in building one of its models, highlighting the complexity of the instrument.
Performer Biography
Roland Pöntinen is also a composer whose works have been performed at venues like Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall, and his arrangements are played by musicians such as Martin Fröst.
