György Ligeti's Études for piano reflect his interest in mathematics, geometry, order and chaos, optical and auditive illusion, Central African polyphony, and jazz.
Composer Biography
Alexander Mosolov, a radical innovator of Russian music in the 1920s, was an enthusiastic supporter of the revolution and fought in the Civil War, but later fell into disfavour during Stalin's regime and was sent to a labor camp.
Album & Artwork
The album features music composed between 1908 and 2008, covering a century of piano music.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in Sello Hall, Espoo, Finland, across several dates in late 2008 and early 2009.
Performer Biography
Mihkel Poll, the Estonian pianist on this recording, was born in Tallinn in 1986 and began piano studies at age six.
Critical Reception
Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 1 was considered difficult, unusual, and poor of melody by critics, with one calling it 'as dry and tiring as Czerny's etudes'.
Performer Biography
Mihkel Poll has won several international piano competitions, including 'Rina Sala Gallo' in Italy (2004), the First Tallinn Piano Competition in Estonia (2006), and the Ferrol Piano Competition in Spain (2006).
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