Paul Juon's 'Jotunheimen' Tone Poem for Two Pianos Op. 71 is a world premiere recording on this album.
Composer Biography
Joachim Raff's encounter with the great piano virtuoso and composer Franz Liszt in 1845 was formative, with Liszt supporting Raff and helping him find employment.
Composer Biography
Anton Arensky, a Russian composer, studied with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and taught composition at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin.
Composition History
Joachim Raff's Fantasia for Two Pianos Op. 207a, which has an almost symphonic structure, is a world premiere recording on this album.
Composer Biography
Joachim Raff, a Swiss composer, was one of the most frequently performed composers in the German-speaking world during the second half of the 19th century.
Composer Biography
Paul Juon, a composer with Swiss roots, studied composition in Moscow and Berlin and later became a Professor of Composition at the University of Music in Berlin.
Composition History
Paul Juon's Tone Poem for Two Pianos Op. 71, titled 'Jotunheimen', evokes the mystical Nordic mountain landscape where mythological Frost Giants are said to dwell.
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