IDAGIO | Rarities of Piano Music 1998 - Live Recordings from the Husum Festival 5709499519004

Featuring

Oleg Marshev
Piers Lane
Franz Vorraber
Janina Fialkowska
Boris Bloch
Marc-André Hamelin

Emil von Sauer
Rodion Shchedrin
Frederick Delius
Alfred Grünfeld
Frédéric Chopin
Mily Balakirev
Leopold Godowsky
Georgy Catoire
Nikolai Medtner

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Recording & Production

This album is a selection of live and unedited recordings from the 1998 Husum Festival, known for presenting 'Rarities of Piano Music'.

Compositional Technique

Balakirev's Berceuse (lullaby) is unusual, featuring a sinister and disturbing chromatic middle section with a loud climax and virtuoso cadenza, unlike typical gentle lullabies.

Composer Biography

Rodion Shchedrin, a composer on this album, was one of the most successful composers from the former Soviet Union, known for finding compromises between his ideas and the regime's requirements.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Leopold Godowsky, whose Chopin Studies are performed, aimed to expand the mechanical, technical, and musical possibilities of piano playing, including polyphonic, polyrhythmic, and polydynamic work.

Composer Biography

Frederick Delius, whose works are featured, began his composition lessons in Florida while working as an orange grower.

Composer Biography

George Catoire, a Russian composer of French descent, was initially a mathematics graduate and largely self-taught in composition, despite some lessons.

Cultural Impact

Emil von Sauer, a composer featured on this album, is remembered more as a pianist and editor of Brahms's piano works than for his compositions, with the 'New Grove' not listing any of his works.