IDAGIO | Rarities of Piano Music 2001 - Live Recordings from the Husum Festival 5709499589007

Featuring

Fredrik Ullén
Kemal Gekić
Enrico Pace
Giovanni Bellucci
Frédéric Meinders
Konstantin Scherbakov

Ernö Dohnányi
Laura Netzel
Béla Bartók
Marko Tajcevic
Boris Papandopoulo
Paul Hindemith
Franz Liszt
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Cor de Groot
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Leopold Godowsky
Frederic Rzewski

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Compositional Technique

Bartók's Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District use highly ornamented melodies with relatively simple, mainly chordal, accompaniment.

Composer Biography

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, one of the first American composers, was born in New Orleans, studied in Paris, and had a brilliant career as a performer, earning praise from figures like Berlioz.

Composer Biography

Laura Netzel, a Finnish composer, published her music under the pseudonym N. Lago and composed many songs, violin works, and eight piano pieces.

Performer Biography

Kemal Gekic, a pianist from Croatia, became particularly known after the 1985 Chopin competition in Warsaw, where a controversial decision kept him out of the final, but his semifinal recital recording sold over 50,000 copies.

Critical Reception

This CD series, featuring selections from the Husum festival concerts, is for adventurous listeners and may provoke both complimentary and critical comments.

Recording & Production

The Husum festival, from which these recordings are taken, has always sought out unknown works and musicians willing to learn rare repertoire, rather than popular works by famous musicians.

Compositional Technique

Marko Tajcevic's Seven Balkan Dances feature varied techniques, including a left-hand ostinato, changing time signatures, 7/8 time, grace-notes, and "exotic" intervals like an augmented second.