IDAGIO | Richard Heinrich Stein: Suite „Canarias“

Featuring

Sergio Alonso
Richard Heinrich Stein

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Compositional Technique

Richard H. Stein's Opus 26, 'Two Concert Pieces for Violoncello and Piano', is considered the first printed quarter-tone composition.

Notable Performances

The 'Canarian Suite' was premiered in its complete form by pianist Sergio Alonso at the celebrations for the founding day of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Composer Biography

Richard H. Stein, the composer, died under mysterious circumstances on August 11, 1942, in his home in Monte Coello, Gran Canaria.

Compositional Technique

Richard H. Stein experimented with quarter-tone music and even constructed a piano and a clarinet for this purpose, publishing a brochure on the subject in 1909.

Composer Biography

Richard H. Stein, the composer of the 'Canarias' Suite, first lived in Spain between 1914 and 1919 to escape the horrors of World War I.

Performer Biography

Sergio Alonso, the pianist on this album, was the solo pianist of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria for over 20 years, performing under conductors like Mstislav Rostropovich.