This recording was made on a Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Concert Grand Piano at Tonstudio Tessmar, Hanover, Germany, in March 2023.
Composer Biography
Jan Václav Voříšek, a slightly older contemporary of Schubert, composed music that earned praise from Beethoven, who said 'for a young fellow of his sort it was well done'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album aims to identify historical predecessors for Schubert's piano writing and to provide insight into the evolution of free-standing poetic keyboard compositions.
Album & Artwork
The album is part of a series called Schubert+, which pairs Schubert's major piano works with pieces by other composers inspired by his music.
Composition History
Schubert's own Impromptus were named by his publisher, Carl Haslinger, likely to boost sales, and six of the eight Impromptus remained unpublished during Schubert's lifetime due to their difficulty.
Performer Biography
Can Çakmur, the pianist, won first prize at the 10th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2018 and the Scottish International Piano Competition in 2017.
Historical Context
The term 'impromptu' first appeared in 1815 as a subtitle, and the first collection to bear the title was Jan Václav Voříšek's (a composer Schubert knew) Impromptus, Op. 7 (1822).
