Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos. 72-83

Featuring

Fredrik Ullén
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

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Composition History

Kaikhosru Sorabji's 100 Transcendental Studies, composed between 1940 and 1944, is his second longest work, lasting at least seven hours.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Sorabji's 100 Transcendental Studies title alludes to Franz Liszt's famous set of the same kind, and he may have been inspired after attending a concert by Egon Petri, a pianist, playing Liszt's études.

Composition History

The 100 Transcendental Studies is the largest collection of concert études in the known repertoire.

Recording & Production

The studies on this disc are performed using editions prepared by Alexander Abercrombie and Jonathan Powell, available from the Sorabji Archive.

Composer Biography

Kaikhosru Sorabji composed 90 hours of piano music over 65 years, starting in 1917, with some works lasting up to nine hours.

Composer Biography

One of Sorabji's piano sonatas is as long as all of Franz Schubert's sonatas combined.

Performer Biography

Fredrik Ullén, the pianist on this recording, is also a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, leading research on musical expertise and creativity.