The 100 Transcendental Studies is the largest collection of concert études in the known repertoire, containing pieces that range from typical études to much larger forms.
Composer Biography
Sorabji was largely self-taught as a composer and wrote about 11,000 pages of music between 1914 and 1982, mostly for piano.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sorabji's music is characterized by immense textural and rhythmic complexity, exceeding his precursors and even presaging later composers like Ligeti, Finnissy, or Ferneyhough.
Recording & Production
Sorabji's manuscripts are often difficult to read, and this recording project required extensive editorial work by Marc-André Hamelin, Simon Abrahams, and Alexander Abercrombie.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sorabji's 100 Transcendental Studies allude to Liszt's famous set of the same name, and he was also influenced by Scriabin, Busoni, and Godowsky.
Composition History
Sorabji's 100 Transcendental Studies, composed between 1940 and 1944, is his second longest work, lasting at least seven hours.
Composer Biography
Kaikhosru Sorabji, born in England to a Parsi businessman father and Spanish-Sicilian opera singer mother, rejected being called English or Indian.
