Enghoff: For All Ages

Description

Composer Torben Enghoff (b.1947): "The contents of this CD present the piano pieces in the music book ?For all Ages?, published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen. I am totally self-taught and do not compose according to rules. I am only using my ears. Little ideas come to me constantly and if I am lucky to have pencil and music paper at hand, I just write it down. After that I turn to all the other part of the work. Many of the pieces in this collection are obviously simple. There is a reason for that: I hardly can play the piano. But that doesn?t prevent me from sitting at a keyboard and figuring out what is practically possible with the two hands. I thought to myself: If I can write something that I myself, although with a lot of trouble, can play?it might be not too bad for the student who is slightly experienced. Another thing: In a way it is just as difficult to write something simple as to write something complicated. You have to decide every tone rather carefully. Simplicity is a demanding challenge. If I were asked to mention all the music that I have have been enthusiastic about through my life?you would see an extremely long list of names from jazz and from classical music."