Release Date: 05 September 2025
Label: Divine Art - Cd / Divine Art
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 809730114021
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Palimpsest
Description
Australian pianist Rob Hao makes a striking debut with an album that explores how music from different times and styles can interact and inspire new ideas. At the heart of the recording is the premiere of Palimpsest 571, Hao's original work completing Franz Schubert's unfinished Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D. 571. Rather than trying to imitate Schubert's style exactly, Hao embraces the gap between past and present, creating a continuation that respects the mood and mystery of the original fragment while adding a fresh, modern voice. The album also features a set of piano etudes by British composer Alison Kay, whose minimalist and atmospheric pieces invite listeners to experience sound and silence in new ways. Alongside these contemporary works are carefully chosen pieces by Chopin, Schubert, Schubert-Liszt, and Michael Finnissy's challenging English country-tunes.
Indre Petrauskaite
Alexander Kostritsa
Various
Mina Fred; Karolina Leedo; Adam Orvad
Iris Oja; Indrek Vau; Madis Metsamart; Anto Onnis; Estonian National Male Choir; Piret Aidulo; Mikk
Ian Pace
Heather Roche; Chenyin Li; Jean Kelly; James Widden; Alison Holford; Jonathan Parkin; Thomas Lessel
Olmos Ensemble
Sergio Vartolo
Robert Plane (clarinet); Elias String Quaret, Gould Piano Trio; James Gilchrist (tenor); Tim Horton
Dimitri Tchesnokov
Ed Jones
Wolfgang Kogert
Tal Walker
Szymon Nehring
Sofja Gulbadamova
