Cat No:
CDH55411
Release Date: 01 May 2013
Label: Helios / Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571154114
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
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Description
The oblivion which has overtaken d'Albert in the second half of the twentieth century would have surprised anyone who saw his prodigious rise to fame in the 1880s and '90s. He was known then as one of the world's greatest pianists, had studied with Liszt, and knew Brahms. From his teens there began to emerge a body of composition which showed a maturity well beyond his years and seemed to produce a fusion of the then-incompatible schools of the 'moderns' (Liszt and Wagner) and the 'traditionalists' (Brahms and his followers).
For the latter part of his life d'Albert devoted himself to opera so almost all his instrumental works are products of his earlier years. His piano concertos have been recorded to much acclaim by Piers Lane and it is to the solo works that he now turns. The opus 5 pieces could seem to follow on directly from Brahms's late Intermezzi, but the latter had not yet been written! The Sonata, a grand late-Romantic drama, concludes with a triple fugue modelled very much on Bach. The recital concludes with the Capriolen, Op 32, coming, unusually, from much later in d'Albert's career. These pieces are predominantly light in character and show a composer almost unrecognizable from his earlier self; there are hints of Debussy and atonality in one piece, and jazz in another. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the arrangement of 'Dixie' to be found in the oddly-named 'Missie-Massa'. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Mässig, Aber Leidenschaftlich Bewegt
- 2. Langsam
- 3. Einleitung Und Fuge: Sehr Breit
- 4. Scherzo: Sehr Lebhaft
- 5. Intermezzo: Anmuthig Bewegt
- 6. Book 1, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor: Sehr Leidenschaftlich Bewegt
- 7. Book 1, No. 2 in a Major: Sehr Ruhig Und Ausdruckvoll
- 8. Book 1, No. 3 in D Minor: Bewegt
- 9. Book 1, No. 4 in B Flat Major: Anmuthig Bewegt
- 10. Book 2, No. 5 in E Flat Major: Etwas Langsam
- 11. Book 2, No. 6 in E Flat Minor: Leidenschaftlich
- 12. Book 2, No. 7 in a Flat Major: Mässig, Doch Nicht Zu Langsam
- 13. Book 2, No. 8 in C Sharp Minor: Belebt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell
- 14. Serenata
- 15. Falters Flammentod
- 16. Kose-Walzer
- 17. Rose Im Schnee
- 18. Missie-Massa
- 19. Der Zirkus Kommt!
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