Release Date: 01 July 2018
Label: Willowhayne Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 739340481353
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Daniel Hill plays Schubert & Mussorgsky
Description
Although these two masterpieces are of differing styles - the Schhubert (1828) being a 4-movement sonata in the Viennese classical tradition and the Mussorgsky (1874) a sequence of 15 short sections in a deliberately Russian idiom that rejects western European influence, there are parallels between them. Neither was published until after their composer’s death, the sonata in 1838 and Pictures in 1931, though an edited version by Rimsky-Korsakov had appeared in 1886. Neither work received real appreciation and understanding until the 20th century. Daniel Hill comments: “My criteria for selecting repertoire to record was two-fold: firstly, that I would be playing music for which I held a deep respect, passion and conviction; and secondly, that they were pieces for which I felt I may be able to do some justice. 'Both works, though largely disperate in nature, represent a kind of journey: in the vivid experience of Mussorgsky’s Pictures, this is somewhat overtly so; Schubert, on the other hand, takes us into a profoundly intimate and, at times, transcendental realm. “My hope in making this disc is that I may have found some of that elusive and prescious connection between interpreter and composition'.
Tracklisting
Qin Li-Wei; Qian Zhou; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra; Sebastian Comberti; Jason Lai
Peter Martens; Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra; Bernhard Gueller
Janet Hilton
Hillel Zori; Arnon Erez
Colin Carr; Thomas Sauer
Chika Inoue; Scott Morris
VILNIUS MUNICIPAL CHOIR JM
Verdi
