Release Date: 09 August 2024
Label: Eloquence
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0028948597925
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Themes and Variations
Description
For his debut recording, Australian pianist Calvin Abdiel presents three technically complex piano works by three Romantic composers. All works are based on the theme/variation form. For Schumann's fiendishly challenging Etudes symphoniques, Calvin adds his own interpolated sequence of the posthumous variations. The equally demanding Liszt showpiece based around three melodies from Mozart's Don Giovanni, and the recital concludes with the near 'unplayable' Paganini Variations of Brahms, which Clara Schumann referred as the 'Witch's Variations'.
Dubbed by The Australian as the 'Piano Man' and noted for his 'extraordinary pianistic authority', the Indonesian/Australian pianist Calvin Abdiel is establishing himself as one of the finest young musicians internationally. He has given high profile performances in numerous countries, including Australia, Austria, Russia, Indonesia, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland. In 2021 he won the highest position of any Australian pianist at the Sydney International Piano Competition and also took out third prize.
"There is nothing he cannot do at the piano" - Piers Lane AO
Tracklisting
Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Various
Alfredo Campoli
Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Deryck Cooke, Georg Solti; Vienna Philharmonic
Kenneth McKellar, Vera Lynn
Orson Welles; Bing Crosby; Charles Laughton
Academy & Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields
New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists
Various
Raaf Hekkema
Zlata Chochieva
Tyler Hay
Tomoko Mayeda
Stephen Farr (organ)
Sophia Weidemann; Tinka Kleffner
Sofja Gulbadamova
