About this product
Artist: Enescu / Solaun
Label: Grand Piano
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 747313975129
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-09-14
Number of Discs: 1
This set of George Enescu's solo piano music traces a fascinating musical arc from his precocious years in Vienna and Paris, where he absorbed Brahmsian and French late-Romantic influences, notably in the Impromptus, to the brilliantly mercurial Piano Sonata No. 3. Whether in the Pieces impromptus, eloquent character pieces, or in the oceanic Piano Sonata No. 1, Enescu remains, in Pablo Casals' words, the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart, his unique musical language embracing Bach as well as the abiding vitality, and melancholy, of his native Romanian folk music. As a First Prize winner of the XIII George Enescu International Piano Competition in Bucharest, the XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition and the First European Union Piano Competition, Spanish pianist Josu de Solaun has been invited to perform in distinguished concert series throughout the world, having made notable appearances in Bucharest, Venice, Saint Petersburg, Washington, DC, New York, London, Paris, Leipzig, and all major cities of Spain. He is the only pianist from Spain to win the Enescu and Iturbi competitions in their respective histories, and was recently invited to a private reception with the King and Queen of Spain at the Royal Palace after winning the coveted Bucharest prize.
Tracks:
1.1 Nocturne In D Flat Major, 'Hommage À La Princesse Marie Cantacuzène'
1.2 Pièces Impromptues, Op. 18
1.3 Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Sharp Minor, Op. 24, No. 1
1.4 Suite Pour Piano 'Des Cloches Sonores', Op. 10
1.5 Prélude Et Fugue
1.6 Piano Sonata No. 3 In D Major, Op. 24, No. 3
1.7 Prélude Et Scherzo
1.8 Barcarolle
1.9 La Fileuse
1.10 Regrets
1.11 Suite Dans Le Style Ancien Pour Piano Seul, Op. 3
1.12 Impromptu In A Flat Major
1.13 Impromptus In C Major
1.14 Modérément
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