Ekaterina Litvintseva - Piano Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

When the Siberian-born 'Arctic Circle Pianist' Ekaterina Litvintseva heard InchBlumenlebenInch ('Life of Flowers') for the first time, she immediately resolved to find out more about the life and music of Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923). This resolution prompted her to investigate an extraordinary corpus of music, remarkable not least for it's sheer diversity, which she has attempted to convey in this selection of Pejacevic's piano output. Among 57 extant works, 24 are scored for solo piano; there would surely have been many more in both categories had she not died of kidney failure on 5 March 1923, aged 37, having suffered complications in giving birth to her first child. This newly recorded recital marks Ekaterina Litvinseva's debut on Piano Classics, and should attract the attention of pianophiles everywhere. Album Tracks 1. Six Fantasy Pieces~Longing 2. Six Fantasy Pieces~Grief 3. Six Fantasy Pieces~Question 4. Six Fantasy Pieces~Lament 5. Six Fantasy Pieces~Plea 6. Six Fantasy Pieces~Delusion 7. The Life of Flowers~Snowdrops 8. Life of Flowers~Violets 9. Life of Flowers~Lilies of the Valley 10. Life of Flowers~Forget-me-not 11. Life of Flowers~Rose 12. Life of Flowers~Red Carnations 13. Life of Flowers~Lilies 14. Life of Flowers~Chrysanthemums 15. Caprice Waltzes~Moderato 16. Caprice Waltzes~Grazioso 17. Caprice Waltzes~Im Ländler-Tempo 18. Caprice Waltzes~Wiegend 19. Caprice Waltzes~Lento 20. Caprice Waltzes~Tempo Giusto 21. Caprice Waltzes~Allegretto 22. Caprice Waltzes~Grazioso 23. Caprice Waltzes~Moderato 24. Two Piano Sketches~To You! 25. Two Piano Sketches~Before Your Picture 26. Capriccio Op. 47 27. Two Nocturnes~Sehr ruhig 28. Two Nocturnes~Leicht bewegt 29. Piano Sonata No. 2