Margola / Deljavan - Complete Piano Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. No. 1 in D-Flat Major 2. No. 2 in C-Sharp minor 3. No. 3 in a Major 4. No. 4 in E Major 5. No. 5 in G-Sharp minor 1. Präludium in B-Flat Major. Dolce (Quasi Andante) 2. No. 1 in B-Flat Major. Elegante 3. No. 2 in D Major. Con Grazia Leggiera 4. No. 3 in D Major. Tempo Giusto 5. No. 4 in B-Flat Major. Allegressimo Scherzando 6. No. 5 in a Major. Con Grazia E Molto Moderato 7. No. 6 in D Major. Forte 8. No. 7 in F Major. Un Poco Lento, Dolce E Grazioso 9. No. 8 in D Major. Con Spirito 10. No. 9 in G Major. Leggiero E Grazioso 11. No. 10 in E Major. Dolce E Tranquillo 12. No. 11 in E minor. Energico 13. No. 12 in B minor. Tranquillo 14. No. 13 in B minor. L'istesso Tempo 15. No. 14 in B minor. L'istesso Tempo 16. No. 15 in F Major. Piano 17. No. 16 in B-Flat Major. Brillante 18. No. 17 in E-Flat Major. Espressivo 19. No. 18 in B-Flat Major. Presto Giocoso 20. No. 19 in E Major. Cantabile 21. No. 20 in a Minor. Lento 22. No. 21 in a Major. Elegante Ed Amabile 23. Theme. Andante Espressivo 24. Variation 1. L'istesso Tempo 25. Variation 2. Cantabile 26. Variation 3. Più Vivo, Ma Tranquillo 27. Variation 4. L'istesso Tempo, Deciso 28. Variation 5. Tempo Giusto 29. Variation 6. Più Vivace 30. Variation 7. Meno Mosso, E Un Poco Rubato 31. Variation 8. Agitato 32. Variation 9. Più Vivace 33. Variation 10. Brillante 34. Variation 11. Con Bravura 35. Variation 12. Adagio 36. Variation 13. L'istesso Tempo, Espressivo E Mesto 37. Variation 14. Andante Un Poco Fantastico 38. Variation 15. Allegro Con Bravura 39. Variation 16. Presto 40. Variation 17. Andante 41. Variation 18. Dolce (Canon in Moto Contrario) 42. Variation 19. Meno Lento, Tranquillo 43. Variation 20. Allegretto, Grazioso E Scherzando 44. Variation 21. Un Poco Più Animato 45. Variation 22. Tempo Del

Vasilije Mokranjac belonged to a prominent Serbian musical dynasty. His great musical gifts combine with an unassertive and introverted nature to create a unique catalogue of often incredibly virtuoso piano music, recorded here for the first time in it's entirety. From the first elegant Menuetto to the last Prélude written at the time of his tragic death, pianist Ratimir Martinovic finds Mokranjac's music 'exceptionally profound and spiritually uplifting.' Critically acclaimed pianist Ratimir Martinovic occupies a special status among artists of his generation. From his earliest days he has been uncompromisingly devoted to excellence in music performance, and has been formed into a mature artist of distinctive expression and profile. Born in Kotor, Montenegro, Martinovic studied under virtuoso Kemal Gekic at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad where he now serves as a professor of piano. He graduated in 1999, giving a recital where he performed Bach's Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata, Chopin's Four Ballades, and Prokofiev's Toccata in one night. He received his Master's degree in 2002, conducting and performing the works of Mozart and Haydn, with a full-length concert featuring works by Bach. He has performed at over 700 concerts with over 60 orchestras in prestigious international venues such as the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Seoul Arts Center and the Moscow International House of Music. Martinovic is the founder and director of the KotorArt Festival in his hometown. Together with the Mokranjac family, Martinovic is the founder and president of the Vasilije Mokranjac Foundation in Belgrade Album Tracks 1. Menuetto 2. Theme and Eight Variations 3. Sonata Romantica~I. Allegro 4. Sonata Romantica~II. Marcia funebre (Lento) 5. S

Born in Kiev in 1925, Igor Shamo studied with the elder statesman of modern Ukrainian art music, Boris Lyatoshinsky. Schumann, Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov were the giants of the past who seized the young Shamo's attention, and traces of their impassioned, lyrically centered idioms may be discerned throughout the early works on the first portion of this new recording such as the Ukrainian Suite, Classical Suite and Shamo's own take on Pictures at an Exhibition in his suite of Pictures by Russian Painters. The second portion is occupied by two more substantial cycles, of 12 Preludes from 1962 and six impressionistic Aquarelles from a decade later - both the appreciation and execution of painting was important to Shamo throughout his life. The final portion gathers up piano pieces throughout Shamo's career, from the Marche fantastique, which so impressed the professors of the Kiev Conservatoire when the composer elected at the last minute to play it for his entrance exam, to three dances composed in 1972 and inspired by the folk culture of nearby Soviet republics, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. A counterpoint to their uncomplicated charms may be found in the three Songs of Friendship from 1954, in which Shamo treats melodies from Poland, Romania and what was then Czechoslovakia. Though jazz and minimalist techniques periodically surface in Shamo's music, it bears the stamp of it's Soviet times in it's generally sunny character and clearly laid-out forms - though the serenity of the Ninth Prelude is answered by the machine-gun-fire Tenth, and Bartók casts a shadow over this music almost as often as Prokofiev. Dmitri Tchesnokov is, like Shamo, a native of Kiev, born in 1982 and long resident in France, where he pursues a career as both composer and pianist, as well as founding a directing a well-established festival of contemporary piano music in Paris.