Peter Jozsa - Portrait - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Hungarian pianist Peter Józsa, born in 1975 has been giving concerts all over Europe since the age of 16. In 2013 he was appointed professor at the University of Art in Graz, Austria and now presents a doube album by the title InchPortraitInch featuring works that have had a significant influence on the artist in the course of his career. These include the Sonatas in B minor, Hob. XVI 32 and A flat major, Hob. XVI 46 by Joseph Haydn, the Sonata in A minor D 537 by Franz Schubert and the 7 Fantasies op. 116 by Johannes Brahms. On the second half of the there are virtuoso pieces by Frédéric Chopin such as Impromptu No. 2 Op. 36, the Fantaisie Impromptu in C sharp minor Op. Posth. 66, the Fantaisie f minor Op. 49 and the Polonaise Fantaisie in A flat major Op. 61 as well as rather calm, contemplative works by Franz Liszt, which illuminate his poetic and religious side. Thus this portrait ends with Les Funérailles, Ave Maria in E major, Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, Nuages gris and Recueillement.