Richard Strauss - Piano Music: Sonata & Other Pieces - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bruckner / Bolton / Mozarteum Orch Salzburg - Sym 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/14/2014

From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of The Firebird to the austere ritual at the end of his Requiem Canticles composed over half a century later, Stravinsky's extraordinary creativity embraces a range of styles and tributes to composers of the past. He started under the guidance of Rimsky-Korsakov in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and ended his life in America having made a very special kind of peace with the rigorous (serial) techniques of Schoenberg and Webern. Yet his homage's are always heartfelt, and he always remains himself truly the most comprehensive and wide-ranging musical genius of the twentieth century.

The piano works of the Spanish pianist and composer Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, which GENUIN presents on a new , are a real discovery. The superb French pianist Ali Hirèche brings three world premiere recordings of the Granada-born composer, combining them with works by Ruiz-Pipo's admired compatriots Mompou and de Falla. The flawless playing of the young pianist let's us marvel at the ingenuity, the audacity, the bright colors of this music - which. In it's austerity and the questions it poses, makes us hear another Spain far removed from any tourist clichés. Born in Paris in 1976, Ali Hireche began studying music with the composer featured on this - Antonio Ruiz-Pipo. By the age of 15 he moved to Italy to continue his musical journey at the Milan InchConservatorio Giuseppe Verdi. He began performing both in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras across Italy, and went on to win several awards including the Concorso Internazionale Rovere D'Oro, the Premio della Critica al Concorso Europeo di Taranto, and more.