A Recollection: Piano Music

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A Recollection: Piano Music
Andras Schiff (piano)

[ ECM Records / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 3 June 2001

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"(Schiff) combines extreme sophistication with a directness of utterance which is very close to the folk tradition. Schiff shows a keen understanding of the music's polyphonic aspect."
(BBC Music)

"(Schiff) combines extreme sophistication with a directness of utterance which is very close to the folk tradition. Schiff shows a keen understanding of the music's polyphonic aspect. And the combined beauty of the piano playing and the recorded sound surely establish a new benchmark in this repertoire."
***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2001)

The peerless András Schiff in his first recital recording of Janácek's piano music. The "story-telling " piano pieces chosen by Schiff can be closely related to Bartók's "Mikrokosmos" and have a similarly timeless appeal. As writer Rob Cowan notes, "No matter how many times you listen to these gems, the sum effect of emotional engagement, wonderment and love of life is as lasting as one's admiration for the music's miniaturist construction. They are truly 'the world in a grain of sand'."

If you like A Recollection, Leos Janácek then you'd probably like the following:

András Schiff/Peter Serkin, Music for Two Pianos
András Schiff/Yuuko Shiokawa, Schubert Fantasies

Tracks:

In the Mist
Sonata 1.X.1905
On an overgrown path I
On an overgrown path II
On an overgrown path (Paralipomena), A recollection