Virtuoso Piano Etudes

 
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CZERNY / DEBUSSY / HELLER / GLASS / CAGE / BORTKIEWICZ / RACHMANINOV / etc
Virtuoso Piano Etudes
Fred Oldenburg, Alessandro Marangoni, Jan Vermeulen (piano), Zlata Chochieva, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, Peter Frankl, Jeroen van Veen (piano)

[ Brilliant Classics / 22 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 1 February 2019

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This monumental set dedicated to the Virtuoso Piano Étude offers a rewarding opportunity to witness two centuries in the evolution of masterpieces for the study of the piano.

Composers have been challenging pianists with études for a long time. The practice of writing studies for the perfection of a particular pianistic technique developed in the 15th century, but the name 'study' or 'étude' only really came into its own in the 19th century with the rise in popularity of the piano as a domestic instrument. Works of particular importance were Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum, Moscheles's Opus 70 Studies, Czerny's Art of Finger Dexterity and Liszt's Transcendental Studies, the latter even more extensive and complex than Chopin's Études Opp. 10 and 25, which transformed the humble piano exercise into concert-worthy material. While each of Liszt's and Chopin's études examines a particular aspect of technique, these magnificent works never feel like drills. They remain amongst the most popular works written for piano, regularly recorded and performed in concert.

In the 20th century, studies gradually evolved into compositions that were music first, only secondarily exploiting a specific technical challenge for the pianist. Notable composers were Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Scriabin and Leopold Godowsky. Godowsky's Chopin Studies push fingers and feet, mind and imagination, physicality and finesse, fitness, to the outer limits of possibility.

By mid-century composers had almost completely abandoned the old tradition. Olivier Messiaen's 4 Études de rhythme are not didactic compositions but experiments with dynamics, figurations, pitches, etc. - exercises in composition rather than performance. Friedrich Gulda intended his Play Piano Play as exercises in learning the jazz style and improvisation, contrasting traditional neo-Baroque with various jazz traditions. Philip Glass abandoned bar lines to convey his concept of the flow of rhythm, and John Cage's Études Boreales, initially deemed unplayable because of the wholly unorthodox techniques they explore, require the performer to play, beat or generate sound on various parts of the instrument. These studies represent some of the most innovative and imaginative writing in the modern and contemporary piano repertoire, exploring to the fullest extent what the instrument is capable of.

Tracks:

Czerny: The Art of Finger Dexterity (Études)
Fred Oldenburg (piano)

Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44
Alessandro Marangoni (piano)

Heller, S: 25 Melodische Etüden, Op. 45
Jan Vermeulen (piano)

Heller, S: 30 Etüden In Fortschreitender Schwierigkeit, Op. 46 (Nos. 1-15)
Jan Vermeulen (piano)

Hummel, J: 24 Grand Etudes Op. 125
Mary-Louise Boehm (piano)

Moscheles: Studies Op.70 (excerpts)
Michael Ponti (piano)

Moscheles: Charakterische Studien Op. 95 (excerpts)
Michael Ponti (piano)

Tausig: Concert Études Op.1
Michael Ponti (piano)

Moszkowski: Etude in F major, Op. 72 No. 6
Michael Ponti (piano)

Henselt: Douze Études caractéristiques de concert Op. 2
Michael Ponti (piano)

Rubinstein, A: Etude in C major, Op. 23 No. 2
Michael Ponti (piano)

Liadov: Etude, Op. 5
Marco Rapetti (piano)

Liadov: Etude in E major, Op. 12
Marco Rapetti (piano)

Liadov: Etude in F major, Op. 37
Marco Rapetti (piano)

Liadov: Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 40 No. 1
Marco Rapetti (piano)

Liadov: Étude in A Op.48a*
Marco Rapetti (piano)

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10
Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25
Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Études
Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano)

Schumann: Paganini Studien (6), Op. 3
Peter Frankl (piano)

Schumann: Paganini Studien (6), Op. 10
Peter Frankl (piano)

Liszt: Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
Mariangela Vacatello (piano)

Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141
Goran Filipec (piano)

Liszt: Two Concert Studies, S145 / R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen
Klára Würtz (piano)

Liszt: La leggierezza - Étude de concert No. 2, S144
Vanessa Benelli Mosell (piano)

Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141
transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Sandro Ivo Bartoli (piano)

Alkan: Twelve Études in the minor keys, Op. 39
Vincenzo Maltempo (piano)

Alkan: Trois Grandes Etudes Op. 76
Vincenzo Maltempo (piano)

Alkan: Études (12) dans tous les tons majeurs, Op. 35
Mark Viner (piano)

Saint-Saëns: Six Études Op. 52
Marylène Dosse (piano)

Saint-Saëns: Études (6) pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135
Marylène Dosse (piano)

Saint-Saëns: Six Études Op. 111
Marylène Dosse (piano)

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano)

Bortkiewicz: Etude, Op. 15 No. 6
Pavel Gintov (piano)

Bortkiewicz: Etude in E minor (from 10 Etudes, Op. 15)
Pavel Gintov (piano)

Bortkiewicz: La Brune (from 12 Etudes, Op. 29)
Pavel Gintov (piano)

Bortkiewicz: Le Héros (from 12 Etudes, Op. 29)
Pavel Gintov (piano)

Casella: Studies (6), Op. 70
Michele D'Ambrosio (piano)

Chaminade: Études de Concert, Op. 35
Mark Viner (piano)

Lyapunov: Elegy on the Death of Liszt, Op. 11
Vincenzo Maltempo (piano)

Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39
Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Scriabin: 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: 12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 22
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: 8 Etudes, Op. 42
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: Quasi Valse, Op. 47
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: Étude Op. 49 No. 1 in E flat major
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: Étude Op. 56 No. 4
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Scriabin: Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

Godowsky: Studies (22) on Chopin's Etudes, for the left hand alone
Emanuele Delucchi (piano)

Debussy: Études pour piano (12)
Mariangela Vacatello (piano)

Wild: 7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin
Giovanni Doria Miglietta (piano)

Stravinsky: Études (4) for piano, Op. 7
Erika Haase (piano)

Bartók: 3 Studies, BB 81, Sz. 72, Op. 18
Erika Haase (piano)

Messiaen: Quatre Études de rythme
Erika Haase (piano)

Ligeti: Études for piano, book 1 (études 1-6)
Erika Haase (piano)

Ligeti: Études for piano, book 2 (études 7-14)
Erika Haase (piano)

Kapustin: Eight Concert Études Op. 40
Sukyeon Kim (piano)

Gulda: Play Piano Play (10 Übungsstücke für Yuko)
Sasha Grynyuk (piano)

Cage: Etudes Boreales (4) for piano
Giancarlo Simonacci (piano)

Glass, P: Etudes For Piano Nos. 1-10
Jeroen van Veen (piano)