Ernst Krenek - Piano Music (Madge)
Ernst Krenek - Piano Music (Madge)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 277 Mb
Date: 1992
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 277 Mb
Date: 1992
Impressively and persuasively played, Geoffrey Douglas Madge's disc of the piano music of Ernst Krenek is a welcome addition to the slender catalog of Krenek's piano music. And with the two world-premiere performances on this disc, that catalog has grown by almost 45 minutes. The Toccata and Chaconne, Op. 13, written in 1922 when the composer was 20, is a monstrous work of immense and awful depths, perhaps a bit excessive in its length and its expressive extremity, but still an amazing work of music. The Variations (12) in Three Movements, Op. 79, written in 1937 and revised in 1940 and 1957, is just as expressive, but the language is contrapuntal and the rhetoric is austere. These works are not just additions to Krenek's catalog, but are also major additions to the piano music of the twentieth century.Tracks:
Madge plays them about as well as it is possible to play them. His virtuosity is impeccable. His sense of scale and scope is appropriately grand. His ability to give voice to Krenek's expressive counterpoint is impressive. Of course, for most listeners Krenek's music will be rather a stiff dose. Even in the ironic A Little Suite, Op. 13a, from 1922; the patriotic George Washington Variations, Op. 120, from 1950; and the nostalgic Echoes From Austria, Op. 166, from 1958, Krenek's highly dissonant melodies and often abrasive harmonies will be too much. But for listeners who love the piano music of Schoenberg, Berg, or Webern and who want to have a single shot of Krenek's piano music, this disc will do the trick. CPO's sound is warmer and richer than usual, but still clear and clean.James Leonard @ AllMusic
01. Toccata and Chaconne, Op. 13 [0:23:39.13]
02. Kleine Suite, Op. 13a [0:04:42.64]
03. 12 Variations in 3 Movements, Op. 79 (1957 version) [0:20:15.47]
04. George Washington Variations, Op. 120 [0:13:26.33]
05. Echoes from Austria, Op. 166 [0:10:18.27]
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