Isserlis: Piano Music

Artist:

Sam Haywood

Format:

Compact Disc (Audio)

No of Discs:

Availability:

Available

Release Date:

01-01-2014

Genres:

Classical, Solo Instrumental

Label:

Hyperion Records Ltd

Barcode:

034571280257

Packaging:

Jewel Case

Catalog Number:

CDA68025

Description

In 1989 the young pianist Sam Haywood was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society?s Julius Isserlis Scholarship. Years later, having become friends with Julius?s grandson Steven, Sam came across some of Julius?s piano compositions in a drawer at the house of George, Julius?s son. The editions were unclear and full of printing errors; so, struck by the beauty of the music, Sam decided to make his own edition, the fruits of which are to be heard on this recording. Julius Isserlis was born in 1888 in Kishinev (now Chisinau in Moldova, though then part of Russia). He studied with, among others, Taneyev and Widor. As a Jew, he was exiled from Moscow, escaped from Vienna in 1938 and spent the rest of his life in London. Isserlis?s greatest passion was for the music of Frederic Chopin, who seems to have been his strongest influence. Nevertheless, his music retains its own very distinctive voice. Many of the short pieces are in minor keys and are pervaded by a yearning melancholy reminiscent of Slavic songs and folk dances. The playful virtuosity of several of the works is an indication not only of Isserlis?s own agility on the keyboard but also of that of their dedicatees (including Pablo Casals, who inspired the Ballade for cello and piano for which Sam Haywood is here joined by Steven Isserlis).

Tracks

Name
Ballade in G minor Op 3 No 1 [3'35]
Ballade in E flat minor Op 3 No 2 [5'07]
Moment triste [1'49]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 1 in C major | Andante [2'31]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 2 in C minor | Andante [2'00]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 4 in B minor | Allegretto [1'27]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 6 in F minor | Allegretto [1'31]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 7 in F minor | Allegro vivace [1'33]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 8 in E flat major | Andante [1'30]
Ten Preludes Op 2 | No 10 in G minor | Allegretto [1'18]
Prelude exotique Op 10 No 2 [2'24]
Toccata in fourths Op 10 No 1 [1'42]
Ballade in A minor [8'40] - Sam Haywood/Steven Isserlis
Skazka Fairy Tale Op 6 [3'29]
Drei Klavierstucke Op 8 | Moment musical [0'47]
Drei Klavierstucke Op 8 | Meditation [2'53]
Drei Klavierstucke Op 8 | The flight of the swallow [1'01]
Souvenir russe Op 9 [2'18]
Capriccio in A minor Op 12 [1'43]
Memories of Childhood Op 11 | The lonely brook in the forest [1'44]
Memories of Childhood Op 11 | In the Steppes [1'28]
Memories of Childhood Op 11 | The bumblebee [0'53]
Memories of Childhood Op 11 | Once in autumn [2'00]
Memories of Childhood Op 11 | Marionettes [1'26]
Memories of Childhood Op 11 | A peasant wedding [2'12]
Warum? [2'17]
Russian Dance Op 7 [3'05]

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