Ulrike Fendel - Piano Preludes from the 20th & 21st Centuries (2013)

Tracklist

01. Tri p'yesi (3 Pieces), Op. 57: No. 1, Prelude in D-Flat Major
02. 10 Preludes: No. 2, Allegro
03. 10 Preludes: No. 6, Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto
04. 15 Preludes: No. 10, Allegro mosso e marcato
05. 15 Preludes: No. 13, Andante cantabile
06. 12 Preludes, Op. 85: No. 9, Allegro
07. Prelude
08. 24 Preludes, Op. 38: No. 2, Scherzando
09. 24 Preludes, Op. 38: No. 20,. Andantino semplice
10. First Prelude
11. 11 Pezzi infantili, Op. 35: No. 1, Preludio
12. 3 Preludes: No. 2, Quick
13. Prelude No. 5
14. Prelude No. 9
15. Prelude, Op. 46
16. Weberkusschen Prelude
17. 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 5 in D Major
18. 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 13 in F-Sharp Minor
19. 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
20. 3 Preludes: No. 2, Flora's game. Milonga
21. 3 Preludes: No. 1 in B-Flat Major. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso



For the German-born pianist Ulrike Fendel, long resident in Vienna, the starting point for the production of this CD was her interest in demonstrating the different means of expression and the stylistic diversity of the last 100 years using the genre of the prelude. The country-specific musical diction, often characterized by its roots in folk music, of 15 composers from eight different nations can be heard in the works of Harald Genzmer, Nino Rota, Alexander Tcherepnin or Alfredo Casella. Apart from other preludes by Dimitri Shostakovich, Astor Piazzolla and George Gershwin, this magnificent selection of compositions from a time marked by stylistic pluralism also contains very recent works by Alexander Kral, Wolfram Wagner and Meinhard Rüdenauer (world premieres in 2010).

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