Maria Argentiero - Tansman: Piano Music (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonatine transatlantique: I. Fox trot
02. Sonatine transatlantique: II. Spiritual-Blues
03. Sonatine transatlantique: III. Charleston
04. Trois préludes en forme de blues: I. Lento cantabile
05. Trois préludes en forme de blues: II. Moderato
06. Trois préludes en forme de blues: III. Moderato
07. Tempo americano (from Sinfonia No.3-piano transcription by the composer)
08. Le tour du monde en miniature: I. Coconut-Grove, Hollywood, California (USA)
09. Le tour du monde en miniature: II. Waikiki Beach of Honolulu, Hawaii (USA)
10. Le tour du monde en miniature: III. Complaint from Nikko, Japan
11. Le tour du monde en miniature: IV. The March of Birds in Shanghai (China)
12. Le tour du monde en miniature: V. Gongs in a Temple of Hong Kong
13. Le tour du monde en miniature: VI. The Philippine Islands
14. Le tour du monde en miniature: VII. The Snake Charmer in Singapore
15. Le tour du monde en miniature: VIII. The Monkeys in a Jungle of Penang, Malaysia
16. Le tour du monde en miniature: IX. The Bamboo Flute in a Forest of Bandoeng, Java (Indonesia)
17. Le tour du monde en miniature: X. The Gamelang in Bali, Wayang Shadow Puppetry (Indonesia)
18. Le tour du monde en miniature: XI. The White Elephants in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
19. Le tour du monde en miniature: XII. The Towers of Silence in Bombay (India)
20. Le tour du monde en miniature: XIII. The Night on the Nile
21. Le tour du monde en miniature: XIV. Port de Sollér, Balearic Islands (Haven of the Town of Sóller in Mallorca, Spain)
22. Le tour du monde en miniature: XV. Napoli (Italy)
23. Esquisses javanaises (Unpublished Manuscript): I. Lento
24. Esquisses javanaises (Unpublished Manuscript): II. Lento
25. Esquisses javanaises (Unpublished Manuscript): III. Andante



Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) was born in Lodz, Poland, into a wealthy Jewish family of great culture. He spoke five languages and studied law and philosophy. His early compositions show experiments with atonality and 12-tone music. In 1919 he left Poland for Paris, where he settled permanently. Tansman: "I spent the first twenty years of my life in Poland. In regard to the importance of Slavic influence in my music, I can readily say that I followed the same path as Bartók or Manuel de Falla: folklore imaginé. I did not use popular themes per se. I used, however, their general melodic contour. This folklore remained strongly present in my musical sensitivity".

One could say that Tansman had a similar approach to writing music as Chopin – namely to use folklore as source material to be transformed by his imagination, without actual quoting. In a similar vein he used the different traditions he encountered when travelling round the globe, no matter whether it was jazz, gamelan or Japanese music.

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