Sten Lassmann - Eller: Complete Piano Music Volume One (2011)

Artist: Sten Lassmann
Title: Eller: Complete Piano Music Volume One
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 67:39
Total Size: 228 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Eller: Complete Piano Music Volume One
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 67:39
Total Size: 228 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 1. Moderato
2 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 2. Moderato Assai
3 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 3. Molto Adagio, Con Espressione
4 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 4. Andante Sostenuto
5 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 5. Patetico
6 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 6. Sostenuto
7 Preludes (7) for Piano, Book 1, 1914 - 1917: No. 7. Con Fuoco
8 Estonian Suite, for Piano: No. 1. Dance of the Billy-Goat
9 Estonian Suite, for Piano: No. 2. Round Dance
10 Estonian Suite, for Piano: No. 3. Folk-Tune
11 Estonian Suite, for Piano: No. 4. Horn-Tune
12 Estonian Suite, for Piano: No. 5. in the Folk Tone
13 Estonian Suite, for Piano: No. 6. Dancing Tune
14 Toccata in B minor, for Piano
15 Dance in B minor, for Piano
16 In the Character of a Dance, for Piano
17 Danse-Caprice, for Piano
18 The Bells (Die Glocken), for Piano
19 Piano Sonata No. 2: 1. Allegro
20 Piano Sonata No. 2: 2. Andante Pensioroso
21 Piano Sonata No. 2: 3. Presto
The Estonian Heino Eller (1887-1970) is probably best known as the teacher of Arvo Pärt — but he was a prolific and original composer in his own right. His substantial output for piano — this series will contain seven CDs — was written over a period of six decades and thus reflects a range of styles. Taking the lyricism of Chopin and Grieg as its starting point, it combines the influence of Estonian folksong, Scriabin's troubled harmonies, the epic northern colouring of Sibelius and, at times, Prokofiev's motoric energy into an attractively individual manner.