Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric François Chopin, George Frideric Handel, Ferencz Liszt, Sergey Rachmaninov, Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Mahani Teave
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Rubicon
Catalogue: RCD1066
Release: 2021
Size: 1.68 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903
01. I. Fantasia
02. II. Fugue
03. Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171 / R16
04. Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Première année, S. 160 “Suisse”: VI. Vallée d’Obermann in E Minor
Handel: Suite No. 5 in E, HWV 430
05. I. Prelude
06. II. Allemande
07. III. Courante
08. IV. Air & variations
CD 02
Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne, Op. 9
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Nocturne
03. Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
04. Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
05. Chopin: Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 / 1
06. Chopin: Nocturne in E Minor, Op. posth. 72 / 1
07. Rachmaninov: Moment musical in E Minor, Op. 16 / 4
08. trad.: I he- a Hotumatu Ia, in E-Flat
After studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Hans Eisler Music Academy in Berlin, Mahani Teave was destined for a glittering career on the international concert stage, having won the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition in 1999 and later being selected as a Steinway & Sons artist. However, she returned to her native Easter Island and in 2012 established The Easter Island Music School, receiving the Advancement of Women Award from Scotiabank for her leadership and work on the island promoting music.
In 2018 David Fulton, the collector of Cremonese instruments, was on a cruise liner that stopped at Easter Island. A recital was laid on by the children of the music school for the passengers and the event ended with Mahani Teave playing on an old upright piano. “I could not have been more astonished if Horowitz or Rubinstein had stepped onstage… we were being treated to a serious performance by a major utterly extraordinary artist… it was a totally unexpected, uplifting, and deeply moving: a musical feast.”
Mahani had not recorded before and this remarkable debut album is the result of David’s chance meeting with her on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).