Composer: Alexandre Tansman
Performer: Danny Zelibor
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0170
Release: 2015
Size: 572 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata rustica
01. I. Allegro agreste – Un poco meno vivo – Più lento – Tempo primo –
02. II. Cantilena: Largo
03. III. Danza Festiva: Molto allegro – Un poco meno mosso – Più vivo – Tempo primo
4 Danses miniatures
04. No. 1. Gavotte
05. No. 2. Menuet
06. No. 3. Mazurka a la Chopin
07. No. 4. Petite marche
Mazurkas, Book 1
08. No. 1. Oberek: Vivo
09. No. 2. Moderato – Piu lento – Tempo primo
10. No. 3. Oberek: Molto vivo
11. No. 4. Andante espressivo
12. No. 5. Modere
13. No. 6. Moderato
14. No. 7. Moderato
15. No. 8. Moderato
16. No. 9. Oberek: Molto vivace – Molto meno mosso – Molto vivace
17. No. 10. Berceuse: Lento
18. Etude-Scherzo
7 Préludes, Vol. 1
19. No. 1. Moderato – Lent – Tempo primo
20. No. 2. Andantino cantabile
21. No. 3. Moderato – Lento
7 Préludes, Vol. 2
22. No. 1. Lent
23. No. 2. Lent
24. No. 3. Andante – Più vivo – Più lento – Più vivo (comeprima) – Tempo primo
25. No. 4. Moderato – Un poco più vivo
Piano Sonatina No. 1
26. I. Modere – Tranquillo – Animando
27. II. In modo polonico: Allegretto – Un poco più vivo – Tempo primo
28. III. Toccata: Vivace – Tranquillo
5 Impromptus
29. No. 1. Melodie: Andante cantabile
30. No. 2. Carillon et ronde (Fete villageoise polonaise): Allegro marciale – Più vivo (Tempo di Mazurka) – Meno mosso – Tempo primo
31. No. 3. Berceuse: Lento
32. No. 4. Humoresque: Molto vivace – Lento
33. No. 5. Etude (Toccata): Presto – Prestissimo
The Polish-born Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986) was one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century.
His fundamental style is a Stravinskyan Neoclassicism, animated by the dance-rhythms of his native Poland and energised by a masterly command of counterpoint.
The substantial body of music he produced for his own instrument, the piano, has never been systematically examined in recordings.
This first instalment presents works he wrote soon after his arrival in Paris in 1919, the city that was to remain his home – except for the years of World War II, spent in American exile.
The American pianist Danny Zelibor is a native Texan who won a top prize in the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition; he is currently continuing his doctoral studies at the University of North Texas under the guidance of Joseph Banowetz. He has made a special study of the music of Alexandre Tansman, shaping his own career by a thorough academic and musical exploration of the man and his work. His thesis at Texas Christian University was on the music of Spain and Latin America, which has subsequently yielded a wide exploration of the Latin American and Spanish piano repertoire. His continued examination of this rich literature is giving him a degree of prominence among young American pianists.