Composer: Alexandre Tansman
Performer: Danny Zelibor
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0265
Release: 2017
Size: 444 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
8 Novelettes
01. No. 1, Caprice. Lento
02. No. 2, Étude. Prestissimo
03. No. 3, Exotique. Largo (Danse javanaise)
04. No. 4, Danse tzigane. Allegro giocoso
05. No. 5, Obertas. Allegro giocoso (Danse polonaise)
06. No. 6, Blues. Andante cantabile
07. No. 7, Prélude et fugué. Lento cantabile
08. No. 8, Improvisation. Andante comodo
3 Preludes en forme de Blues
09. No. 1, Lento cantabile
10. No. 2, Moderato
11. No. 3, Moderato
20 Pièces faciles sur des mélodies populaires polonaises
12. No. 1, Moderato
13. No. 2, Allegro marziale
14. No. 3, Andantino espressivo
15. No. 4, Allegro giusto
16. No. 5, Allegretto
17. No. 6, Moderato
18. No. 7, Allegro giusto
19. No. 8, Allegro ma non troppo
20. No. 9, Andantino grazioso
21. No. 10, Mazurka lento
22. No. 11, Allegretto
23. No. 12, Moderato
24. No. 13, Allegro (Polka)
25. No. 14, Allegro ma non troppo (Mazurka)
26. No. 15, Allegro (Polka)
27. No. 16, Moderato
28. No. 17, Vivace (Oberek)
29. No. 18, Allegro grazioso
30. No. 19, Lento
31. No. 20, Largo
Suite dans le style ancien
32. I. Entrée. Allegro deciso, ben ritmato
33. II. Sarabande. Lento
34. III. Gavotte. Allegro grazioso
35. IV. Choral fugué. Moderato
36. V. Aria. Largo cantabile
37. VI. Toccata. Molto vivace
Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986) was one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century. His fundamental style is a Stravinskyan Neo-Classicism, animated by the dance-rhythms of his native Poland and energised by a masterly command of counterpoint. This second instalment in the first-ever survey of his piano music demonstrates its stylistic range, from Neo-Baroque via Polish folk-music and the orient to the blues. The various characteristics at work in Tansman’s music – the Stravinskyan influence, Polish heritage, French personality, jazz and blues flavour, heavy chromaticism, multicultural approach – collectively inform his legacy as a composer. Like Ravel, he believed that one should absorb all of one’s surrounding influences – a generous outlook, which led to Tansman’s rather kaleidoscopic compositional style, and the variety of works on this album highlights that openness of mind.