Composer: Erwin Schulhoff
Performer: Caroline Weichert
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP631
Release: 2013
Size: 201 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Fünf Pittoresken, Op. 31 (1919)
01. No. 1. Foxtrott
02. No. 2. Ragtime
03. No. 3. In futurum
04. No. 4. One-Step
05. No. 5. Maxixe
Piano Sonata No. 2
06. I. Allegretto con moto
07. II. Allegro giocoso
08. III. Andante cantabile e rubato
09. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
2 Studien
10. No. 1. Optimistische Komposition
11. No. 2. Den tschechischen Arbeitern
Musik für Klavier, Op. 35, WV 56
12. I. Vorspiel
13. II. Thema mit variationen
14. III. Vivo e giocoso
15. IV. Nachspiel
Esquisses de jazz, WV 90
16. No. 1. Rag
17. No. 2. Boston
18. No. 3. Tango
19. No. 4. Blues
20. No. 5. Charleston
21. No. 6. Black bottom
Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff assimilated the influence of Jazz with genuinely distinctive results.
The Fünf Pittoresken absorb both Dada and Scott Joplin whilst more classicist influences, such as Ravel, suffuse the Second Piano Sonata. Esquisses de Jazz (1927) is perhaps his most outstanding Jazz-influenced piece – a perfect synthesis of dance rhythms, wit and irony.