Composer: Egon Kornauth
Performer: Jonathan Powell
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0159
Release: 2013
Size: 241 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Fantasy in E-Flat Major, Op. 10
3 Klavierstucke, Op. 23
02. No. 1, Praeludium
03. No. 2, Improvisation
04. No. 3, Walzer
Kleine Suite, Op. 29
05. I. Praludium
06. II. Intermezzo
07. III. Barcarole
08. IV. Ländler
09. V. Notturno
10. VI. Walzer
11. VII. Finale
Benedizione del Santissimo
12. Praludium
13. Passacaglia
Suite for Piano No. 2, Op. 44
14. I. Praludium
15. II. Intermezzo
16. III. Capriccio
17. IV. Mahrische Ballade
18. V. Walzer
The music of the Czech-born Viennese composer Egon Kornauth (1891–1959) was once a staple of Austrian concert-halls. It has largely been forgotten in the half-century since his death. In this pioneering recording Jonathan Powell uncovers the many strands that fed into Kornauth’s rich and full-blooded soundworld. The music blends dark, late-Romantic harmony, inventive counterpoint, rhythmic assiduity, a fondness for folk-music and, not least, a straightforward melodic charm. This is the first recording of any of Kornauth’s piano music.