Composer: Grigory Krein
Performer: Jonathan Powell
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0581
Release: 2021
Size: 2.37 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
2 Poèmes, Op. 5a
01. No. 1, Drammatico
02. No. 2, Andante
5 Préludes, Op. 5b
03. No. 1, Andante con moto
04. No. 2, Lento
05. No. 3, Allegretto
06. No. 4, Andante
07. No. 5, —
08. Prélude, Op. 5
2 Poèmes, Op. 10
09. No. 1, Andante
10. No. 2, Lento
11. Poème, Op. 16
2 Mazurkas, Op. 19
12. No. 1, Lento ma non troppo
13. No. 2, Mobile
14. Cortège mystique, Op. 22
3 Poèmes, Op. 24
15. No. 1, Poème dramatique
16. No. 2, Poème lyrique
17. No. 3, Poème antique
18. Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 27
Grigory Krein (1879-1955), a member of an astonishing dynasty of Russian-Jewish musician-composers, was recognised by his contemporaries as one of the major composers of his day. His piano music charts a stylistic evolution from the early influence of Grieg, Reger (with whom he studied) and Debussy towards a more complex and chromatic language with harmonies that synthesise the sound-worlds of Skryabin and Szymanowski; there’s also an echo of the rhapsodic Celtic wildness of Bax. Indeed, all of these pieces are informed by a remarkable sense of energy – latent in some and given its head in others.