Composer: Heino Eller
Performer: Sten Lassmann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0161
Release: 2013
Size: 213 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
10 luurilist pala (10 Lyrical Pieces)
01. No. 1. Andante con moto
02. No. 2. Allegro con passione
03. No. 3. Andante meditativo
04. No. 4. Allegro molto
05. No. 5. Mesto, moderato assai
06. No. 6. Sostenuto espressivo
07. No. 7. Allegro agitato
08. No. 8. Allegretto grazioso
09. No. 9. Adagio elegiaco
10. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Theme: Moderato, un poco maestoso
11. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 1: Un poco piu mosso
12. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 2: Allegro
13. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 3: Andante piacevole
14. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 4: Presto scherzando
15. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 5: Allegro animato
16. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 6: Allegretto grazioso
17. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 7: Vivo
18. No. 10. Theme and 8 Variations: Variation 8: Sostenuto espressivo
19. Etude in A flat major
20. Etude in G flat major (1919)
21. Etude in G flat major (1917)
22. Prelude in E flat minor
23. Prelude in B flat minor (1929)
24. Prelude in C major
25. Prelude in B flat minor (1930)
26. Prelude (1930)
Piano Sonata No. 4
27. I. Allegro risoluto
28. II. Andante sostenuto
29. III. Vivo
The third release (in a series of seven CDs) continues Toccata Classics’ pioneering releases of music by Baltic, and especially Estonian, composers.
Heino Eller (1887–1970) was one of the founding fathers of Estonian music – the best- known of his students is Arvo Pärt.
His huge output of piano music encompasses some 200 works, almost none of which have been recorded before – this CD includes nine first recordings and two first digital recordings. The music on this CD ranges from charming romantic miniatures and virtuoso showpieces to expressionist preludes and quirky folk-pieces. The main item is his 1939 Theme and Variations – one of his best works for piano, but not published or recorded before now.