Composer: Heino Eller
Performer: Sten Lassmann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0225
Release: 2014
Size: 239 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
13 Pala eesti motiividel (13 Pieces on Estonian Motifs)
01. No. 1. Andantino
02. No. 2. Vivo
03. No. 3. Allegro pastorale
04. No. 4. Allegro
05. No. 5. Andante sostenuto
06. No. 6. Presto scherzando
07. No. 7. Alla ballata
08. No. 8. Allegro con brio
09. No. 9. Lento
10. No. 10. Allegretto grazioso
11. No. 11. Allegro giusto
12. No. 12. Vivace
13. No. 13. Moderato assai
Theme and Variations in E Major
14. Theme: Andantino
15. Variation 1: Allegretto
16. Variation 2: Moderato assai
17. Variation 3: Allegro
18. Variation 4: Adagio
19. Variation 5: Vivace
Preludes, Book 2
20. No. 1. Lento pensieroso
21. No. 2. Andante con espressione
22. No. 3. Allegro agitato
23. No. 4. Sostenuto
24. No. 5. Allegretto capriccioso
25. No. 6. Spiritoso
26. No. 7. Grave
27. Caprice in F sharp minor
28. Romanze in F sharp major
29. Molto vivo in F sharp minor
30. Nocturne in B major
31. Presto in F sharp major
32. Lyric Waltz
33. Waltz in B major
34. Small Waltz
35. Méditation
Heino Eller (1887–1970) was one of the founders of the classical tradition in his native Estonia.
Yet his copious output for piano – some 200 works –is largely unknown, an omission this series of eight CDs seeks to redress.
This fifth volume contains two works of central importance: the Preludes, Book II (1920), are Eller’s highest achievement in a modernist-expressionist style, and the Bartókian 13 Pieces on Estonian Motifs (1940–41) mark his turn to the folk-like style favoured in the Soviet period.
They are joined by a group of attractive, mostly early, miniatures and a prentice set of variations in the Romantic, virtuoso tradition.