Composer: Marcel Mihalovici
Performer: Matthew Rubinstein
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0376
Release: 2020
Size: 581 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Sonatine, Op. 11
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante semplice
03. III. Toccata. Vivace
4 Caprices, Op. 29
04. No. 1, Con eleganza
05. No. 2, Mosso
06. No. 3, Andantino e misterioso
07. No. 4, Allegro furioso
Ricercari, Op. 46
08. Theme. Poco lento
09. Var. 1, Un poco più mosso
10. Var. 2, Andante, non troppo
11. Var. 3, Allegro ben ritmato
12. Var. 4, Allegro giusto
13. Var. 5, Lento sostenuto
14. Var. 6, Leggiero, con moto
15. Var. 7, Andantino
16. Var. 8, Allegretto capriccioso, ma molto ritmato
17. Var. 9, Molto vivace
18. Fugue. Grave, più tosto moderato
4 Pastorales, Op. 62
19. No. 1, Andantino
20. No. 2, Allegro
21. No. 3, Lento
22. No. 4, Allegro
Sonata, Op. 90
23. I. Allegretto piacevole
24. II. Lento improvisando – E sempre con un sentimento assai barocco
25. III. Allegro giacoso
Passacaglia for One Hand, Op. 105
26. Theme. Grave – Mesto
27. Var. 1
28. Var. 2
29. Var. 3, Semplice
30. Var. 4, Espressivo – Sognando
31. Var. 5, Più mosso
32. Var. 6
33. Var. 7, Tranquillo
34. Var. 8
35. Var. 9, Lento senza alcuna espressione
36. Var. 10, Più animato
37. Var. 11, Mosso subito – Virtuoso
38. Var. 12, Lento subito
39. Var. 13, Stesso
40. Var. 14, Vivo
41. Var. 15, Meno
42. Var. 16, Moderato pensieroso
43. Var. 17, Calmo, sempre pensieroso
44. Var. 18, Liberamente – Quasi una cadenza
The ‘École de Paris’ was a group of composers from central and eastern Europe who made the French capital their home in the 1920s and ’30s. One of their number was the Romanian Marcel Mihalovici, born in Bucharest in 1898 and based in Paris from 1919 until his death in 1985 – one of the most significant of twentieth-century composers who has yet to receive the recognition he deserves. This first album dedicated to his piano music traces his stylistic evolution, the early blend of French insouciance, echoes of eastern European folk-music and Neo-Classical contrapuntal clarity gradually taking a tougher turn and blending Bartók and Bach. It ends with a monumental passacaglia for the left hand alone, one of the most daunting summits of piano literature.