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Szczerbinski - Complete Piano Works Vol.2 | Grand Piano GP884

Szczerbinski - Complete Piano Works Vol.2

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Label: Grand Piano

Cat No: GP884

Barcode: 0747313988426

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 4th March 2022

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About

Polish composer Alfons Szczerbiński (1858–1895) was a Romantic who revered Bach, Haydn and Mozart above all others. Many of his scores were lost during the First World War or destroyed by the composer himself. His most extrovert music exudes the panache and rhythmic brio of Chopin whilst his series of Chansons sans paroles display a flair for harmonic fantasy and melodic beauty reminiscent of Mendelssohn. Giorgio Koukl’s second and last volume of Szczerbiński’s complete piano music reveals yet more discoveries by this unjustly neglected composer.

Giorgio Koukl is a pianist/harpsichordist and composer. He studied at both the Conservatories of Zürich and Milan, where he took part in the masterclasses of Nikita Magaloff, Jacques Février, and Stanislaus Neuhaus, and with Rudolf Firkušný, friend and advocate of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. It was through Firkušný that Koukl first encountered Martinů’s music, and is now considered one of the world’s leading interpreters of Martinů’s piano music. As a logical continuation of this work, Koukl has recorded the complete solo piano works of Paul Le Flem, Alexander Tcherepnin, Arthur Lourié, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Witold Lutosławski, and more recently, Alexandre Tansman and Tibor Harsányi.

‘Beautifully constructed melodies whose refinement makes for joyous listening.’ – MusicWeb International on Vol.1 (GP876)

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