Balassa: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 / Kassai

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Label
Grand Piano
Release Date
February 14, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BALASSA, SANDOR
    • PERFORMER
      Istvan Kassai
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 14, 2020
    • UPC
      747313980529
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GP805
    • LABEL
      Grand Piano
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Andante

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    2. No. 2. Allegro assai

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    3. No. 3. quarter note = 56

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    4. No. 4. Allegretto movimento

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    5. No. 5. eighth note = ca. 80

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    6. No. 6. Molto allegro

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    7. I. Andantino

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    8. II. eighth note = 116

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    9. III. Lento tranquillo

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    10. No. 1. A kis pendelyes (Little Urchin)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    11. No. 2. Téma változatokkal (Theme with Variations)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    12. No. 3. Hubble ajándéka (Hubble's Present)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    13. No. 4. Liliputi lakodalom (Lilliputian Wedding)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    14. No. 5. Jégvirágok (Frost Patterns)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    15. No. 6. Az el nem küldött levél (A Letter Never Sent)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    16. No. 7. Tételpár (Pair of Movements)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    17. No. 8. Álom (Dream)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    18. No. 9. Etűd, amelyben a játékos maga választja meg a tempót (A Study Where the Player Chooses the Tempo)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    19. No. 10. Altató (Lullaby)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    20. No. 11. Március (March)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    21. No. 12. Makovecz

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    22. I. Introduzione (Bevezető)

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    23. II. Rondo I

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    24. III. Rondo II

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    25. Rondo, Op. 145

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai

    26. Fantázia (Fantasia), Op. 97

      Composer: Sándor Balassa

      Performer: István Kassai


Sándor Balassa has stated that his music for piano ‘has to evoke genuine emotions, recalling the abundance of a springtime meadow, giving us a feeling of richness, and inspiring a sense of adventure in us and touching our hearts’. In this third volume, which includes piano versions of pieces for harp and cimbalom, the sheer diversity of Balassa’s imagination is amply illustrated, conjuring atmosphere and poignant recollections as well as demanding exceptional virtuosity. Balassa considers the closing Fantázia, Op. 97 to be his best piano work. István Kassai graduated as a pianist from the Budapest Academy of Music in 1982 studying in the class of Pál Kadosa. In 1984 he pursued a second diploma at the Conservatoire Européen de Musique under the close supervision of professor Yvonne Lefébure. He also undertook several master courses, including one led by György Cziffra, who had a great impact on Kassai’s artistic development. During his career, Kassai has won several first prizes in international competitions such as the International Piano Competition for Young Artists in 1972 in Czechoslovakia, the Piano Competition organized by Hungarian Radio in 1979, and the Paris International Debussy Piano Competition in 1982.