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Blumenfeld: 24 Preludes, Op. 17 / Viner
Piano Classics

Blumenfeld: 24 Preludes, Op. 17 / Viner

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Details

Composer
Felix Blumenfeld
Artist
Mark Viner
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Sep 23, 2022
Catalog #
PCL10213
UPC
5029365102131

About

Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) was a virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher whose class comprised the likes of Simon Barere, Maria Grinberg and Vladimir Horowitz. But he was also a composer of an oeuvre of breathtaking beauty, originality and sophistication. Even in his mid 20s Blumenfeld began teaching at the St Petersburg Conservatoire but resigned in protest at Rimsky-Korsakov’s dismissal following the senior composer’s support of the protestors killed in the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905. At length he returned to his post but left for Kyiv on the outbreak of the Russian revolution, and became rector of the conservatoire founded by Mykola Lysenko (where he taught Horowitz). Chopin, Wagner, and other Romantic-era masters all make their presence felt in the surging melodies and passionate harmonies of Blumenfeld’s own music.

Published in 1892 by Belaieff and dedicated to Rimsky-Korsakov’s wife, the Op.17 form a quintessential work of Slavic late Romanticism. They are structured in four books of six preludes, touched with the solemnity of Orthodox chant at points and often aspiring to a grand and tragic idiom despite their relative brevity and tending towards melancholy even in the major-key pieces. The Op.17 Preludes are complemented in this new recording by Blumenfeld’s study for the left hand Op.36 – relatively familiar as an example of the technique and widely promoted by the likes of Godowsky and Lewenthal. The Op.24 Etude de Concert is a dazzling accumulation of piano sonority requiring the deftest of hands and care over voicing to bring its towering chords to life.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in C Major: Andante religioso 01:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major: Andante religioso
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  2. 2 No. 2 in A Minor: Allegro agitato 02:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor: Allegro agitato
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  3. 3 No. 3 in G Minor: Allegretto 00:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in G Minor: Allegretto
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  4. 4 No. 4 in E Minor: Andante 04:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in E Minor: Andante
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  5. 5 No. 5 in D Major: Allegretto 02:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in D Major: Allegretto
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  6. 6 No. 6 in B Minor: Allegro molto 01:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in B Minor: Allegro molto
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  7. 7 No. 7 in A Major: Allegro vivo 02:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7 in A Major: Allegro vivo
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  8. 8 No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Allegro vivo 01:21
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Allegro vivo
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  9. 9 No. 9 in E Major: Maestoso 01:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9 in E Major: Maestoso
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  10. 10 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante 02:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  11. 11 No. 11 in B Major: Andante con moto 03:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11 in B Major: Andante con moto
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  12. 12 No. 12 in G shapr minor: Presto 01:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12 in G shapr minor: Presto
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  13. 13 No. 13 in F-Sharp Major: Andantino 02:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13 in F-Sharp Major: Andantino
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  14. 14 No. 14 in E-Flat Minor: Andante maestoso e lugubre 03:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14 in E-Flat Minor: Andante maestoso e lugubre
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  15. 15 No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Allegro non tanto 03:31
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  16. 16 No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Adagio 03:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Adagio
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  17. 17 No. 17 in A-Flat Major: Allegro 01:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17 in A-Flat Major: Allegro
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  18. 18 No. 18 in F Minor, "Memento mori": Andante 03:05
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18 in F Minor, "Memento mori": Andante
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  19. 19 No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Andante 04:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Andante
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  20. 20 No. 20 in C Minor: Allegro furioso 01:07
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20 in C Minor: Allegro furioso
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  21. 21 No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Andante tranquillo 03:09
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  22. 22 No. 22 in G Minor: Allegro 01:18
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22 in G Minor: Allegro
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  23. 23 No. 23 in F Major: Allegro 01:08
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23 in F Major: Allegro
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  24. 24 No. 24 in D Minor: Presto 01:20
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24 in D Minor: Presto
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  25. 25 Etude for the left hand in A-Flat Major, Op. 36 04:55
    Track
    25
    Title
    Etude for the left hand in A-Flat Major, Op. 36
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner
  26. 26 Etude de concert in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 24 04:46
    Track
    26
    Title
    Etude de concert in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 24
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Felix Blumenfeld
    Performer
    Mark Viner