Pejačević: Piano Music / Litvintseva

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Piano Classics
Release Date
October 22, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PEJACEVIC, DORA
    • PERFORMER
      Ekaterina Litvintseva
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 22, 2021
    • UPC
      5029365102261
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10226
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Sehnsucht

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    2. No. 2. Leid

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    3. No. 3. Frage

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    4. No. 4. Klage

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    5. No. 5. Bitte

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    6. No. 6. Wahn

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    7. No. 1. Schneeglöckchen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    8. No. 2. Veilchen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    9. No. 3. Maiglöckchen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    10. No. 4. Vergißmeinnicht

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    11. No. 5. Rose

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    12. No. 6. Rote Nelken

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    13. No. 7. Lilien

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    14. No. 8. Chrysanthemen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    15. No. 1. Moderato

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    16. No. 2. Grazioso

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    17. No. 3. Im Ländler-Tempo

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    18. No. 4. Wiegend

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    19. No. 5. Lento

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    20. No. 6. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    21. No. 7. Allegretto

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    22. No. 8. Grazioso, allegremente

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    23. No. 9. Moderato

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    24. No. 1. An Dich!

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    25. No. 2. Vor deinem Bild

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    26. Capriccio, Op. 47

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    27. No. 1. Sehr ruhig, mit innigem Ausdruck

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    28. No. 2. Leicht bewegt und verträumt

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva

    29. Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 57

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva


When the Siberian-born ‘Arctic Circle Pianist’ Ekaterina Litvintseva heard “Blumenleben” (‘Life of Flowers’) for the first time, she immediately resolved to find out more about the life and music of Dora Pejačević (1885-1923). This resolution prompted her to investigate an extraordinary corpus of music, remarkable not least for its sheer diversity, which she has attempted to convey in this selection of Pejačević’s piano output. Among 57 extant works, 24 are scored for solo piano; there would surely have been many more in both categories had she not died of kidney failure on 5 March 1923, aged 37, having suffered complications in giving birth to her first child. This newly recorded recital marks Ekaterina Litvinseva’s debut on Piano Classics, and should attract the attention of pianophiles everywhere.

REVIEW:

The 30-something Ekaterina Litvintseva has been amassing a distinguished discography—and this, apparently her first recorded sojourn beyond canonical composers, is a fine addition, exhibiting the combination of sensitivity and self-assurance that have marked her playing up until now. Her tempos are flexible, but her rubato never threatens the music’s line (note, as but one example, the way she navigates the tempo shifts in the slightly off-kilter Caprice-Waltz No. 2); her balances are lucid; and her technique easily meets the needs of the music. Veljkovic, fine though she is, is relatively stolid in the bigger moments. Either way, though, unless you’re allergic to piano music of the period, you owe it to yourself to make the acquaintance of Dora Pejačević if you haven’t done so already. Piano Classics, as usual, has clean sound and solid notes. 

-- Fanfare