Pejacevic: The Complete Piano Works / Veljkovic

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PEJACEVIC, DORA
    • PERFORMER
      Natasa Veljkovic
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 11, 2016
    • UPC
      761203500321
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555003-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Schneeglöckchen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    2. No. 2. Veilchen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    3. No. 3. Maiglöckchen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    4. No. 4. Vergißmeinnicht

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    5. No. 5. Rose

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    6. No. 6. Rote Nelken

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    7. No. 7. Lilien

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    8. No. 8. Chrysanthemen

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

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

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    10. No. 1. Sehnsucht

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    11. No. 2. Leid

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    12. No. 3. Frage

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    13. No. 4. Klage

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    14. No. 5. Bitte

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    15. No. 6. Wahn

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    16. Blütenwirbel, Op. 45

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

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

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    18. No. 2. Leicht bewegt und verträumt

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    19. No. 2. Libelle

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    20. No. 3. Papillon

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    21. No. 4. Abendgedanke

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    22. Impromptu in B-Flat Major, Op. 32b

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    23. Valse de concert, Op. 21

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    24. Erinnerung, Op. 24

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    25. No. 1. Moderato

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    26. No. 2. Grazioso

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    27. No. 3. Im Ländler-Tempo

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    28. No. 4. Wiegend

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    29. No. 5. Lento

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    30. No. 6. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    31. No. 7. Allegretto

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    32. No. 8. Grazioso, allegremente

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    33. No. 9. Moderato

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    34. Berceuse, Op. 20

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    35. I. Con fuoco ma non troppo allegro

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    36. II. Andante con molta espressione

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    37. III. Rondo: Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    38. Capriccio, Op. 47

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    39. No. 1. An Dich!

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    40. No. 2. Vor deinem Bild

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    41. No. 1. Ruhig und innig

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    42. No. 2. Langsam und ausdrucksvoll

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    43. Berceuse, Op. 2

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    44. Gondellied, Op. 4

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    45. Chanson sans paroles, Op. 5

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    46. Papillon, Op. 6

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    47. Menuett in F-Sharp Major, Op. 7

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    48. Impromptu in A-Flat Major, Op. 9a

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    49. Chanson sans paroles, Op. 10

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    50. Trauermarsch, Op. 14

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    51. Humoreske

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković

    52. Caprice

      Composer: Dora Pejačević

      Performer: Nataša Veljković


On the last volume of our edition of Dora Pejacevic's complete works, Nataša Veljkovic turns to the great Croatian composer’s music for piano. The nuanced richness in her attention to the tonal resources of the instrument, the demanding piano part, often polyphonic and exhibiting all the dimensions of orchestral sound, demonstrate Veljkovic’s self-assured and virtuosic mastery of the art of performance and Pejacevic’s perfection in her compositional craft.

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REVIEWS:

Although probably unknown even to the vast majority of musicians, Dora Pejacevic (in old documents also Pejacsevich) should, in fact, be considered a major Croatian composer, leaving behind a considerable catalogue of fifty-eight opuses (106 compositions), mostly in late-Romantic style, including songs, piano music, chamber music, and several compositions for large orchestra, arguably her best oeuvre, her Symphony in F sharp minor, being considered the first symphony in Croatian music.

The piano is the main focus of Pejacevic’s output, given that it was the medium in which she was best able to express her musical ideas and to convey the essence of her music – only four of her works, in fact, don’t include the piano. Unlike Clara Schumann, Pejacevic wasn’t a pianist as such, so didn’t appear in concerts featuring performances of her solo pieces. Despite this, her gift for keyboard composition, especially as the works from her middle and later periods suggest, does very much correspond to the performance-style of the piano virtuosity of the time. As a rule, any demanding solo part or passage is subservient to the musical idea, and not there for mere dazzle or show.

The recording, presentation and playing are all first-rate – save for a slight apparent confusion over opus numbers – and laying out the tracks in non-chronological order across the two discs works very well, and maintains the interest throughout.

It’s good to know that, even after many years in music, there’s always something fresh to discover, and the fact that this composer is from a country about which the headlines for many years have been so unwelcoming, makes this new issue even more appealing.

– MusicWeb International

Pejacevic’s piano pieces are well served by Natasha Veljkovic’s warmly sensitive playing.

– BBC Music Magazine

Veljkovic plays consistently well with imagination, an impressive variety of touch and tone and a real flair for the idiom.

– Gramophone