Tansman: Piano Music - A Tour of the World / Argentiero

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Label
Piano Classics
Release Date
October 28, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alexandre Tansman
    • PERFORMER
      Maria Argentiero
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 28, 2022
    • UPC
      5029365102605
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10260
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fox-Trot

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    2. II. Spiritual and Blues

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    3. III. Charleston

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    4. No. 1. Lento cantabile

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    5. No. 2. Moderato

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    6. No. 3. Moderato

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    7. Symphony No. 3, "Symphonie concertante": II. Tempo americano (version for piano)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    8. No. 1. Coconut-Grove, Hollywood, California (USA)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    9. No. 2. Waikiki Beach of Honolulu, Hawaii (USA)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    10. No. 3. Complaint from Nikko, Japan

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    11. No. 4. The March of Birds in Shanghai (China)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    12. No. 5. Gongs in a Temple of Hong Kong

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    13. No. 6. The Philippine Islands

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    14. No. 7. The Snake Charmer in Singapore

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    15. No. 8. The Monkeys in a Jungleof Penang, Malaysia

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    16. No. 9. The Bamboo Flute in a Forest of Bandoeng, Java (Indonesia)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    17. No. 10. The Gamelang in Bali, Wayang Shadow Puppetry (Indonesia)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    18. No. 11. The White Elephants in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    19. No. 12. The Towers of Silence in Bombay (India)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    20. No. 13. The Night on the Nile

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    21. No. 14. Port de Sollér, Balearic Islands (haven of the town of Sóller in Mallorca, Spain)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    22. No. 15. Napoli (Italy)

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    23. I. Lento

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    24. II. Lento

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero

    25. III. Andante

      Composer: Alexandre Tansman

      Performer: Maria Argentiero


Born in 1985, the Italian pianist Maria Argentiero gained an enthusiastic online following during lockdown with her streamed performances of repertoire from Haydn to Satie, Kapustin and beyond. She teaches in Rome and specializes as a performer in quirkier voices from the past century such as Tansman. The booklet features a thorough profile of the composer and his piano music, plus an interview between Maria Argentiero and Marianne Tansman, the composer’s daughter, who recalls him as a ‘very loving but very anxious’ father. Alexander Tansman (1897-1986) was born in Lodz, Poland, into a wealthy Jewish family of great culture. He spoke 5 languages and studied law and philosophy. His early compositions show experiments with atonality and 12-tone music. In 1919 he left Poland for Paris, where he settled permanently.

Tansman: “I spent the first twenty years of my life in Poland. In regard to the importance of Slavic influence in my music, I can readily say that I followed the same path as Bartók or Manuel de Falla: folklore imaginé. I did not use popular themes per se. I used, however, their general melodic contour. This folklore remained strongly present in my musical sensitivity.”

One could say that Tansman had a similar approach to writing music as Chopin – namely to use folklore as source material to be transformed by his imagination, without actual quoting. In a similar vein he used the different traditions he encountered when travelling round the globe, no matter whether it was jazz, gamelan or Japanese music. This new recording presents a selection of piano music by Tansman: the jazzy Sonatine Transatlantique, Trois Préludes en forme de blues, and the cycle La Tour du monde en miniature, delightful and vibrant musical depictions of places from all over the world.