At the beginning of the 20th century there was not much innovation to be expected from the genre of the piano �tude... Apart from Scriabine,...

At the beginning of the 20th century there was not much innovation to be expected from the genre of the piano �tude... Apart from Scriabine, Debussy was the first to reach the level of Chopin and Liszt and at the same time enrich the genre. The trailblazing novelty of his "Douze �tudes" lies in their highly experimental nature; they are �tudes not only for the pianist, but also for the composer... "Erika Haase plays these �tudes as decisively and confidently as if she had composed them herself." (klassik heute)