Moszkowski - Piano Music Vol.1 | Toccata Classics TOCC0572

Moszkowski - Piano Music Vol.1

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0572

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 7th May 2021

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Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, but it is generally remembered today only for a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, which Horowitz enjoyed playing. The early works on this first instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the craftsmanship already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’.

“a vividly narrative score, at times nearly ‘cinematic’ before its time. … Certain passages are highly evocative, such as Joan’s vision, which the composer entrusts to the solo violin and to the harp in the pastorale of the first part. … one must appreciate its generously overflowing lyricism… Ian Hobson’s conducting avoids bombast; it breathes new life into the fresco by preserving its drama and cohesiveness and restoring its vibrant colors. A promising discovery, this is the first volume in a series of Moszkowski’s orchestral music.” – Didier Van Moere, Diapason découverte awards (Orchestral Music Vol.1, TOCC0523)

“Performances of winning verve and character… [The Troisième Suite] dances along so merrily that, while some might affect a sniffy resistance, it defies you not to be its friend.” – Gramophone, December 2020 (Orchestral Music Vol.2, TOCC0557)

“He’s not a composer for whom depths are there to be plumbed. Rather, he’s a spinner of tunes and character, served up in ingratiating orchestrations that exist to please and titillate. It’s nearly a century since his death in 1925 – he died in destitution – and this series, affectionately played and directed, is doing much to bring his charming, uncomplicated orchestral music to wider notice.” – Musicweb, October 2020 (TOCC0557)

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