Various Artists / Hindemith, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Szymanowski / E. Starodubtsev (Piano)
Album: Hindemith, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Szymanowski / E. Starodubtsev (Piano)   Collection:Classical
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Nov 2011
Label:Honens  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-11-27 Pull Date: 2012-01-29 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Jan 15 Dec 18 Dec 11 Dec 4
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Recent Airplay
1. Apr 19, 2014: Music Casserole
(5:21) Boston
4. Dec 11, 2011: Everything.
(2:57) (Crochet = 112)
2. Oct 20, 2012: Music Casserole
(5:21) Boston
5. Dec 05, 2011: Mixed Up Class
Stravinsky: Sonata (1924)
3. Jan 08, 2012: Everything.
(2:17) Ragtime
6. Nov 30, 2011: razor's edge
(2:31) Waltzer, (1:58) Schwungvoll. Maßige, (2:58) Langsam, (2:10) Sehr Langsam

Album Review
Larry Koran
Reviewed 2011-11-25
[Coll]: Hindemith, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Szymanowski / Evgeny Starodubtsev (Piano)
Label: Honens

Larry K.
Reviewed: 2011-11-17

EVGENY STARODUBTSEV: HINDEMITH, SCHOENBERG, STRAVINSKY, SZYMANOWSKI
Label: Honens 2011

Pianist Evgeny Starodubtsev, a Laureate of the 2009 Honens International Piano Competition (a prestigious, tri-ennial Calgary, Canada competition), studied in Moscow and now performs and composes. Karol Szymanowski’s 3-mvmt Masques Op. 34 (1915/1916) blends Debussy and Scriabin in creating an imaginary masquerade with well-known characters. Hindemith stays with tonality and parodies pop music of the early 1920s. Schoenberg shows he has driven a stake into the heart of tonality, with spiky harmonies and jagged melodies. Stravinsky gives us spare, clear, tonal but bluntly anti-Romantic neoclassical pieces.

Szymanowski, Karol: Masques Op. 34.
(9:01) Scherherazde. Tales ethereal, agitated, whimsical
(5:44) Tantris le bouffon. Prancing, dissonant, cartwheeling, giggling, sly
(6:17) Serenade de Don Juan. The Spanish seducer plies his trade
Hindemith, Paul: Suite ‘1922’ Op. 26
(1:19) March. Joyful, antic march
(3:23) Shimmy. Shake it, flaunt it, insouciantly at times
(6:39) Nachstrück. Thoughtful, somber night, moonlit
(5:21) Boston. Dissonant 20’s jazz in a minor key
(2:17) Ragtime. The clown dances and gaggles wildly
Schoenbert, Arnold: Klavierstücke, Op. 23
(2:10) Sehr langsam. Slow, cold, listenable atonality
(1:25) Sehr rasch. Rapid register exploration, playful
(2:58) Langsam. Water drops off soggy leaves, rain returns
(1:58) Schwungvoll. Maßige. Statements in a language foreign
(2:31) Waltzer. Skittish atonality continues, waltzing irregularly
Stravinsky, Igor: Sonata (1924)
(2:57) (crochet = 112). Neoclassical, driving figures, clashing mildly
(4:40) Adagietto. Haydnesque, runs and trills at a walking pace
(2:22) (crochet = 112). Rapid, playful two-part invention

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Szymanowski: Masques, Op. 34 (9:01) Scherherazade
2. Ibid. (5:44) Tantres, Le Bouffon
3. Ibid. (6:17) Serenade De Don Juan
4. Hindemith: Suite '1922' Op. 26 (1:19) March
5. Ibid. (3:23) Shimmy
6. Ibid. (6:39) Nachstrück
7. Ibid. (5:21) Boston
8. Ibid. (2:17) Ragtime
9. Schoenberg: Klavierstücke, Op. 23 (2:10) Sehr Langsam
10. Ibid. (2:58) Langsam
11. Ibid. (1:58) Schwungvoll. Maßige
12. Ibid (2:31) Waltzer
13. Stravinsky: Sonata (1924) (2:57) (Crochet = 112)
14. Ibid. (4:40) Adagietto
15. Ibid. (2:22) (Crochet = 112)