Variations on a theme by Scarlatti
Variations on a theme by Scarlatti
Composers Antheil • Bach (Johann Sebastian) • Bartók • Beethoven (Ludwig von) • Boulez • Brahms (Johannes) • Chopin • Debussy • Grieg • Janáček • Kurtág • Ligeti • Liszt • Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) • Satie • Schumann (Robert) • Shostakovich • Tchaïkovsky
Genre Récital
Format CD
(MIR213)
Release date 28 août 2013
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Composers Antheil • Bach (Johann Sebastian) • Bartók • Beethoven (Ludwig von) • Boulez • Brahms (Johannes) • Chopin • Debussy • Grieg • Janáček • Kurtág • Ligeti • Liszt • Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) • Satie • Schumann (Robert) • Shostakovich • Tchaïkovsky
Genre Récital
Format CD
(MIR213)
Release date 28 août 2013
The rising star of a new generation of pianist-composers, Matan Porat here meets the challenge of a visionary programme built up from the basis of Scarlatti’s Sonata in D minor K32. The 24 pieces that follow from Bach to Boulez by way of Chopin and Debussy – all use the same motif, as if they were all variations on a theme. The result is a fascinating network of correspondences and interconnections that, strangely, makes us listen in an entirely new way…