Composer(s): Schulhoff, Erwin
Label: Grand Piano
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: GP631
Barcode: 747313963126
Release Date: 06/2013

SCHULHOFF, E.: Piano Works, Vol. 2 - 5 Pittoresken / Piano Sonata No. 2 / 2 Studien / Musik fur Klavier / Esquisses de jazz (Weichert)

Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff assimilated the influence of jazz with genuinely distinctive results. The Fünf Pittoresken absorb both Dada and Scott Joplin whilst more classicist influences, such as Ravel, suffuse the Second Piano Sonata. Esquisses de Jazz (1927) is perhaps his most outstanding jazz-influenced piece—a perfect synthesis of dance rhythms, wit and irony.

Tracklist

Schulhoff, Erwin
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
1 No. 1. Foxtrott 02:38
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
2 No. 2. Ragtime 02:59
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
3 No. 3. In futurum 01:25
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
4 No. 4. One-Step 02:13
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
5 No. 5. Maxixe 04:10
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
6 I. Allegretto con moto 06:12
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
7 II. Allegro giocoso 01:49
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
8 III. Andante cantabile e rubato 04:16
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
9 IV. Finale: Allegro moderato 03:50
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
10 No. 1. Optimistische Komposition 03:20
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
11 No. 2. Den tschechischen Arbeitern 03:41
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
12 I. Vorspiel 01:56
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
13 II. Thema mit variationen 09:49
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
14 III. Vivo e giocoso 01:44
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
15 IV. Nachspiel 03:59
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
16 No. 1. Rag 02:16
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
17 No. 2. Boston 03:33
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
18 No. 3. Tango 01:36
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
19 No. 4. Blues 01:29
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
20 No. 5. Charleston 01:13
Weichert, Caroline (piano)
21 No. 6. Black bottom 01:57
Weichert, Caroline (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:06:05