{"product_id":"krenek-khristenko-piano-music-2","title":"Stanislav Khristenko: Piano Music 2 - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Music 2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eStanislav Khristenko\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eToccata\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5060113443991\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2020-07-03\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         This first extended survey of the piano music of Ernst Krenek (1900-92) continues with a range of works showing his craftsmanship and imagination - and humor. The early Toccata and Chaconne, Op. 13, has it's origins in a joke intended to pull the legs of musicologists and music critics, but it develops into a massive contrapuntal essay of astonishing ambit. Krenek's treatment of Baroque and contemporary dances in the three early suites reveal a fondness for learned whimsy - and that wry dispassion informs even the elegiac and brittle Fifth Sonata, written a quarter-century later in American exile. The closing Sechs Vermessene are kaleidoscopic miniatures with an improvised quality, as if advanced musical modernism were meeting the freest of free jazz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Toccata und Chaconne über den Choral 'Ja ich glaub' an Jesum Christum', Op. 13~Toccata \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Toccata und Chaconne über den Choral 'Ja ich glaub' an Jesum Christum', Op. 13~Chaconne \u003cbr\u003e1.3 kleine Suite von Stücken über denselbigen Choral, verschiedenen Charakters, Op. 13a~I. Allemande \u003cbr\u003e1.4 kleine Suite von Stücken über denselbigen Choral, verschiedenen Charakters, Op. 13a~II. Sarabande \u003cbr\u003e1.5 kleine Suite von Stücken über denselbigen Choral, verschiedenen Charakters, Op. 13a~III. Gavotte \u003cbr\u003e1.6 kleine Suite von Stücken über denselbigen Choral, verschiedenen Charakters, Op. 13a~IV. Waltz \u003cbr\u003e1.7 kleine Suite von Stücken über denselbigen Choral, verschiedenen Charakters, Op. 13a~V. Fugue \u003cbr\u003e1.8 kleine Suite von Stücken über denselbigen Choral, verschiedenen Charakters, Op. 13a~VI. Foxtrott \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 1: I. Andante \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 1: II. Andante sostenuto \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 1: III. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 1: IV. Andante sostenuto \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 1: V. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 2: I. Allegro moderato \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 2: II. Andantino \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 2: III. Allegro agitato \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 2: IV. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e1.18 Zwei Suiten, Op. 26~No. 2: V. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e1.19 Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121~I. Allegretto con grazia \u003cbr\u003e1.20 Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121~II. Andante appassionato \u003cbr\u003e1.21 Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121~III. Introduction and Rondo \u003cbr\u003e1.22 Sechs Vermessene, Op. 168~No. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.23 Sechs Vermessene, Op. 168~No. 2 \u003cbr\u003e1.24 Sechs Vermessene, Op. 168~No. 3 \u003cbr\u003e1.25 Sechs Vermessene, Op. 168~No. 4 \u003cbr\u003e1.26 Sechs Vermessene, Op. 168~No. 5 \u003cbr\u003e1.27 Sechs Vermessene, Op. 168~No. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. 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