Krenek / Khristenko- Piano Music 2 (CD)
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.
Tracklist:
- Toccata Und Chaconne, Op. 13: I. Toccata
- Toccata Und Chaconne, Op. 13: II. Chaconne
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: I. Allemande
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: II. Sarabande
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: III. Gavotte
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: IV. Waltzer
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: V. Fuge
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: VI. Foxtrott
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: I. Andante
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: II. Andante Sostenuto
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: III. Allegretto
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: IV. Andante Sostenuto
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: V. Allegretto
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: I. Allegro Moderato
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: II. Andantino
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: III. Allegro Agitato
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: IV. Adagio
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: V. Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121: I. Allegretto Con Grazia
- Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121: II. Andante Appassionato
- Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121: III. Introduction
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 1, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 2, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 3, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 4, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 5, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 6, -
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.
Tracklist:
- Toccata Und Chaconne, Op. 13: I. Toccata
- Toccata Und Chaconne, Op. 13: II. Chaconne
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: I. Allemande
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: II. Sarabande
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: III. Gavotte
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: IV. Waltzer
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: V. Fuge
- Kleine Suite, Op. 13a: VI. Foxtrott
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: I. Andante
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: II. Andante Sostenuto
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: III. Allegretto
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: IV. Andante Sostenuto
- Piano Suite No. 1, Op. 26 No. 1: V. Allegretto
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: I. Allegro Moderato
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: II. Andantino
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: III. Allegro Agitato
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: IV. Adagio
- Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 26 No. 2: V. Allegretto
- Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121: I. Allegretto Con Grazia
- Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121: II. Andante Appassionato
- Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 121: III. Introduction
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 1, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 2, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 3, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 4, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 5, -
- 6 Vermessene, Op. 168: No. 6, -