Impromptu - Shai Wonder

Shai Wosner (piano)

Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77 Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 Dvorak: Impromptu in D minor, B129 Gershwin: Impromptu in two Keys Ives, C: Three Improvisation, Nos 1 & 3 Liszt: Impromptu S191 1872 Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935

After his wonderfully quirky and highly praised Haydn & Ligeti album, Shai Wosner returns to solo piano repertoire for his next project. As always with this artist, there is something very different on offer - Impromptus by Chopin, Dvorak, Liszt, Gershwin, and Schubert rub shoulders with Beethoven's Fantasy Op.77 - the nearest thing we have to a Beethoven 'improvisation'. The composer did indeed improvise this work at a private house performance, then went home and wrote it down from memory! Ives's Improvisations 1&3 round off an eclectic programme. "There is a rush that comes with losing yourself in an improvisation - the liberating feeling you get when that thing you are making up on the spot seems to take on a life of its own while you are just tagging along (there is also the thrill in the risk that whole thing might fall flat at any moment). I have loved it ever since" Shai Wosner.

Price: $23.98