| Label: FUGA LIBERA
Catalog: FUG578
Format: CD Daniel Blumenthal, piano
Jean Absil (1893-1974)
Trois Impromptus, Opus 10 / Sonatine, opus 27 / Marines, opus 36 / Cinq Bagatelles, opus 61 / Grande suite, opus 62 / Hommage à Schumann, opus 67 (1946) / Esquisses sur les 7 péchés capitaux, opus 83 / Échecs, Opus 96 / Danses Bulgares, Opus 102 / Deuxième Grande Suite (Hommage à Chopin), Opus 110 / Sonatine, Opus 125 Jean Absil doesn't only have the honor of occupying the first pages of all musical dictionaries; he is also one of the most important Belgian composers of the 20th century. In the course of a long and prestigious career, which gave him access to the main European editors, he wrote works which brought him friendship and respect from composers as diverse as Florent Schmitt, Darius Milhaud or Béla Bartók.
Sometimes harsh, often appealing, almost always polytonal and contrapuntal, his refined language earned him international recognition, halted by World War II but which truly took off afterwards. Daniel Blumenthal, in a world first, gives us his personal exploration of a fascinating and colorful piano repertoire.  Price: $39.98 |
