Blumenfeld: 24 Prelude... - Mark Viner - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) was a virtuoso pianist, a celebrated conductor and a renowned teacher whose class comprised the likes of Simon Barere, Marija Grinberg and Vladimir Horowitz, to name but a few. But he was also a composer of an oeuvre of breathtaking beauty and originality, sadly neglected for a long time, but gaining more and more recognition nowadays.

The 24 Preludes Op. 17 are clearly modeled on Chopin’s Op. 28. While much of the pianism is Chopinesque, it is often expanded upon, with technical devices taken further, while the music itself is undeniably Russian in its adoption of folk song and orientalism.

Mark Viner took the musical world by storm by his innovative concert programs and CD recordings containing rarely heard repertoire from unjustly forgotten romantic composers. His Alkan, Thalberg and Chaminade recordings earned him 5 star reviews and Editor’s Choice from Gramophone, The Guardian, Sunday Times and International Piano. He is the Chairman of the Liszt and Alkan Societies. An excellent scholar as well he wrote the extensive liner notes for the booklet himself.

Label: Piano Classics | Origin: Holland

📌 .. Preludes Op. 17