Ivo Kahanek – Kalabis: The Complete Piano Works (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ivo Kahanek – Kalabis: The Complete Piano Works (2019)
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The very first complete recording of Viktor Kalabis’s piano works, as well as the previous album of his three sonatas, have come to fruition upon the initiative and owing to the relentless enthusiasm of the world-renowned harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková, the composer’s wife and a keen promoter of his oeuvre. Of major importance was the selection of the pianist – one possessing superlative technical skills and having a profound understanding of the structure of Kalabis’s music. As Ivo Kahánek put it: “Kalabis was one of the composers who don’t restrict their ideas by the traditional laws of the piano technique, hence his music is now and then extremely difficult to perform.” Even though Kalabis drew inspiration from the music of other 20th-century masters, he soon arrived at his own, singular and unique musical idiom, which is already palpable in his early opuses. The album maps more than half a century of Kalabis’s work, from the post-war Sonata No. 1 to the masterful miniatures dating from the very end of the millennium. Following the critically acclaimed recordings of his symphonic and concert pieces (Choc de Classica, Gramophone Editor’s Choice), and of the three sonatas, the present album opens yet another window into Viktor Kalabis’s fascinating musical world.

The first complete album of Viktor Kalabis’s piano works. A world unto itself.

Tracklist:

1-01. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2: I. Allegro agitato (04:55)
1-02. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2: II. Grave – Moderato – Tempo di marcia funebre (05:13)
1-03. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2: III. Allegro feroce e vivacissimo (04:30)
1-04. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 4: I. Introduzione. Largo, un poco rubato (09:11)
1-05. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 4: II. Sonata. Allegro (10:52)
1-06. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 57: I. Preludium. Adagio (07:54)
1-07. Ivo Kahanek – Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 57: II. Drama. Allegro drammatico (12:21)
1-08. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: I. Moderato (02:16)
1-09. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: II. Allegro (00:58)
1-10. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: III. Andantino (02:40)
1-11. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: IV. Andante (03:24)
1-12. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: V. Agitato – Molto allegro (01:08)
1-13. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: VI. Adagio (02:59)
1-14. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: VII. Moderato (02:04)
1-15. Ivo Kahanek – Accents, Op. 26: VIII. Allegro (02:01)
1-16. Ivo Kahanek – Entrata, aria e toccata per pianoforte, Op. 41: I. Entrata. Allegro moderato (03:19)
1-17. Ivo Kahanek – Entrata, aria e toccata per pianoforte, Op. 41: II. Aria. Molto moderato (03:36)
1-18. Ivo Kahanek – Entrata, aria e toccata per pianoforte, Op. 41: III. Toccata. Allegro impetuoso (03:04)
1-19. Ivo Kahanek – Three Polkas for Piano, Op. 52: I. Allegro (03:10)
1-20. Ivo Kahanek – Three Polkas for Piano, Op. 52: II. Allegro ma non troppo (04:16)
1-21. Ivo Kahanek – Three Polkas for Piano, Op. 52: III. Vivo (05:23)
1-22. Ivo Kahanek – Four Enigmas for Graham, Op. 71: I. Allegro (03:54)
1-23. Ivo Kahanek – Four Enigmas for Graham, Op. 71: II. Allegretto (03:07)
1-24. Ivo Kahanek – Four Enigmas for Graham, Op. 71: III. Grave (02:20)
1-25. Ivo Kahanek – Four Enigmas for Graham, Op. 71: IV. Molto vivo (03:54)
1-26. Ivo Kahanek – Two Toccatas for Piano, Op. 88: No. 1, Allegro moderato (05:06)
1-27. Ivo Kahanek – Two Toccatas for Piano, Op. 88: No. 2, Allegro vivo (04:12)
1-28. Ivo Kahanek – Allegro impetuoso per pianoforte, Op. 89 (05:45)