Ernest Bloch - Piano Works Vol. 1 (István Kassai)

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Composer: Ernest Bloch

• (01-03) Poems of the Sea
• (04) Nirvana (Poem for Piano)
• (05) In the Night
• (06-10) Five Sketches in Sepia
• (11-20) Enfantines - ten pieces for children
• (21-24) Four Circus Pieces

István Kassai, piano
Date: 1991
Label: Marco Polo
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223288

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Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer.  Bloch's musical style does not fit easily into any of the usual categories; he studied variously with Jaques-Dalcroze, Iwan Knorr and Ludwig Thuille, as well as corresponding with Mahler and meeting Debussy. Many of his works - as can be seen from their Hebrew-inspired titles - also draw heavily on his Jewish heritage. He held several teaching appointments in the U.S., with George Antheil, Frederick Jacobi, Quincy Porter, Bernard Rogers, and Roger Sessions among his pupils.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bloch

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István Kassai (born 26 March 1959) is a Hungarian pianist. He graduated at the Budapest Liszt Academy of Music and Conservatoire Européen de Musique de Paris, studied with Pál Kadosa and Yvonne Lefébure. He also undertook several master courses, such as the one led by György Cziffra. During his career, he has won several first prizes in international competitions. Kassai made CD recordings of the complete piano works of Ernest Bloch, Ferenc Erkel, Mihály Mosonyi, Leó Weiner and Jenő Hubay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kassai
http://www.kassai-istvan.hu/

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