Xaver Scharwenka - Piano Music Vol. 2 (Seta Tanyel)

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Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

• (01-04) Romanzero, Op. 33
• (05-07) Sonatine in E minor, Op. 52 No. 1
• (08-09) Two Polish Dances, Op. 29
• (10-13) Piano Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 36

Seta Tanyel, piano
Date: 1992
Label: Hyperion (Originally issued on Collins13522)
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDH55132

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Review

It is good of Hyperion to reissue these fine piano recordings of Seta Tanyel's performances relating to Mozkowski and Scharwenka from the now defunct Collins Classics label. This is the second volume in the series devoted to Scharwenka and contains some fine works such as the exquisite Piano Sonata #2 Op. 36. This shows the composer's cosmopolitan instincts at their brilliant best and also demonstrates the utter spellbinding virtuosity that appertains to Tanyel's playing; she certainly understands the idiom hands down on all counts!

I also enjoyed the 'Romanzero', a four-movement work that is a sonata in all but name with an especially bombastic Allegro that concludes the work in true heroic fashion. The exquisite Sonatine and the thub-thumping Polish Dances are also very fine. Collins' recording was always of the highest order and the new presentation and price makes this collection an outstanding bargain for all pianophiles.

-- Gerald Fenech, Classical Net

More reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/Scharwenka-Piano-Music-Vol-2-Xaver/dp/B00006GO6G

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Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850 – 8 December 1924) was a German-Polish pianist, composer and teacher of Bohemian-Polish descent. As a pianist, he was a renowned interpreter of the music of Frédéric Chopin and was praised for the beauty of his tone. Scharwenka's own compositions include an opera (Mataswintha), a symphony, four piano concertos, chamber music (all with piano part) and numerous piano pieces. His piano idiom somewhat resembles Schumann and Rachmaninoff. He was the brother of Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917), who was also a composer and teacher of music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaver_Scharwenka

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Born in Istanbul of Armenian parentage, Seta Tanyel studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik with Dieter Weber and Bruno Seidlhofer, and in London with Louis Kentner. She was a major prizewinner at the 1973 Beethoven Competition and the 1974 Arthur Rubinstein Competition. Acclaimed as much for her distinguished performances of the core repertoire as for her consistent championing of the works of lesser-known composers, Tanyel has excited much attention from audiences around the world. She has received countless critical accolades for her recordings on the Chandos, Collins Classics and Hyperion labels.
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A140

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