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Saturday, March 24, 2018

Xaver Scharwenka - Piano Music Vol. 3 (Seta Tanyel)


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Composer: Xaver Scharwenka
  • (01-04) Four Polish Dances, Op. 58
  • (05) Scherzo in G major, Op. 4
  • (06) Barcarolle in E minor, Op. 14
  • (07-08) Novelette und Melodie, Op. 22
  • (09-24) Variations for piano, Op. 48

Seta Tanyel, piano
Date: 1992 (Originally issued on Collins13652)
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDH55133

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Review

Seta Tanyel's famous Collins recordings of Scharwenka's piano music have thankfully been resurrected on the Hyperion Helios label and they do make great bargains from all aspects.

This third volume contains several great works that demonstrate the prowess of Tanyel, an alluring pianist to say the least. She brings definite charm and mystery to the evocative Polish Dances whilst the Variations are also despatched with consummate ease.

Although many lament the now defunct Collins label (One of my first review assignments included this disc in its original guise), Hyperion are to be congratulated for saving this series from oblivion as they have done with the Moskowski issues. If you didn't get them first time round, grab them as they are too good to miss!

-- Gerald Fenech, Classical Net

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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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