Complete Solo Piano Works Vol.1 : Roscoe

Dohnanyi：The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol.1

Four Rhapsodies, Op. 11
Winterreigen, Op. 13
Pastorale
3 Singular Pieces, Op. 44
Coppelia Waltz

Martin Roscoe, piano

Recording details: February 2011, Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Produced by Jeremy Hayes
Engineered by Ben Connellan

Erno Dohnanyi was one of the most extraordinary polymaths in musical history: director of the Franz Liszt Academy, conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, music director of Hungarian Radio, he was also revered as a teacher - anyone who was anyone in Hungary was taught by him, not least Georg Solti. Dohnanyi was also one of the finest pianists of his generation. As a pianist-composer his music grew out of the tradition of both Liszt, his compatriot, and Brahms, but his command of instrumental colour and rhythmic elan is all his own.

This volume, the first of a complete survey from Martin Roscoe, encompasses nearly half a century of Dohnanyi’s composing life, from the trenchant virtuosity of the Four Rhapsodies to the wit of the late Three Singular Pieces.

Martin Roscoe’s previous recordings for Hyperion reflect his eclectic interests, from Bach transcriptions to the complete piano music of Nielsen and no fewer than four volumes in the Romantic Piano Concerto series. ( Hyperion )