Nursery Song Variations, Symphonic Minutes, Suite : Nebolsin(P)Falletta / Buffalo Philharmonic

ERNO VON DOHNANYI (1877-1960)

Symphonic Minutes, Op. 36 (1933)
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25 (1914)*
Suite in F sharp minor, Op. 19 (1908-09)

Eldar Nebolsin (piano)*
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta, conductor

Recorded at Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA, 2008, 2009

Erno von Dohnanyi had a long career as an important composer, pianist and teacher. Deeply indebted to the Germanic Romantic tradition, the works on this disc showcase his love of scintillating orchestral tone-colour - notably of brass, wind and percussion - and his fascination with Classical forms such as the variation. His Variations on a Nursery Song traverses several musical styles in a tour de force of good-humoured virtuosity, while the Symphonic Minutes and the Suite in F sharp minor cultivate a lush, romantic mood with characteristic dashes of suavity. ( NAXOS )