Artist:
Morta Grigaliunaite
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
01:42:57
Record Label:
Piano Classics
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Release Date
May 16, 2025
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Morta Grigaliunaite
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
01:42:57
Record Label:
Piano Classics
Purchase Album (click links):
CD, MP3,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
May 16, 2025
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Product Description: The only complete recorded survey of Rautavaara’s piano music: the sequel to Morta Grigaliūnaitė’s acclaimed collection of Bacewicz on Piano Classics. ‘Nothing scares the brilliant Morta Grigaliūnaitė.’ (Diapason) In her own detailed booklet essay, introducing the piano output of Einojuhani Rautavaara, Morta Grigaliūnaitė remarks that it was the otherworldly mood of works such as the Cantus Arcticus which initially drew her to the Finnish composer’s music. ‘I was equally captivated by the strength of character and unreserved virtuosity of his compositions… Rautavaara’s music… never imposes or forces itself, [it] consistently hovers between our world and the realm of the unknown.’ Not least through the global success of Cantus Arcticus, his ‘concerto for birds and orchestra’, Rautavaara remains one of the most frequently performed Finnish composers to this day, but his piano music is underappreciated in comparison.
However, over the course of a long career, Rautavaara shifted between various compositional styles which may be traced from the Bartókian folk dances of his Fiddlers suite Op.1, from 1952. Even as his language embraced greater complexity, he took inspiration from Christian themes with a cycle of piano Icons (1955) followed by the First Piano Sonata (subtitled ‘Christ and the Fisherman, from 1969), and then the Second Sonata (‘The Fire Sermon’, of 1970) In the meantime, collections of Preludes and Etudes demonstrated Rautavaara’s talent for drawing on the Romantic vocabulary of piano literature while speaking in his own language, just as Messiaen had done in the Vingt Régards. The textures often shimmer and glitter, demanding high virtuosity from the pianist and rewarding listeners with evocative tone-pictures of water, fire and light. Morta Grigaliūnaitė completes her survey with a solo-piano arrangement of Cantus Arcticus in its first recording: she remarks that the transcription by Peter Lönnqvist ‘challenges the pianist to not only engage with the utmost level of virtuosity, but also to embody the sensitivity that Rautavaara’s music requires.’
However, over the course of a long career, Rautavaara shifted between various compositional styles which may be traced from the Bartókian folk dances of his Fiddlers suite Op.1, from 1952. Even as his language embraced greater complexity, he took inspiration from Christian themes with a cycle of piano Icons (1955) followed by the First Piano Sonata (subtitled ‘Christ and the Fisherman, from 1969), and then the Second Sonata (‘The Fire Sermon’, of 1970) In the meantime, collections of Preludes and Etudes demonstrated Rautavaara’s talent for drawing on the Romantic vocabulary of piano literature while speaking in his own language, just as Messiaen had done in the Vingt Régards. The textures often shimmer and glitter, demanding high virtuosity from the pianist and rewarding listeners with evocative tone-pictures of water, fire and light. Morta Grigaliūnaitė completes her survey with a solo-piano arrangement of Cantus Arcticus in its first recording: she remarks that the transcription by Peter Lönnqvist ‘challenges the pianist to not only engage with the utmost level of virtuosity, but also to embody the sensitivity that Rautavaara’s music requires.’
TRACK LIST:
1 .
The Fiddlers, Op. 1: I. Närböläisten Braa Speli
(01:33)
2 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: II. Kopsin Jonas (01:57)
3 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: III. Jacob Könni (01:33)
4 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: IV. Klockar Samuel Dikström (01:21)
5 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: V. Pirun Polska (01:47)
6 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: Vi. Hypyt (00:54)
7 . Aleksanteri Könni (01:36)
8 . The Devil and the Drunkard (01:20)
9 . Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, the Fire Sermon: I. Molto Allegro (03:31)
10 . Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, the Fire Sermon: II. Andante Assai (04:06)
11 . Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, the Fire Sermon: III. Allegro Brutale (02:26)
12 . Icons, Op. 6: I. The Death of the Mother of God (03:44)
13 . Icons, Op. 6: II. Two Village Saints (00:49)
14 . Icons, Op. 6: III. The Black Madonna of Blakernaya (02:20)
15 . Icons, Op. 6: IV. The Baptism of Christ (02:50)
16 . Icons, Op. 6: V. The Holy Women of the Sepulchre (01:35)
17 . Icons, Op. 6: Vi. Archangel Michael Fighting the Antichrist (01:05)
18 . 3 .Symmetric Preludes: I. (01:01)
19 . 3 .Symmetric Preludes: II. (01:46)
20 . 3 .Symmetric Preludes: III. (00:55)
21 . Narcissus (05:17)
22 . Fuoco (01:31)
23 . Passionale (03:45)
24 . Etudes, Op. 42: I. Thirds (03:14)
25 . Etudes, Op. 42: II. Sevenths (01:08)
26 . Etudes, Op. 42: III. Tritones (01:09)
27 . Etudes, Op. 42: IV. Fourths (02:11)
28 . Etudes, Op. 42: V. Seconds (03:31)
29 . Etudes, Op. 42: Vi. Fifths (00:58)
30 . Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 50, Christus Und Die Fischer: I. (03:37)
31 . Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 50, Christus Und Die Fischer: II. (01:35)
32 . Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 50, Christus Und Die Fischer: III. (02:13)
33 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: I. Elastically Hammering (00:39)
34 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: II. Slowly Enough (02:13)
35 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: III. Nervously but in Rhythm (00:39)
36 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: IV. Choral and Variation (02:23)
37 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: V. Fugato (00:46)
38 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: Vi. Shivering (01:57)
39 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: VII. Alla Finale (01:33)
40 . Mirroring (04:02)
41 . Partita, Op. 34: I. (00:45)
42 . Partita, Op. 34: II. (01:18)
43 . Partita, Op. 34: III. (00:54)
44 . Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 .(Arr. Peter Lönnqvist): I. The Bog (06:45)
45 . Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 .(Arr. Peter Lönnqvist): II. Melancholy (03:46)
46 .Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 .(Arr. Peter Lönnqvist): III. Swans Migrating (07:29)
2 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: II. Kopsin Jonas (01:57)
3 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: III. Jacob Könni (01:33)
4 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: IV. Klockar Samuel Dikström (01:21)
5 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: V. Pirun Polska (01:47)
6 . The Fiddlers, Op. 1: Vi. Hypyt (00:54)
7 . Aleksanteri Könni (01:36)
8 . The Devil and the Drunkard (01:20)
9 . Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, the Fire Sermon: I. Molto Allegro (03:31)
10 . Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, the Fire Sermon: II. Andante Assai (04:06)
11 . Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, the Fire Sermon: III. Allegro Brutale (02:26)
12 . Icons, Op. 6: I. The Death of the Mother of God (03:44)
13 . Icons, Op. 6: II. Two Village Saints (00:49)
14 . Icons, Op. 6: III. The Black Madonna of Blakernaya (02:20)
15 . Icons, Op. 6: IV. The Baptism of Christ (02:50)
16 . Icons, Op. 6: V. The Holy Women of the Sepulchre (01:35)
17 . Icons, Op. 6: Vi. Archangel Michael Fighting the Antichrist (01:05)
18 . 3 .Symmetric Preludes: I. (01:01)
19 . 3 .Symmetric Preludes: II. (01:46)
20 . 3 .Symmetric Preludes: III. (00:55)
21 . Narcissus (05:17)
22 . Fuoco (01:31)
23 . Passionale (03:45)
24 . Etudes, Op. 42: I. Thirds (03:14)
25 . Etudes, Op. 42: II. Sevenths (01:08)
26 . Etudes, Op. 42: III. Tritones (01:09)
27 . Etudes, Op. 42: IV. Fourths (02:11)
28 . Etudes, Op. 42: V. Seconds (03:31)
29 . Etudes, Op. 42: Vi. Fifths (00:58)
30 . Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 50, Christus Und Die Fischer: I. (03:37)
31 . Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 50, Christus Und Die Fischer: II. (01:35)
32 . Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 50, Christus Und Die Fischer: III. (02:13)
33 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: I. Elastically Hammering (00:39)
34 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: II. Slowly Enough (02:13)
35 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: III. Nervously but in Rhythm (00:39)
36 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: IV. Choral and Variation (02:23)
37 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: V. Fugato (00:46)
38 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: Vi. Shivering (01:57)
39 . 7 .Preludes for Piano, Op. 7: VII. Alla Finale (01:33)
40 . Mirroring (04:02)
41 . Partita, Op. 34: I. (00:45)
42 . Partita, Op. 34: II. (01:18)
43 . Partita, Op. 34: III. (00:54)
44 . Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 .(Arr. Peter Lönnqvist): I. The Bog (06:45)
45 . Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 .(Arr. Peter Lönnqvist): II. Melancholy (03:46)
46 .Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 .(Arr. Peter Lönnqvist): III. Swans Migrating (07:29)
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