Laura Mikkola - Einar Englund: Complete Music for Solo Piano [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Einar Englund (1916x9699) was not only one of Finlandx92s major symphonists; he was also one of his countryx92s most important pianists. He was destined for a virtuoso career until he damaged a finger as a soldier in the Battle of Bengtskjxe4r in the x91Finnish Continuation Warx92 in 1941 x96 but when he later discovered the bullet holes in his beret, he realised he had had a lucky escape! Englund wrote surprisingly little for his own instrument, but the works he did produce glitter with a Prokofievan steely strength and textural clarity. They are also animated with the ironic humour that was typical of the composer himself. The pianist here is one of Finlandx92s finest musicians, Laura Mikkola. The booklet essay is by Christian Holmqvist, Englundx92s biographer, and is followed bya personal reminiscence of Einar Englund by Martin Anderson, founder of Toccata Classics. Laura Mikkola studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. She has been the recipient of many awards, among them second prize in the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels and the public prize (1995), first prize in the Maj Lind Competition in Helsinki (1992) and first prize in the Maurice Ravel Piano Competition in France (1988). She was awarded the Finland Prize for Young Artist in 1995. Now a major international artist, she has a repertoire which includes no fewer than 64 concertos. For Toccata Classics she recorded an album of David Matthewsx92 piano music.

Prelude

Fughetta

I. Allegro Con Brio

II. Andante

III. Vivace

Preludium

Pavane. Adagio

Toccata. Allegro Marcato

Humoresque

Little Toccata

Sicilienne

What the Hens Tell

The Goblin

Scherzino

Prelude I (Notturno)

I. Allegro Con Brio

II. Sicilienne

III. Scherzo - Finale

No. 1. Dance of Sinuhe

No. 2. Dance of Nefer

No. 3. Sinuhe and Nefer-Nefer

No. 4. Dance of Kaptah and the Girls

No. 5. The War Dance of Horemheb

Introduzione

Toccata

I. Introduzione Ed Allegro

II. Notturno

III. Scherzo - Finale

The Lauttasaari Rotary Club Festive March

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5060113443564

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