Marc-André Hamelin - Leo Ornstein: Piano Music (2002)
BAND/ARTIST: Marc-André Hamelin
- Title: Leo Ornstein: Piano Music
- Year Of Release: 2002
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:17:16
- Total Size: 248 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Ornstein: Suicide in an Airplane
02. Ornstein: À la Chinoise, Op. 39
03. Ornstein: Danse sauvage, Op. 13 No. 2
04. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: I. No Man's Land. Andante espressivo
05. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: II. The Sower of Despair. Moderato
06. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: III. The Orient in Flanders. Andantino, molto espressivo
07. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: IV. The Wrath of the Despoiled. Sostenuto, molto appassionato
08. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: V. Night Brooding over the Battlefield. Moderato e misterioso
09. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: VI. A Dirge of the Trenches. Lento
10. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: VII. Song Behind the Lines. Andante con moto e malinconioso
11. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: VIII. The Battle. Allegro e molto appassionato
12. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: IX. Army at Prayer. Allegro, ma non troppo
13. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: X. Dance of the Dead. Vivo, con fuoco
14. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: I. The Isle of Elephantine
15. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: II. Primal Echo
16. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: III. Chant of Hindoo Priests
17. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: IV. Shadowed Waters
18. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: V. A Melancholy Landscape
19. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: VI. Pompeian Fresco
20. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: VII. Passion
21. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: VIII. Les basoches
22. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: IX. The Wailing and Raging Wind
23. Ornstein: Impressions de la Tamise, Op. 13 No. 1
24. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: I. Life's Turmoil and a Few Bits of Satire
25. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IIa. A Trip to the Attic – A Tear or Two for a Childhood Forever Gone. The Bugler
26. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IIb. A Lament for a Lost Boy
27. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IIc. A Half-Mutilated Cradle – Berceuse
28. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IId. First Carousel Ride and Sounds of a Hurdy-Gurdy
When Leo Ornstein died in February 2002, the musical world lost a fascinating composer, quite possibly the oldest of all time (the year of his birth is uncertain, but he was probably 109 years old). Ornstein had an extraordinary life: he was a child-prodigy pianist in his native Russia, a refugee from anti-Semitism, an avant garde American composer and a virtuoso pianist of international renown in his early twenties. However, at the height of his fame he voluntarily turned his back on the limelight and took sanctuary in increasing obscurity, and having been almost entirely forgotten, he lived long enough to take satisfaction in the re-emergence of an interest in his music—of which this CD is early testimony.
Ornstein's early piano works were unlike anything else in music. He employed the piano as a percussion instrument, pounding out savage rhythms and ferocious cluster-chords with a raw primal energy. He embraced atonality independently of Schoenberg and rhythmic primitivism unaware of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The titles of his pieces—among them Danse sauvage and Suicide in an Airplane—reflected the extremist brutality of the music and rapidly gained him notoriety. By his early twenties he was one of the most highly reputed of contemporary composers.
The music on this CD comes from each end of Ornstein's improbably long creative career. The shorter works were written at its outset, while the large-scale, kaleidoscopic Eighth Piano Sonata, his last composition, was finished in September 1990, when he was in his late nineties.
The ever-inquisitive Marc-André Hamelin gives commanding performances of these supremely demanding works. The result is a stunning disc that reveals one of the twentieth century's most original and quirkily imaginative creative minds.
01. Ornstein: Suicide in an Airplane
02. Ornstein: À la Chinoise, Op. 39
03. Ornstein: Danse sauvage, Op. 13 No. 2
04. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: I. No Man's Land. Andante espressivo
05. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: II. The Sower of Despair. Moderato
06. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: III. The Orient in Flanders. Andantino, molto espressivo
07. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: IV. The Wrath of the Despoiled. Sostenuto, molto appassionato
08. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: V. Night Brooding over the Battlefield. Moderato e misterioso
09. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: VI. A Dirge of the Trenches. Lento
10. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: VII. Song Behind the Lines. Andante con moto e malinconioso
11. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: VIII. The Battle. Allegro e molto appassionato
12. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: IX. Army at Prayer. Allegro, ma non troppo
13. Ornstein: Poems of 1917, Op. 41: X. Dance of the Dead. Vivo, con fuoco
14. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: I. The Isle of Elephantine
15. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: II. Primal Echo
16. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: III. Chant of Hindoo Priests
17. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: IV. Shadowed Waters
18. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: V. A Melancholy Landscape
19. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: VI. Pompeian Fresco
20. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: VII. Passion
21. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: VIII. Les basoches
22. Ornstein: Arabesques, Op. 42: IX. The Wailing and Raging Wind
23. Ornstein: Impressions de la Tamise, Op. 13 No. 1
24. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: I. Life's Turmoil and a Few Bits of Satire
25. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IIa. A Trip to the Attic – A Tear or Two for a Childhood Forever Gone. The Bugler
26. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IIb. A Lament for a Lost Boy
27. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IIc. A Half-Mutilated Cradle – Berceuse
28. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No. 8: IId. First Carousel Ride and Sounds of a Hurdy-Gurdy
When Leo Ornstein died in February 2002, the musical world lost a fascinating composer, quite possibly the oldest of all time (the year of his birth is uncertain, but he was probably 109 years old). Ornstein had an extraordinary life: he was a child-prodigy pianist in his native Russia, a refugee from anti-Semitism, an avant garde American composer and a virtuoso pianist of international renown in his early twenties. However, at the height of his fame he voluntarily turned his back on the limelight and took sanctuary in increasing obscurity, and having been almost entirely forgotten, he lived long enough to take satisfaction in the re-emergence of an interest in his music—of which this CD is early testimony.
Ornstein's early piano works were unlike anything else in music. He employed the piano as a percussion instrument, pounding out savage rhythms and ferocious cluster-chords with a raw primal energy. He embraced atonality independently of Schoenberg and rhythmic primitivism unaware of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The titles of his pieces—among them Danse sauvage and Suicide in an Airplane—reflected the extremist brutality of the music and rapidly gained him notoriety. By his early twenties he was one of the most highly reputed of contemporary composers.
The music on this CD comes from each end of Ornstein's improbably long creative career. The shorter works were written at its outset, while the large-scale, kaleidoscopic Eighth Piano Sonata, his last composition, was finished in September 1990, when he was in his late nineties.
The ever-inquisitive Marc-André Hamelin gives commanding performances of these supremely demanding works. The result is a stunning disc that reveals one of the twentieth century's most original and quirkily imaginative creative minds.
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