Eight Preludes for Piano, Op. 30

Preludio corale. Allegro


  • Recorded: 23rd June 2008
  • Record Place: The Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum, Prague
  • First Release: 2008
  • (P) 2008 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Chamber Music

Artists

  • music by: Miloslav Kabeláč
  • piano: Ivo Kahánek

Album

Ivo Kahánek

Janáček: Sonata 1905, Three Fugues - Kabeláč: Eight Preludes - Martinů: Sonata

Catalogue Number: SU 3945-2
Published: 29th August 2008
Genre: Chamber Music
Format: 1 CD
Ivo Kahánek, winner of the Prague Spring international competition and one of the most outstanding young Czech pianists, has chosen for his solo debut with Supraphon - and not by chance - works by Janáček, Martinů and Kabeláč. The sonatas of the first two composers form one of the pillars of 20th-century Czech sonata creation, while Miloslav Kabeláč's unjustly overlooked preludesoriginated at about the same time as Bohuslav Martinů's Sonata. In addition, we have previously encountered the mentioned trio of composers on Kahánek's joint recording with the cellist Tomáš Jamník (SU 3928-2), which has met with great acclaim. The selected repertoire affords the pianist great scope for his own interpretational input, play with timbre, articulation and wide dynamic range. Ivo Kahánek makes use of this space to the full, in his own individual manner yet with a sense of the work's integrity. As a bonus, the listener has the very first opportunity to hear early Janáček works: three fugues until recently considered lost. Following his well-received debut last year at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of JiříBělohlávek, Ivo Kahánek introduces himself on this CD as an extraordinary talent on the threshold of greatness.


Resounding in Ivo Kahánek's Janáček and Martinů are a wide scale of unexpected timbres and tones.
Leoš Janáček
Piano Sonata in E flat minor 1. X. 1905 From the Street
1. The Presentiment. Con moto 05:23
2. Death. Adagio 07:23
Miloslav Kabeláč
Eight Preludes for Piano, Op. 30
3. Preludio ostinato. Con moto eguale 02:30
4. Preludio meditativo. Moderato meditativo 03:31
5. Preludio sognante. Moderato sfumato 01:44
6. Preludio corale. Allegro 05:08
7. Preludio notturno. Adagio. Dellicatamente 04:05
8. Preludio volante. Prestissimo 02:11
9. Preludio arioso. Molto lento 04:04
10. Preludio impetuoso. Maestoso 03:59
Bohuslav Martinů
Sonata for Piano No. 1, H. 350
11. Poco allegro 05:23
12. Moderato. Poco andante 08:10
13. Adagio. Poco allegro 05:09
Leoš Janáček
Three fugues
14. Fuga in G minor. Allegro 01:42
15. Fuga in A minor. Moderato 02:13
16. Fuga in A major. Moderato 06:01