Habermann plays Sorabji

Michael Habermann (piano)

British Music Society: BMS427-429 (3CDs) (2004)

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Cd cover image Habermann plays Sorabji

Duration: 197:54

Comments: Reissue of all of Habermann’s earlier recordings (except the BIS CD of transcriptions).

Track listing

  • Track 1: Two Piano Pieces In the Hothouse (6:05)
  • Track 2: Two Piano Pieces Toccata (3:33)
  • Track 3: Fantaisie Espagnole (15:13)
  • Track 4: Valse-Fantaisie (Hommage à Johann Strauss) (15:22)
  • Track 5: Three Pastiches for piano Pastiche on Hindu Merchant’s Song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko (4:05)
  • Track 6: Three Pastiches for piano Pastiche on the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen (4:38)
  • Track 7: Three Pastiches for piano Pastiche on Chopin’s Waltz op.64 no.1 (4:13)
  • Track 9: Le Jardin Parfumé (19:05)
  • Track 10: Nocturne: Djâmi (22:12)
  • Track 11: Gulistān (29:32)
  • Track 12: Opus Clavicembalisticum Introito and Preludio-Corale (13:15)
  • Track 13-15: Prelude, Interlude and Fugue (15:00)
  • Track 13: Prelude (3:13)
  • Track 14: Interlude (5:44)
  • Track 15: Fugue (6:03)
  • Track 16: Fragment final version (2:47)
  • Track 17: Fantasiettina sul nome illustre dell’egregio poeta Christopher Grieve ossia Hugh M’Diarmid (2:37)
  • Track 18: Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora (16:49)
  • Track 19: St Bertrand de Comminges (20:20)

Reviews

  • “Habermann performs extraordinary technical and musical feats: these discs are a must for anyone interested in post-Romantic piano music.” (BBC Music Magazine)
  • “… there can be no doubting the extent of Habermann’s sympathies, nor the depth of his insight.” (Gramophone)
  • “(Habermann) has internalized this composer’s daunting aesthetic to unprecedented and possibly unsurpassed degrees.” (International Record Review)
  • “An essential set … to explore some of the most amazing pianistic composition of the 20th century.” (International Piano)
  • “Habermann is a splendid exponent of the pyrotechnical wizardry and the richness of these scores.” (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)