Juon: Piano Music, Vol. 1 Rodolfo Ritter

• Paul Juon (1872-1940): 4 Stücke, Op. 65:
• 1 No. 1, Heitere Weise 02:04
• 2 No. 2, Schlummerlied 03:36
• 3 No. 3, Exotisches Intermezzo 03:43
• 4 No. 4, Tanz 03:12
• 12 Impromptus, Op. 30 "Intime Harmonieen":
• 5 No. 1, Wogen 04:23
• 6 No. 2, Episode 01:40
• 7 No. 3, Elfchen 01:58
• 8 No. 4, Romantisches Wiegenlied 03:43
• 9 No. 5, Sonderbare Humoreske 02:37
• 10 No. 6, Intermezzo 01:54
• 11 No. 7, Es geht die Sage 02:08
• 12 No. 8, Kleine Tarantelle 02:21
• 13 No. 9, Sphinx 03:50
• 14 No. 10, Narretei 01:47
• 15 No. 11, Ruhige Liebe 03:29
• 16 No. 12, Zu Grabe tragen 04:50
• Moments lyriques, Op. 56:
• 17 No. 1, Menuet 03:23
• 18 No. 2, Élégie 03:00
• 19 No. 3, Intermezzo 01:59
• 20 No. 4, Intimité 04:49
• 21 No. 5, Bagatelle 01:34
• 22 No. 6, Nostalgie 02:48
• 23 No. 7, Étude 02:31
• 24 No. 8, Berceuse 03:23
• 25 No. 9, Cortège 04:06
• Total Runtime 01:14:48

Info for Juon: Piano Music, Vol. 1

The Russian-born German-Swiss composer Paul Juon (1872-1940) produced a generous amount of piano music - no fewer than 35 opus numbers. That has yet to be explored in great details. This first installment of the first-every survey of his piano music reveals a composer close to his Russian roots but also alive to the music of his own time. His style has much in common with Medtner and Rachmaninov, both friends from student days, but with a harmonic freedom that suggests Debussy. His inventive use of rhythm calls on folk influences from Azerbaijan, Armenia and elsewhere. This album is the first of a series of collaborations between Toccata Classics and Mexican musicians. The Mexican pianist Rodolfo Ritter is a frequent soloist with mos tof the major Mexican orchestras, performing the complete piano concertos of Bartok, Brhams, Brachmaninov, Shostakovich and Stravinsky, as well as less-well-known concertos by Martinu, Miguel Galvez-Taroncher and Xavier Scharwenka, alongside the world premieres of the Second Piano Concerto by Manuel Ponce, the Ricardo Castro Piano Concerto and the Second and Third Piano Concertos by Gonzalo Curiel, works which he has also recorded.

Rodolfo Ritter, piano

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