Janacek / Martinu / Kabelac - Piano Works | Supraphon SU39452

Janacek / Martinu / Kabelac - Piano Works

Label: Supraphon

Cat No: SU39452

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 1st December 2008

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About

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 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 Preludes originated at about the same time as Bohuslav Martinů’s Sonata.

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 in 2007 at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jiří Bělohlávek, Ivo Kahánek introduces himself on this CD as an extraordinary talent on the threshold of greatness.

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