Diary, Seven Pieces, piano

Diary, Sieben Stücke für Klavier

With his five piano concertos, sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most prominent composers for piano of our time. A gifted pianist, he has given the first performances of most of his works himself. With the seven pieces in this Journal Shchedrin has created a cycle for piano reflecting his own life as a composer and pianist. These are remarkable confessions by the Russian musician who wrote his first major compositions as a twenty year-old student at the Moscow Conservatoire and who has been greatly involved in the international music scene in the post-soviet era. Using modern composition techniques the work combines traditional and modern forms in jottings that are like diary entries - a musical autobiography in miniature.

CONTENIDO:

I Sostenuto assai
II L'istesso tempo
III Allegretto moderato (in ritmo)
IV Allegro, ma non troppo
V Lento, sempre poco rubato
VI Presto leggiero
VII Sostenuto alla campane