Harsányi: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Giorgio Koukl

The Hungarian-born composer Tibor Harsányi is now recognised as an important personality in ‘L’École de Paris’. He had a lifelong interest in modern dance, represented here by the Petite suite and Trois Pièces de danse, and he also embraced jazz, which was part of the Parisian atmosphere of the inter-war period, and other influences, while keeping the Central European rhythms and tonalities of his Hungarian origins. The Trois Pièces lyriques is a rare example of Harsányi expressing torment during the turbulent years of the Second World War.

This recording was made on a modern instrument: Steinway, Model D

Tracklist
 
3 pièces lyriques (1944) (00:14:00 )
1
No. 1. Moderato cantabile con molto espressione (00:04:05)
2
No. 2. Allegro poco agitato (00:06:07)
3
No. 3. Andante semplice (00:03:50)
 
3 pièces de danse (1928) (00:07:00 )
4
No. 1. Mouvement de Tango (00:02:22)
5
No. 2. Mouvement de Boston (00:03:30)
6
No. 3. Mouvement de Fox-trot (00:02:22)
 
Suite brève (1930) (00:08:00 )
7
I. Mouvement de Fox-trot (00:01:41)
8
II. Andante (00:01:38)
9
III. Presto (00:01:12)
10
IV. Mouvement de blue (00:01:59)
11
V. Vivace (00:01:30)
 
Petite suite de danses (1926) (00:12:00 )
12
I. Jeu (00:01:51)
13
II. Intimité (00:02:11)
14
III. Démence (00:03:00)
15
IV. Un Portrait (00:01:46)
16
V. Fête (00:03:12)
17
Étude (1952) (1929) (00:00:46)
 
Rythmes, 5 inventions pour piano (1929) (00:06:00 )
18
No. 1. Allegretto (00:01:17)
19
No. 2. Allegretto scherzando (00:00:45)
20
No. 3. Allegretto ma non troppo (00:00:57)
21
No. 4. Allegretto ritmato (00:01:37)
22
No. 5. Allegretto (00:01:09)
 
12 petites pièces (1927) (00:15:00 )
23
No. 1. Prélude (00:00:58)
24
No. 2. Valse (00:01:57)
25
No. 3. Mélodie (00:00:50)
26
No. 4. Marche (00:01:53)
27
No. 5. Danse (00:01:13)
28
No. 6. Chant (00:00:55)
29
No. 7. Gavotte (00:01:06)
30
No. 8. Forlane (00:01:35)
31
No. 9. Étude (00:00:52)
32
No. 10. Menuette (00:00:50)
33
No. 11. Berceuse (00:01:28)
34
No. 12. Danse paysanne (00:01:41)
35
Improvisation sur la chanson Je vais revoir ma Normandie () (00:02:25)
36
13 Danses: Fox-Trot (1929) (00:02:04)
37
Valse, Op. 2 () (00:03:01)