Schulhoff: Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Fünf Pittoresken • Sonata No. 2 • Zwei Klavierstücke • Musik für Klavier • Esquisses de Jazz) - Caroline Weichert

Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff assimilated the influence of Jazz with genuinely distinctive results. The Fünf Pittoresken absorb both Dada and Scott Joplin whilst more classicist influences, such as Ravel, suffuse the Second Piano Sonata. Esquisses de Jazz (1927) is perhaps his most outstanding Jazz-influenced piece – a perfect synthesis of dance rhythms, wit and irony.

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

Tracklist
 
5 Pittoresken, Op. 31 (1921) (00:18:10 )
1
No. 1. Foxtrott (00:02:38)
2
No. 2. Ragtime (00:02:59)
3
No. 3. In futurum (00:01:25)
4
No. 4. One-Step (00:02:13)
5
No. 5. Maxixe (00:04:10)
 
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1926) (00:15:56 )
6
I. Allegretto con moto (00:06:12)
7
II. Allegro giocoso (00:01:49)
8
III. Andante cantabile e rubato (00:04:16)
9
IV. Finale: Allegro moderato (00:03:50)
 
2 Studien (1936) (00:06:46 )
10
No. 1. Optimistische Komposition (00:03:20)
11
No. 2. Den tschechischen Arbeitern (00:03:41)
 
Musik für Klavier, Op. 35 (1920) (00:17:18 )
12
I. Vorspiel (00:01:56)
13
II. Thema mit variationen (00:09:49)
14
III. Vivo e giocoso (00:01:44)
15
IV. Nachspiel (00:03:59)
 
Esquisses de jazz (1927) (00:09:00 )
16
No. 1. Rag (00:02:16)
17
No. 2. Boston (00:03:33)
18
No. 3. Tango (00:01:36)
19
No. 4. Blues (00:01:29)
20
No. 5. Charleston (00:01:13)
21
No. 6. Black bottom (00:01:57)