Krzysztof Meyer's interest in the piano stemmed from a fairly obvious source: he has been playing the instrument since his childhood, and then well enough to perform in public as a pianist. No wonder that the first performer of the Preludes was the composer. First, he recorded them in the studio of the West Berlin RIAS radio (it was released on a longplay soon after), and on 17 May 1979 he performed the whole at the festival in Stalowa Wola - the one where the next generation of composers was in the process of parting ways with the "Polish school" and declared their return to tradition, often Romantic. However, Meyer's preludes are not neo-post-Romantic music. Quite the contrary. Their harmony is rather austere, closer to the tradition of young Prokofiev and BartÃ³k. Approach to the piano - in the spirit of Stravinsky, who saw it as a percussion instrument rather than one predestined to sing cantilenas. We invite you to listen to the album of an excellent interpreter of Krzysztof Meyer's music - Marek Szlezer. It will be a great opportunity to confront the original specifics of Meyer's style with much more widespread cycles of piano preludes.

Tracklist:

24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 1, Quarter Note Equals 60
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 2, Liberamente
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 3, Quarter Note Equals 72
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 4, Quarter Note Equals 88
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 5, Quarter Note Equals 52
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 6, Quarter Note Equals 96
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 7, Lento
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 8, Quarter Note Equals 56
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 9, Quarter Note Equals 72
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 10, Quarter Note Equals 120
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 11, Quarter Note Equals 104
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 12, Quarter Note Equals 56
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 13, Eighth Note Equals 126
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 14, Quarter Note Equals 50
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 15, Quarter Note Equals 92
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 16, Quarter Note Equals 66
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 17, Eighth Note Equals 80
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 18, Quarter Note Equals 72
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 19, Quarter Note Equals 104
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 20, Quarter Note Equals 88
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 21, Quarter Note Equals 56
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 22, Quarter Note Equals 100
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 23, Quarter Note Equals 52
24 Preludes, Op. 43: No. 24, Eighth Note Equals 144

UPC: 5902547016092
Label: Dux Recording Prod.
Release Date: 8.7.20
Format: CD

Meyer / Szlezer - Piano Works 3 (CD)