Arthur Sergeyevich Lourie was a Russian composer who later adapted the stage name Arthur Vincent in honor of Arthur Schopenhauer and Vincent van Gogh. This highly complex, exciting music, in the hands of a veritable master of the keyboard, Benedikt Koehlen, whose recording of the entire piano works of Karl Amadeus Hartmann on the Telos label has retained benchmark status.

Tracklist:

4 Poemes: No. 1. Spleen
4 Poemes: No. 2. Caprices
4 Poemes: No. 3. Autoportrait
4 Poemes: No. 4. Ironies
Sintezi (Syntheses): No. 1. Lent
Sintezi (Syntheses): No. 2. Moderement Anime
Sintezi (Syntheses): No. 3. Vite (Aigu)
Sintezi (Syntheses): No. 4. Assez Vite, Mais Toujours Mesure
Sintezi (Syntheses): No. 5. Mesure
Formes En L'air: No. 1. —
Formes En L'air: No. 2. —
Formes En L'air: No. 3. —
Upman - A Smoking Sketch
Concertino For String Quartet (Arr. A. Lourie For Piano)
Symphonies Of Wind Instruments (Arr. A. Lourie For Piano)
Toccata
Valse
Marche
Gigue

UPC: 881488001341
Label: Telos Records
Release Date: 9.25.12
Format: CD

K.A. HARTMANN - Complete Piano Works (CD)