By far the largest collection of concert etudes in the known repertoire, Kaikhosru Sorabji's set of 100 Transcendental Studies, composed between 1940 and 1944, has a total duration of more than eight hours. On five previous discs, the Swedish pianist (and neuroscientist) Fredrik Ullen has introduced the first 83 etudes to a wider audience, the large majority of them appearing on disc for the first time. Now, 15 years after the release of the first volume comes the final installment, a 2-album set with the last 17 studies. In his own liner notes, Ullen describes the experience of learning and recording the collection: 'From the F sharp minor of Study 1 to the F sharp minor chord concluding Study 100: traversing Sorabji's Transcendental Studies has been somewhat like joining a comet following a long eccentric orbit through pianistic outer space, and finally returning back to mother earth.'

Tracklist:

100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 84, Tango Habanera
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 85, -
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 86, Adagietto
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 87, Studio Gammatico
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 88, -
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 89, Chopsticks
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 90, -
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 91, Volante Leggiero
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 92, Legato Possibile
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 93, Leggiero, Saltando
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 94, Ornaments
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 95, -
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 96, -
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 97, -
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 98, Staccato E Vivace
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 99, Quasi Fantasia
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 100a, Coda-Finale. Fuga A 5 Soggetti, Parte Prima A 2 Voci
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 100b, Coda-Finale. Fuga A 5 Soggetti, Secondo Soggetto A 3 Voci
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 100c, Coda-Finale. Fuga A 5 Soggetti, Terzo Soggetto A 4 Voci
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 100d, Coda-Finale. Fuga A 5 Soggetti, Quarto Soggetto A 5 Voci
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 100e, Coda-Finale. Fuga A 5 Soggetti, Quinto Soggetto A 6 Voci
100 Transcendental Studies, Kss 66 (Excerpts): No. 100f, Coda-Finale. Fuga A 5 Soggetti, Stretto Maestrale

UPC: 7318590024331
Label: Bis
Release Date: 1.1.21
Format: CD

Fredrik Ullén - 100 Transcendental Studies (2 CD)