GP705 7 47313 97052 0 ENESCU: COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO • 1 ENESCU: COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO • 1 GEORGE ENESCU COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO • 1 This first of three discs devoted to George Enescu’s piano music presents three significant pieces. Indebted to Romanian folk music and in three large sections, the ruminative yet striking Nocturne in D flat is a work of shifting sonorities and moods. The Pièces impromptues, Op. 18 are independent, unrelated character pieces that illuminate once again the composer’s fascination with the indigenous music of Romania. The Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 24, No. 1 is – by contrast – a massive statement characterised by harmonic surprises, innovative techniques, insistent rhythms and, in the final, slow movement, the doina, a type of Romanian song at once contemplative, nostalgic and melancholic. JOSU DE SOLAUN Winner of the George Enescu International Piano Competition 2014 GP705 GP705 ℗ & © 2016 HNH International Ltd. Manufactured in Germany. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording is prohibited. Booklet notes in English and French. Distributed by Naxos. 1 NOCTURNE IN D FLAT MAJOR, ‘HOMMAGE À LA PRINCESSE MARIE CANTACUZÈNE’ (1907) 19:07 2-8 PIÈCES IMPROMPTUES, OP. 18 (1916) 36:36 9-! PIANO SONATA NO. 1 IN F SHARP MINOR, OP. 24, NO. 1 (1924) 23:23 TOTAL TIME: 79:06

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Page 1: COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO • 1 · 1 nocturne in d flat major, ‘hommage À la princesse marie cantacuzÈne’ (1907) 19:07 2-8 piÈces impromptues, op. 18 (1916) 36:36 9-! piano

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GEORGE ENESCU COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO • 1

This first of three discs devoted to George Enescu’s piano music presents three significant pieces. Indebted to Romanian folk music and in three large sections, the ruminative yet striking Nocturne in D flat is a work of shifting sonorities and moods. The Pièces impromptues, Op. 18 are independent, unrelated character pieces that illuminate once again the composer’s fascination with the indigenous music of Romania. The Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 24, No. 1 is – by contrast – a massive statement characterised by harmonic surprises, innovative techniques, insistent rhythms and, in the final, slow movement, the doina, a type of Romanian song at once contemplative, nostalgic and melancholic.

JOSU DE SOLAUN

Winner of the George Enescu International Piano Competition 2014

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℗ & © 2016 HNH International Ltd. Manufactured in Germany. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording is prohibited. Booklet notes in English and French. Distributed by Naxos.

1 NOCTURNE IN D FLAT MAJOR, ‘HOMMAGE À LA PRINCESSE MARIE CANTACUZÈNE’ (1907) 19:07

2-8 PIÈCES IMPROMPTUES, OP. 18 (1916) 36:36

9-! PIANO SONATA NO. 1 IN F SHARP MINOR, OP. 24, NO. 1 (1924) 23:23

TOTAL TIME: 79:06