Favourite Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Live) Alessandro Deljavan

• Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Consolations, S.172:
• 1No. 3, Lento placido in D-Flat Major (Live)04:43
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Waltzes, Op.39:
• 2No. 2 in E Major (Live)02:13
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Waltzes, Op.39:
• 3No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor (Live)00:48
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Waltzes, Op.39:
• 4No. 15 in A-Flat Major (Live)01:18
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Waltzes, Op.39:
• 5No. 9 in D Minor (Live)01:34
• Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Trois morceaux, Op.2-I:
• 6No. 1, Etude in C-Sharp Minor (Live)02:57
• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): 8 Humoresques, Op.101, B.187:
• 7No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major (Live)03:26
• Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Lyric Pieces, Op.43:
• 8No. 5, Erotic (Live)03:11
• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Kuolema, Op.44:
• 9No. 1, Valse triste (Live)04:24
• Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition:
• 10II. The Old Castle (Live)03:57
• Erik Satie (1866 –1925): Gymnopedies:
• 11No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Live)03:49
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Deux arabesques, L.66:
• 12I. Andantino con moto (Live)04:31
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Rêverie:
• 13Rêverie, L. 68 (Live)04:56
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19:
• 14Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Live)06:43
• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909): Espana, Op.165:
• 15II. Tango (Live)02:27
• George Gershwin (1898–1937): Three Preludes:
• 16No. 2, Andante con moto e poco rubato (Live)03:39
• Total Runtime54:36

Info for Favourite Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Live)

„An astonishing Piano Favourites compilation!“ - Martin Guerber, Jamendo. This double-album includes some of the most celebrated piano music of all time: Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Dvorak, Grieg, Sibelius, Moussorgsky, Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Albeniz, Gershwin are the composers.

The performer, the pianist Alessandro Deljavan, is one of the most talked-about talents of our days. His recent participation at the Van Cliburn contest was widely acclaimed by the press which coined the term 'Deljamania' for the overwhelming effect Deljavan made on public.

In this double-album Deljavan gives us a very refreshing version of the famous pages in an incredible sight-reading version! His personal style is very complex - but also very clear - full of nuances, details on secondary lines, and virtuosity. He has total control of the piano and makes music with the magic acoustic.

The recording, 100% natural, was made in a very suggestive medieval church in Tuscany during a relaxing holiday. No doubt this album is a must have!

Alessandro Deljavan Farshi, piano

Recorded at Pieve di Santa Maria del Giudice, Lucca, 2014
Engineered by Alessandro Simonetto

Alessandro Deljavan
graduated in 2003 from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan, under the guidance of Riccardo Risaliti. From 2003-2005, he studied with E. Belli at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica G. B. Pergolesi, Fermo. He also earned his post-graduate degree at the Music University “G. Braga” in Teramo in 2007.

Throughout the 1990s, while still a youngster, Deljavan played in every major city in Italy and in a number of cities around the world. He competed in numerous national and international competitions, often capturing first prize, including top honors at the 1996 Concours musical de France in Paris. In 2005, he won second prize at the 'Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Competition' in Bratislava and took the 5th prize at the 'Gina Bachauer' Junior Artists Competition in Salt Lake City (the first Italian in the history of the competition).

At the age of 22, Deljavan won the 'John Giordano Jury Discretionary Award' at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and was confirmed by the critics as: 'The most accomplished and charismatic musicians of his generation'.

Deljavan is among the select young artists attending the International Piano Academy at Lake Como, Italy, under the tutelage of the academy’s art director, William Grant Nabore.

He is collaborating with us with a lot recordings (Schubert, Satie, Brahms, Rubinstein, Alkan). He recently took part on the recording of the Cramer's etudes produced by OnClassical for the Naxos label.

This album contains no booklet.