Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, KSS 66 (Excerpts) Classical Piano BIS

Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, KSS 66 (Excerpts)

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BI 2433

Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, KSS 66 (Excerpts)

Label Catalogue Number:
BIS-2433

Running Time: 01:57:15

Release Date: December 2020
Originally recorded in 2019

Genre:
Classical
Piano

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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.’

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Reviews

Critics’ Choice 2021 – Stephen Estep

American Record Guide – January/February 2022

“… Fredrik Ullén’s accomplishment in recording these works cannot be overestimated. It is a marathon achievement, and he conveys the Studies on this instalment with absolute aplomb and with a great deal of musical sensitivity. BIS’s recording quality is top-notch as always…”

Myron Silberstein – Fanfare – September/October 2021

***** Coup de cœur

Romaric Gergorin – Classica magazine (France) – September 2021

“… Ullen’s playing is fabulous; I admire his clarity, facility, and wit. Any pianist who can play Sorabji deserves credit, but judging from this capstone release, Ullen was the perfect man for this job. A hearty congratulations to him and all who contributed to the series…”

Stephen Estep – American Record Guide – May/June 2021

“… Caught in fine sound, this is unhesitatingly recommended to the brave.”

Colin Clarke – International Piano – March/April 2021

Recommended

“Ullén is riveting in this unmissable conclusion to a pioneering sequence of discs.”

Richard Hanlon – MusicWeb-International.com – 1 March 2021

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