Egon Wellesz‘s “Six Piano Pieces” op. 26, six rather short character pieces, are written entirely in the spirit of the atonal works of the Schoenberg School. In the first movement, even the third stands out as an essential component of the composition, which brings this movement close to Schoenberg‘s opus 19/2. And Wellesz used the expressive thematic material of the ‘massive’ last movement once again: It can be heard in characteristic passages towards the end of his opera Alkestis op. 35, now naturally orchestrated. This composition is definitely an enrichment of the piano literature of the Viennese School, and through its first publication as a complete work more than 100 years after its creation it will finally find its way to interpreters and audiences. (Hannes Heher, Egon-Wellesz-Foundation www.egonwellesz.at)
- ISBN: 9783702477325 (3702477322)
- ISMN: 9790008090639 (M008090639)
