Alexandre Tansman: Complete Piano Music 1

Alexandre Tansman's fundamental style is Stravinskyan Neo-Classicism animated by the dance-rhythms of his native Poland and energized by a masterly command of counterpoint. The substantial body of music he produced for his own instrument, the piano, has never been systematically examined in recordings. This first installment presents works he wrote soon after his 1919 arrival in Paris, the city that was to remain his home - except for the years of WW II, spent in American exile. Tansman's music is a special area of academic study and musical exploration for the American pianist Danny Zelibor.