Piano
SKU:
FG.55011-512-5
Pianosonaatti c-molli
op. 1. Composed by
Ilmari Hannikainen.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-512-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-512-5).
ISBN
9790550115125.
Ilma
ri Hannikainen
(1892-1955) was the most
important Finnish pianist
during the first decades
of the 1900s. In his
lifetime he also was one
of the country's most
famous composers.
Hannikainen studied
composition with Erkki
Melartin, Franz Schreker
and Maximilian Steinberg.
His piano techers include
Elli Rangman-Bjorlin and
Alexander Siloti. Piano
Sonata C minor Op. 1 was
completed in 1912, and is
one of the largest-scale
romantic piano
compositions in the
Finnish piano repertoire.
The work is a joyride of
flowing national
romanticsm filled with
youthful energy. Some
technical influence from
Chopin and Liszt is
evident, as is from
master Sibelius, the
major figure in Finnish
music at the time. The
Piano Sonata is published
now for the first time -
and directly as an Urtext
edition. Pianist Dmus
Risto-Matti Marin and
music engraver Jani
Kyllonen have studied all
surviving manuscript
sources, resulting in a
worthy edition of this
great work for piano.
Franz-Schreker
