Heino Eller: Complete Piano Music, Volume One

Catalogue Number: TOCC0119
EAN: 5060113441195
Release Date: 3 October 2011
Duration: 67:40

Preludes, Book 1
Six Pieces (‘Estonian Suite’)
Toccata in B minor
Dance in B minor
In the Character of a Dance
Dance-Caprice
The Bells
Piano Sonata No. 2

Sten Lassmann, piano

The Estonian Heino Eller (1887–1970) is probably best known as the teacher of Arvo Pärt – but he was a prolific and original composer in his own right. His substantial output for piano – this series will contain seven CDs – was written over a period of six decades and thus reflects a range of styles. Taking the lyricism of Chopin and Grieg as its starting point, it combines the influence of Estonian folksong, Scriabin’s troubled harmonies, the epic northern colouring of Sibelius and, at times, Prokofiev’s motoric energy into an attractively individual manner.

Booklet texts (PDF)