Making the artistic leap from 'Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier' via Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner, the nine preludes and fugues of Salomon Jadassohn set a new benchmark for the form at a time when the Romantic piano was soaring to new technical heights and simultaneously plumbing new depths of sentimentality. Technically rigorous and yet emotionally disciplined, the composer takes the performer on a sublime journey far removed from mere affectation towards an almost transcendental state of pure...

This is a rather special and full-bodied theme and set of ten variations in a serious style from the German composer Jadassohn. The rich and plummy theme suffuses through the entirety of the work providing a robustly satisfying fragrance which many works of a similar vintage may only aspire to. Long and integrated, with lingering flavours and an intoxicating finish this is a work destined to leave a lasting impression. --- Es handelt sich hier um ein besonderes und gehaltvolles Thema und e...

Reminiscent of the earliest examples of the chaconne form, this work by Jadassohn is replete with the kind of inventiveness and treatment of harmonic forces that came to characterise the works of the later 19" Century as found in Liszt and Wagner. A pioneer of harmonic theory himself, Jadassohn applied the most subtle and delicate twist to the traditional harmonic form in this piece. The rediscovery of this work is sure to delight audiences with a work of depth and virtuosity from one of t...