Various Composers - Organised Delirium (Tamara Stefanovich)

Information

• Pierre Boulez - Piano Sonata No. 2
• Hanns Eisler - Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1
• Béla Bartók - Piano Sonata, BB 88, Sz. 80
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12
• Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in B Minor, K. 87

Tamara Stefanovich, piano

Date: 2025

Label: PentaTone

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Organised Delirium is pianist Tamara Stefanovich’ personal exploration of the sonata form, centred around Boulez’ Piano Sonata No. 2 which she studied in close collaboration with the composer, reigniting her passion as a performer. Boulez’ Piano Sonata No. 2 represents a restructuring of music after its destruction during World War II.

Boulez’ iconoclast piece is paired with twentieth-century sonatas by Eisler, Bartók and Shostakovich, each questioning the use of the term ‘sonata’, while the programme closes with a return the sonata’s origins by way of Domenico Scarlatti. Appearing in the context of Boulez’ centenary, this adventurous album reveals a strong kinship to Stefanovich’ PENTATONE debut Influences (2019), and deepens our understanding of the sonata, its history and its many shapes.

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