The Russian-born American composer Leo Ornstein (1893–2002) lived long enough – an astonishing 109 years – to see his music both fall into and re-emerge from obscurity.His earliest surviving work dates from around 1905; his last was composed in 1990. Not surprisingly, his music embraces a range of styles, ranging on this first CD from the atmospheric impressionism of the Four Impromptus via the fiery virtuosity of the Fourth Piano Sonata to the Rachmaninov-like romanticism of the Cossack Impressions and In the Country.This CD marks the first recording of a major talent: Arsentiy Kharitonov, born in St Petersburg and now US-based. This is the first of a series of CDs of Ornstein’s piano music that he will be recording for Toccata Classics.
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