Hi ctrastevere, yes i have played a few sorabji pieces, the hothouse but i dont do as well of a job as you in your recording and toccata which is a wonderful rhythmic workout, pastiche on korsakovs hindu merchants song which i think is like a cousin to the hothouse for some unknown reason, selection of his 100 etudes and fragments of his oc. Welcome to hyperion records, an independent british classical label devoted to presenting highquality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twentyfirst. Sorabji 100 transcendental studies for piano, nos 4462. More important is his musics unique and satisfying beauty.
As if to banish care sorabjis setting of the last of the three is light, wispy and witty. Fantasiettina by kaikhosru shapurji sorabji 18921988. Comparative analysis of the musical distortion in kaikhosru sorabjis and. Composed between 1940 and 1944, kaikhosru sorabjis set of 100 transcendental studies has a total duration of at least seven hours by far the largest collection of concert. Although born leon dudley, he strongly identified with his parsi heritage, rather than with his british birth. His name, on his birth certificate, is dudley sorabji, but he changed it to kaikhosru shapurji sorabji, and under that name has published 15 compositions and two books of musical essays, has written musical criticisms for the english weekly and the. Cornelia sorabji was an indian parsee christian who is seen as indias first female barrister although she was never technically called to the english bar. This morning i am going to talk to you about a very strange person, whether you regard him as a man or as a musician. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He completed over 100 pieces between 1915 and 1984. The sorabji archive website is a resource dedicated to the life and works of composer, pianist and critic kaikhosru shapurji sorabji. Characteristic for his piano music are the enormous proportions and textural density of his works, some of them lasting several hours in performance, taxing the performer and audience to the utmost. He has written his intellectual autobiography in his festschrift.
Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji, original name leon dudley, born aug. As a composer and pianist, sorabji was largely selftaught, and he distanced himself from the main currents of contemporary musical. S piano music habermann kaikhosro shapurji sorabji is known as a composer whose pursuit of extremes resulted in vast works such as his opus clavicembalisticum which, for many years, was acknowledged as the worlds longest nonrepetitive piano work. List of longest nonrepetitive piano pieces wikipedia. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji free downloadable sheet music. Opus clavicembalisticum, an album by kaikhosru sorabji on spotify. Piano transcriptions of ravel bach chopin, an album by kaikhosru sorabji on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji music, videos, stats, and. Pastiche for piano on kaikhosru shapurji sorabji op. Rightclick to download high resolution sample page. I play pastiche on the hindu merchants song from sadko by rimskykorsakov from three pastiches for piano kss31 composed by kaikhosru shapurji sorabji. Free scores by frederic rzewski at the international music score library project.
There are traces of the lateromantic harmonic language. In contrast to sorabjis first three singlemovement piano sonatas, the 1929 sonata no. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Davies became the dedicatee of sorabjis immense second organ symphony, begun the year after that performance but not completed until 1932 because the composer interrupted work on it to write two piano pieces of epic proportions.
Sorabji, kaikhosru shapurji 18921988 hyperion records. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji 14th august 189215th october 1988 was a pianist, music journalist, and composer of mixed parsi and spanishitaliansicilian descent, who was born and lived in epping, essex, england. Music profile for kaikhosru shapurji sorabji, born 14 august 1892. I cant think of any other composer who wrote a piano sonata that takes over two and a half hours to perform and fills three cds piano sonata 4. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji was one of the most interesting figures among classical composers of the twentieth century. This list is manually maintained, therefore some of the available pieces may not yet be linked from this page. As a homosexual and feeling alienated from english society, he.
Only two pianists have essayed the complete oc as its known in the trade since the composer premiered it in 1930. Its style is free and improvisatory, featuring many expansive. Sorabji opus clavicembalisticum, sheet music, scores. Dissertation prepared for the degree of doctor of musical arts. Price new from used from audio cd, box set, june 29, 2004. For an automatically generated alphabetical list of all available pieces, please see category. Cd set presents the first recording of sorabjis symphonic nocturne. Several of his works are of extraordinary length and difficulty, making them inaccessible to. Five hours music for solo piano, played by the possessed and inspired english sorabji specialist jonathan powell.
Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji born leon dudley sorabji. Symphonic variations for piano, kaikhosru shapurji sorabji, 9 hours. A fair amount of inaccurate information about his life and music has been written, largely because of his insistence on privacy and. Sorabji apparently began his third organ symphony later in the 1930s but appears to have abandoned it for more than. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji fantasia ispanica powell 2005 written by bluesever tuesday, 08 february 2011 19. She studied for a law degree at somerville college, oxford, 188993, the first woman to sit the law exams in the country. Richard ruston kharsendji sorabji historian of ancient western philosophy was born in oxford on 8 november 1934, the son of an indian father and english mother. A list of works in the composer category that are not included. Sir richard rustom kharsedji sorabji, cbe, fba born 8 november 1934 is a british historian of ancient western philosophy, and professor of philosophy emeritus at kings college london. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji 14 august 1892 15 october 1988 born leon dudley sorabji was an english composer, music journalist, and pianist. This page attempts to list the longest nonrepetitive piano pieces along with approximate. Sorabji symphonic nocturne cd piano classics pcld0119. Frivolous variations with an anarchic, heretical, and perverse fugue.
Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji was an english composer, music critic, pianist and writer. Print and download in pdf or midi opus clavicembalisticum xii. He was one of the 20th centurys most prolific piano composers. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji british composer britannica. Kaikhosru shapurji sorabji 18921988 was the son of a parsi civil engineer from mumbai and an english soprano. After an early education at the dragon school 19431948 and charterhouse 19481953 and two years in compulsory military service in london he attended pembroke college oxford on a scholarship and studied. Transcriptions for piano habermann by ravel, maurice, sorabji, kaikhosru on cd. You have to be slightly maniacal if you wish to conquer such a sorabjian piano himalaya. Born to an english mother and a parsi indian father, sorabji expressed a sense of otherness early in his life. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In 2003 the dutch pianist reinier van houdt threw himself five hours long wholeheartedly n sorabjis piano symphony no. Opus clavicembalisticum by john ogdon piano, kaikhosru shapurji sorabji, na from amazons classical music store.
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