Godowsky: Java Suite

Leopold Godowsky (Composer), Alexandre Tansman (Composer), Esther Budiardjo (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Esther Budiardjo
• Composer: Leopold Godowsky, Alexandre Tansman
• Audio CD (June 21, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pro-Piano Records
• ASIN: B00004I9SH
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,649 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Bromo Volcano and the Sand Sea at Daybreak

Selected "Top 10 CDs for 2000" by the Philadephia Inquirer.
Esther Budiardjo, Piano
Godowsky: Jave Suite, Tansman: from "Novelettes" Leopld Godowsky: Javea Suite World Premier Recording Part I. Gamelan

Wayang - Purwa (Puppet Shadow Plays)
Hari Besaar (The Great Day)
Part II. Chattering Monkeys at the Sacred Lake of Wendit
Boro Budur in Moonlight
The Bromo Volcano and the Sand Sea at Daybreak
Part III. Three Dances
I. Moderato
II. L'istesso tempo
III. Doppio movimento
The Gardens of Guitenzorg*
In the Streets of Old Batavia
Part IV. In the Kraton
The Ruined Water Castle at Djokja
A Court Pageant in Solo

Alexandre Tansman:
from "Novellettes" World Premiere Recording
No.3 Exotique (Danse Javanaise)
from "Le tour de monde en miniature" World Premier Recording
No. 9 La flûte de bambou dans la forêt de Bandoeng (Java)
No. 10 Le Gamelang de Bali (Waïang - Théâtre d'Ombres

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Performace, November 4, 2005

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Yi HW "ape2man" (a cosmopolitan bound by the ROK nationality) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Godowsky: Java Suite (Audio CD)

This album is a real find! The performer has almost everything needed to express this virtuosic yet impressionistic work; A brilliant technique, tonal clarity, sense of structure, and nuance. There is no unnecessary use of rubato.
Along with Ms. Luiza Borac and Jenny Lin, another promising young pianists, Ms. Budiardjo is the one we have to be concerned.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very welcome CD, October 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Godowsky: Java Suite (Audio CD)

This CD contains the complete Jave Suite. A nice rendition, and a very welcome CD to funs of Godowsky. I hope it will encourage other music lovers to discover Godowsky's piano music, beyond his celebrated studies on the Chopin Etudes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Godowsky's Masterpiece, December 31, 2010

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David DeLucia "Dave" (East Haddam, Ct. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Godowsky: Java Suite (Audio CD)

I will go out on a limb and say this is one of the most exquisite solo piano CDs ever produced. The instrument is in magnificent condition, and this pianist, new to me, is a consummate musician. Just listen to the way the ethereal distant bells steal in at the very opening. Godowsky's complicated, multi-layered music is interpreted with joyful abandon alternating with dreamlike episodes that are reminiscent of Debussy's Pagodes. This is a major piano work that is not often played because of the formidable difficulty, musically and technically. Here, this little known Java Suite sounds effortless, and makes absolutely wonderful "late night" listening. A "desert island" CD if ever there was one!