Roots Teo Gheorghiu

• George Enescu (1881 - 1955): First Romanian Rhapsody in A Major, Op. 11 No. 1:
• 1 Enescu: First Romanian Rhapsody in A Major, Op. 11 No. 1 13:36
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Allegro Barbaro, Sz.49a:
• 2 Bartók: Allegro Barbaro, Sz.49a 02:37
• Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56:
• 3 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: I. Joc cu bâtǎ 01:13
• 4 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: II. Brâul 00:36
• 5 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: III. Pê-loc 01:02
• 6 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: IV. Buciumeana 01:22
• 7 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: V. Poargǎ româneascǎ 00:28
• 8 Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: VI. Mǎrunţel 01:02
• Romanian Dance, Op. 8/a No. 1:
• 9 Bartók: Romanian Dance, Op. 8/a No. 1 04:50
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881): Pictures at an Exhibition:
• 10 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Promenade [I] 01:36
• 11 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Gnomus 02:59
• 12 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: III. [Promenade II] 00:56
• 13 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Il Vecchio Castello 05:09
• 14 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: V. [Promenade III] 00:30
• 15 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux) 01:04
• 16 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Bydło 03:17
• 17 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. [Promenade IV] 00:43
• 18 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 01:09
• 19 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: X. "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle" 02:30
• 20 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: XI. Promenade [V] 01:38
• 21 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: XII. Limoges, le marché (La grande nouvelle) 01:25
• 22 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: XIII. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum) 02:23
• 23 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: XIV. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 02:06
• 24 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: XV. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yagá) 03:21
• 25 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: XVI. The Great Gate of Kiev 05:01
• Georges Gurdjieff (1866 - 1949): Enter the realm (Arr. by Fabian Russ):
• 26 Gurdjieff: Enter the realm (Arr. by Fabian Russ) 03:40
• Total Runtime 01:06:13

Info for Roots

The opening of this album reflects my initiation to Romania and its musical landscape. It was as a teenager that I first experienced George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody no.1, at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest no less – an unforgettable whirlwind of joyous tunes arranged in perfect chaos, bouncing off a kaleidoscope of folk colours. Discovering the solo piano version by the composer himself years later, I dived straight in and realised I was missing a third hand. Enescu had squeezed almost all the parts of a symphony orchestra into the ‘reduced’ score and the challenge was to arrange it in a way to make it humanly playable on the piano.” – Teo Gheorghiu

Teo Gheorghiu, piano

Teo Gheorghiu
Recipient of the BeethovenRing from the Beethovenfest in Bonn in 2010, Teo Gheorghiu’s plans for the 2014/15 season and beyond include performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Müncher Symphoniker and Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais. Other season highlights include chamber music performances with the Carmina Quartet (with whom he recorded Dvořák’s Piano Quintet for Sony) at St Gallen in Switzerland, and solo recitals at the Tonhalle in Zürich, Kultur und Kongresshaus Aarau, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile, and Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse.

Last season Teo performed with Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, and with Musikkollegium Winterthur for the New Year Gala concerts at Zurich’s Tonhalle. He also undertook recital tours of South America and Taiwan. Recent seasons have seen him perform in recital at the Lucerne Festival and make his debuts at the Louvre and Dvořák Prague Festival. Concerto appearances have included performances with the the Pittsburgh and Tokyo Symphony orchestras, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio. He has also given concerts with Sinfonieorchester Basel, Zürcher Kammerorchester, and the Danish National and English Chamber orchestras. He has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, and at the Verbier, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Ohrid festivals.

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