Dear friends,
I am very glad to present you with the 2018 issue of inventor-musicae,
featuring my publications of 2017. This booklet includes extensive
texts I wrote on the publications I released last year.
I plan this publication to be informative and worth archiving. It is
not intended as just a "Newsletter" of what I did but, rather, an
instigation towards further productive discussion which may be started
online by connecting with me on several social networks I am involved
with.
In 2017, I published a double CD featuring the "War Sonatas" (N.6,7,8
and 9) by Prokofiev; a CD entitled "The Young Brahms" with the Sonata
N.3 op.5 and the Four Ballades opus 10 and the fifth volume of my
ongoing project of the integrale of Beethoven Piano Sonatas, a CD and
DVD joint release including Sonatas "Pastorale" and the first two
numbers of opus 31 (with the "Tempest" Sonata op.31 N.2).
This is a personal endeavor. Just with all my productions. I am a free,
unbound, independent artist. I take all the hassle and risks for what I
publish. All that music is totally or partially available to watch and
listen free on Youtube.
Let me expand somewhat about this. I believe everybody should be able
to listen to my music, whether they are able to buy it or not. Then
some will, hopefully, enjoy it and, if they really did enjoy, they
would want it going on; i.e. me publishing more, so they would feel the
urge to support my creations by buying my CD's and DVD's and printed
music scores.
Was Glenn Gould right when he stated, back in early eighties, that the public performance of music was dying?
I am not positively sure about it. Yet, when we look at the programs
offered in major music venues and facilities around the world, as well
as to the operas and orchestras, we are forced to re-think about that.
Are they offering programs interesting enough for the serious music
lover like you or do they deal, almost exclusively, with the common
programs, artists and repertoire to satisfy, attract, (just) the causal
concert-goer?
Taking into consideration the recent advances in digital media
distribution, unknown to Gould when he prophetized the "agony" of the
concert music as it is presented, the answer and the cure for classical
music's growing disease can be there. I decided to take the bull by the
horns and jump into the "new" track. I am therefore recording and
publishing in my own, personal facilities which, thank G-d, I have the
means to possess and operate and releasing all my work through the Net.
Video, in the classical music was long neglected. True classical aficionados disdained with reason the video-tape.
The sound quality of the typical VHS tape was so bad that even for
Operas and Ballets, classical music lovers preferred the vinyl. This is
not to mention the very poor sound reproduction capabilities of the
typical TV-set, back then. Now that the TV started and did merge with
the typical home stereo, offering a very high quality sound
reproduction.
In that context I envisioned conjoint production of CDs and DVDs. I
upgraded my studio to offer full synced audio-video recording. I hope
that the joint audio-video, CD-DVD releases of the Beethoven piano
sonatas, the fifth volume presented in this issue, will met favorably
with piano music enthusiasts and students alike.
I hope you will enjoy reading, browsing or at least glancing though
this booklet. As always I would be happy to connect with you and get
your feedback.
Contents: (articles about...)
Click on a title to go to the specific page
for the recording
Sergei Prokofiev
War Sonatas (N.6-7-8) & N.9 in Two Volumes
The Young Brahms:
Piano Sonata N.3 in F minor op.5 and Four Ballades op.10
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 5:
Sonata N.15 in D major op.28 "Pastorale"
Sonata N.16 in G major op.31 n.1
Sonata N.17 in D major op.31 n.2 "Tempest"
Previously released CD and DVD's