Adolf Barjansky piano music from Grand Piano

[Sharkkb8]

Grand Piano will release a cd of piano music ("world premiere recordings") by Adolf Barjansky (1851-1900).  At first glance I don't see a Wikipedia page for him.  This album is also designated "Vol 1".

Naxos & Presto pages present the following.  (that last sentence might normally be seen as a red flag re inclusion in this forum, but Barjansky died in 1900, so....)  At Presto, Amazon USA on 12 June.

"Adolf Barjansky was born in Odessa into a wealthy Russian-Jewish family, and received his musical education in Vienna, Paris and Leipzig, studying piano with Carl Reinecke and Salomon Judassohn [sic]. Barjansky composed relatively few works, but his highly attractive and original piano music reveals the influence of Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms with a wealth of Russian colour, as heard in the Fantasy Pieces. The 6 Piano Pieces are impressionistic and radiant, while the large-scale Piano Sonata No. 1 uses spatial sound as a principal means of expression, blending it with a highly modern simplicity and transparency of structure that anticipates 20th-century minimalism."


https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=GP796

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8784976--barjansky-complete-piano-works-vol-1

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Piano-Works-Julia-Severus/dp/B086PPCNSS/ref=sr_1_85?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1589061264&refinements=p_n_date%3A1249114011&rnid=1249111011&s=music&sr=1-85

[Alan Howe]

Fascinating - thanks. Looking forward to hearing the Piano Sonata in particular.

More about the music here:
https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=GP796&catNum=GP796&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English#

[Christopher]

From the online Russian Academic Encyclopaedia, via google translate/me:

https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_biography/8118/Баржанский

Barzhansky, Adolf Solomonovich
- musician; born in Odessa in 1851, died in the same place in 1900. His father, the owner of a large trading company, gave him a commercial education; however, sensing a vocation for music from childhood, Barzhansky soon left commercial activity and went abroad, where he studied at the conservatories of Vienna, Paris and Leipzig. He showed undeniable talent as a pianist and composer. From the works of Barzhansky should be mentioned: "Above the Sea", "Memories", "Lullaby", "Glückliches Heim", "Scherzo", "Andacht". All of these works were published by Breitkopf and Gertl in Leipzig. - Cf .: Der Klavierlehrer, 1896–97; Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 1896–97; Neue Musikalische Presse, 1896–97; Jew. Enc., S. v.

Actually this seems to have been taken from the Jewish Encyclopaedia:

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2595-barzhansky-adolph-solomonowich

BARZHANSKY, ADOLPH SOLOMONOWICH:
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By: Herman Rosenthal, N. Rashkovski
Russian composer and pianist; born at Odessa 1851; died there 1900. His father, a member of a prosperous firm well known both in Russia and abroad, gave him a commercial training; but the young Adolph, who from childhood was drawn to music, soon abandoned business pursuits and went to Vienna, Paris, and Leipsic, where he attended the musical high schools, surprising his masters by his remarkable talent.

Among Barzhansky's numerous compositions may be mentioned: (1) "On the Sea"; (2) "Recollections"; (3) "Cradle-Song"; (4) "Glückliches Heim"; (5) "Scherzo"; and (6) "Andacht." They were all published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipsic.

Bibliography:
Der Klavierlehrer, 1896-97;
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 1896-97;
Neue Musikalische Presse, 1896-97.

[semloh]

Thanks for all the information and links. I've never heard any of this composer's music, and I look forward to putting that right in due course.