The piano music of Heino Eller (1887-1970), a total of 206 works, is not only the largest part of his output: it is also the largest body of works in Estonian classical music. But most of these pieces are unknown, even though the best of them are original contributions to the twentieth-century piano repertoire, with Eller's sensitive lyricism underpinned by gentle humour and an occasional epic tone. This ninth and final volume in it's first-ever complete recording prefaces his expansive Piano Sonata No. 3 with a series of charming miniatures and ends with the emblematic anthem Homeland Tune, a musical embodiment of Estonian national feeling.
19 Humoresque, "Une Mouche Importune" (A Tiresome Fly) [02:51]
20 No. 1. Sostenuto in B Majo R [01:43]
21 No. 2. Moderato Assai in B minor [02:02]
22 No. 3. Lento Espressivo in F-Sharp Major [03:02]
23 No. 4. Andante Con Moto [03:26]
24 Sostenuto for the Left Hand [03:09]
25 I. Allegro Moderato [08:38]
26 II. Larghetto [07:01]
27 III. Allegro Vivo [06:41]
28 Kodumaine Viis (Homeland Tune) [03:37]
The piano music of Heino Eller (1887-1970), a total of 206 works, is not only the largest part of his output: it is also the largest body of works in Estonian classical music. But most of these pieces are unknown, even though the best of them are original contributions to the twentieth-century piano repertoire, with Eller's sensitive lyricism underpinned by gentle humour and an occasional epic tone. This ninth and final volume in it's first-ever complete recording prefaces his expansive Piano Sonata No. 3 with a series of charming miniatures and ends with the emblematic anthem Homeland Tune, a musical embodiment of Estonian national feeling.
