(1986) Schubert: Impromptus Dana Ciocarlie La Dolce Volta

La Dolce Volta

For both of these “foreigners”

Stephan in Tangermünde now possesses one of the most important instruments in Hamburg

Mélodie Zhao recorded Chopin’s 24 Etudes and at the age of 16

the fact that we able to perform a number of these works in concert provided an important stimulus to continue his effort

(1986) Schubert: Impromptus Dana Ciocarlie La Dolce VoltaWith these eight pieces Schubert creates a new genre of piano music (only comparable in its significance to Mendelssohns songs without words). Indeed, some predecessors of the lyrical piano piece are to be found in Czechoslovakian music, but it is Schuberts so called Impromptu which becomes the most popular example of this genre. The term Impromptu meaning something which is always at hand (from the Latin in prompt esse) was not at all Schuberts