Miniature Estrose
Primo Libro (1991 – 2003
rev. 2009)

“ ‘Miniature’ as it is used here does not so much refer to a piece that is brief as it does to one that is fashioned in great detail, like the elaborately decorated initials of medieval illuminated manuscripts or some of the miniatures from India. ‘Estrose’ is an untrans-latable word with various shades of meaning, having to do with imagination, creative intuition, inspiration and genius, but also extravagance and ec-centricity. Suffice it to say that Antonio Vivaldi chose this same word for his L’Estro Armonico” (Marco Stroppa). Pianist Erik Bertsch presents this album of fascinating piano music, which took almost 20 years for Stroppa to write.

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Recording: Sala Musica – Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte, Poirino (Torino)/Italy, 28 February – 2 March 2020. Recorded in collaboration with Marco Stroppa and with his approval.