Masters on Stage Records
Masters on Stage Records is a Dutch Recording Label. The label is devoted to Classical, Modern and Post-classical Piano works. Many of the albums contain new and unknown Piano works.
The recordings are produced in Studio 55 Maastricht.
The CD collections consists of several CD world premieres. The first recordings were released in 2017.
The collection contains cycles by Valery Zhelobinsky (CD world Premiere 2017), Dmitri Shostakovich, Jaan Rääts (CD world Premiere of the 24 Preludes Opus 33 and Light Pieces opus 85), Urmas Sisask , and Sonatas by Robert Quodbach (2 Piano Sonatas, CD World Premiere 2017) and Debussy.
Several new arrivals are expected this year. Including Kalkbrenner 24 Preludes, Rääts 24 Travel book pieces & 24 Bagatelles.
Robert Quodbach Piano Sonatas 1&2 (1993/94)
Jeroen Riemsdijk, Piano
Released 2016
(44'36)
Robert Quodbach Sonata No 1 (1993)
mov 1. Allegro
mov 2. Allegretto: Moderato Con Rubato
mov 3. Andantino
Robert Quodbach Sonata No 2 (1994)
mov 1. Adagio con rubato
mov 2. Adagio con rubato
mov 3. Adagio con rubato
The two Sonatas were commissioned and premiered by Pianist Jeroen Riemsdijk in Maastricht in 1994. The works are an early example of Post-Classical Music.
CD 1 Catalogue no: MOS1601
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Barcode 8719689004002
Claude Debussy Préludes Livre I
Children's Corner
Jeroen Riemsdijk, Piano
Released 2016
(54'02)
Debussy Children’s Corner
I Gradus ad Parnasum
II Jimbo’s Lullaby
III Serenade of the Doll
IV The Snow is Dancing
V The Little Shepherd
VI Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
Debussy 12 Preludes Livre 1
I Danseuses de Delphes
II Voiles
III Le vent dans la plaine
IV Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
V Les collines d’Anacapri
VI Des pas sur la neige
VII Ce qu’a vu la vent d’ouest
VIII La fille aux cheveux de lin
IX La serenade interrompue
X La cathédrale engloutie
XI La dance de Puck
XII Minstrels
CD 2 Catalogue no: MOS1602
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Barcode 8719689004019
Urmas Sisask
Starry Sky Cycle Northern Sky opus 10
22 pieces (1980/87)
Pleiades opus 11 7 pieces (1986)
Jeroen Riemsdijk, Piano
Released 2017
(57'57)
Urmas Sisask is an Estonian Composer. He
is well known for his works for Chorus and for Piano. The music of Sisask has elements of shamanism.
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CD 3 Catalogue no: MOS1701
Barcode 8719689004026
Jaan Rääts 24 preludes opus 33(1965) & 24 Estonian preludes opus 80(1988/'89)
Jeroen Riemsdijk, Piano
Released 15 February 2017
(45'13)
CD premiere:. 24 Preludes opus 33 (2017)
Jaan Rääts served as chairman of the Estonian Composers’ Union from 1974 to 1993, and as teacher of composition at the Estonian Academy of Music in 1990. He has taught a new generation of Estonian composers. He has a personal, vibrant composing style, mixing tonal and atonal music.
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CD 4 Catalogue no: MOS1702
Barcode 8719689004033
Jaan Rääts
24 Marginalien opus 85 (1979/'80) &
24 Light Pieces opus 65 (1991)
Jeroen Riemsdijk, Piano
Released 2017
(51'29)
CD premiere: 24 Light Pieces (2017)
Jaan Rääts served as chairman of the Estonian Composers’ Union from 1974 to 1993, and as teacher of composition at the Estonian Academy of Music in 1990. He has taught a new generation of Estonian composers. He has a personal, vibrant composing style, mixing tonal and atonal music.
Streaming: IMusic, Spotify, Youtube
CD 5 Catalogue no: MOS1703
Barcode 8719689004040