About this Recording

Gramophones and radios brought the voice of America, its fashion, its carelessness and joie de vivre into every corner of Europe during the Roaring Twenties, and no composer could remain immune to the hot jazz influences of the Foxtrot, Shimmy and Charleston. This third volume of jazzy piano dances features composers from nine Central and Eastern European countries, from Misha Spoliansky’s hypnotising Valse Boston ‘Morphium’ to Leonid Polovinkin’s extremely entertaining and refreshingly futuristic approach to the genre. Gottlieb Wallisch continues his ‘most surprising and consistently charming recording project’ (The New York Times on Volume 2, GP814).

Dora Pejačevič

© Croatian Music Information Centre

Mihovil Logar

© Mihovil Logar, Jr.

Eugene Zádor

© Margaret Bassett

Mischa Spoliansky

© The Mischa Spoliansky Trust

Alexandre Tansman

© Les amis d’Alexandre Tansman, Paris

Simon Laks

© André Laks

Yulian Krein

© Jascha Nemtsov

Dimitri Tiomkin

© Volta Music Corporation