Pinto Complete Piano Music

Pinto's 'Piano Music' consists of three 'Grand Sonatas' and several 'Variation Cycles'. His bold harmonic and melodic language, his experiments in form and keyboard writing are all well ahead of his time and suggest comparison with Schubert and Beethoven. Pianist Marek Toporowski chose 5 (copies of) historical instruments, fortepianos which do full justice to the character and sonority of Pinto's extraordinary piano music. Marek Toporowski is a harpsichordist, organist, pianist and conductor, one of Poland's foremost performers in the historical performance movement. He is a scholar and a well known collector of historical instruments. The booklet contains extensive liner notes on the composer and his works, as well as photos and descriptions of the instruments used.