Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986) was one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century. His fundamental style is a Stravinskyan Neo-Classicism, animated by the dance-rhythms of his native Poland and energised by a masterly command of counterpoint. This second instalment in the first-ever survey of his piano music demonstrates its stylistic range, from Neo-Baroque via Polish folk-music and the orient to the blues. The various characteristics at work in Tansman’s music – the Stravinskyan influence, Polish heritage, French personality, jazz and blues flavour, heavy chromaticism, multicultural approach - collectively inform his legacy as a composer. Like Ravel, he believed that one should absorb all of one’s surrounding influences - a generous outlook, which led to Tansman’s rather kaleidoscopic compositional style, and the variety of works on this album highlights that openness of mind. (c) Danny Zelibor (from the booklet)