Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim
Performer: Jens Barnieck
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0594
Release: 2021
Size: 0.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
01. I. Allegro agitato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale. Allegro assai
04. Romanze, Op. 15
05. Capriccio in E minor
Klavierstucke, Op. 61
06. No. 1 in F Major, Idyll
07. No. 2 in F Minor, Capriccio
08. No. 3 in C Major, Legende
09. No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Impromptu
10. Fantasie, Op. 27
11. Geschwind-Marsch in C major
Friedrich Gernsheim (18391916), born in Worms, on the Rhine, grew up to be one of the most formidable musicians of his age: composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Even as a teenager, Gernsheim was attracting attention as a virtuoso-composer, earning comparisons with Mozart. The works here document the emergence of his own musical personality, from an early sonata, which has a Mozartian opening and a Beethovenian slow movement, via a dalliance with Schumann, until he reaches a mature style comparable to Brahms in its emotional range and depth.