Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Pieter Wispelwey, Paolo Giacometti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Evil Penguin
Catalogue: EPRC0050
Release: 2023
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Introduction and Variations on ‘Trockne Blumen’ from Die Schöne Müllerin D802
01. I. Introduction, Andante
02. II. Thema, Andantino
03. III. Variation I
04. IV. Variation II
05. V. Variation III
06. VI. Variation IV
07. VII. Variation V
08. VIII. Variation VI
09. IX. Variation VII
Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574
10. I. Allegro Moderato
11. II. Scherzo. Presto – Trio
12. III. Andantino
13. IV. Allegro Vivace
14. Rondo brillant in B minor, D895 (Op. 70)
Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934
15. I. Andante molto
16. II. Allegretto
17. III. Andantino
18. IV. Allegro vivace
The first of two discs by Pieter Wispelwey that will be released in 2023 is a re-assembling of previously released recordings of works by Schubert. This short series entitled In Memoriam is inspired by a grave loss Pieter suffered recently.
The disc includes Schubert’s masterpieces for violin and piano, transcribed for cello and the most famous Trockne Blumen, originally for flute. To accompany Pieter on piano is his faithful musical companion Paolo Giacometti. “Half a year before my sixtieth birthday my family and I suffered a massive, tragic blow, when my son, Dorian, died. While still shaken to my foundations, a way forward seems to me to be to allow music to play a constructive and healing role. So I have recorded Bach’s Fifth Suite and Kodaly’s Solosonata to form the Scordatura Album for an October In Memoriam II release.
This first In Memoriam for my beloved Dorian, consists of a re-release of the three greatest Schubert Violin-Piano pieces and the wonderful Trockne Blumen Vartiations, as Schubert had played a big role in his life as a singer and a music lover.”
The disc includes previously released material, drawn from the series of six volumes devoted to transcription of music by Schubert and Brahms. Besides the Trockne Blumen mentioned above, it contains the Sonata D.574, the Rondo D.895 and the Fantasy D.934.