The album features a journey through the colorful world of fantasy, showcasing famous, rarely played, and unfinished piano works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Performer Biography
Maximilian Schairer, the pianist on this album, is a 'Young Steinway Artist' and has won multiple first prizes at competitions in Europe and the USA.
Composer Biography
Beethoven's fame was partly based on his skill as an improviser, with his piano improvisations both impressing and disturbing his contemporaries.
Interpretation
Pianist Maximilian Schairer often draws inspiration from colors and images for his interpretations, aiming to bring musical pieces to life from paper.
Performer Biography
Maximilian Schairer made his orchestral debut at age 12 with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and has performed in renowned venues like Carnegie Hall NY.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The three composers featured on this album—Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn Bartholdy—are united by their search for new possibilities of expression and their engagement with the free form of fantasy.
Compositional Technique
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, an 18th-century composer, defined a 'fantasy' as a free-form musical piece without a measured timing structure, diverging into several keys, and having an improvisatory character.
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