IDAGIO | Piano Music - Goetz, H. / Witte, G.H. / Hahn, R. / Debussy, C. / Breville, P. / Dohnanyi, E. (Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss Vor Husum) 5709499489000

Featuring

Anton Kuerti
Ina Peeken
Michael Struck
Jeffrey Swann
Marie-Catherine Girod
Kathryn Stott

Yury Martynov
Roberto Cappello
Hermann Goetz
Georg Hendrik Witte
Reynaldo Hahn
Claude Debussy
Pierre de Bréville
Ernö Dohnányi
Ástor Piazzolla
Anatoly Alexandrov
Franz Liszt

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Composition History

Georg Hendrik Witte's Waltzes for piano four hands were dedicated to Johannes Brahms, who expressed his pleasure in a letter.

Compositional Technique

Hahn's "Portraits of painters" includes a piece for Albert Cuyp that uses repeated chords and ends with an unusual "fade-out," possibly portraying riders disappearing into the mist.

Recording & Production

This album features completely unedited live performances from the 1997 Husum festival, "Rarities of Piano Music."

Album & Artwork

The festival and this album aim to explore repertoire that is otherwise hard to find in regular concerts.

Composer Biography

Hermann Goetz, whose Genrebilder are featured, died of tuberculosis just before his 36th birthday.

Composer Biography

Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine composer, was a virtuoso on the bandoneon (a type of accordion) and founded the Quinteto Tango Nuevo in 1976.

Composer Biography

Reynaldo Hahn, composer of "Portraits of painters," was born in Venezuela and moved to Paris at age three, later becoming known for performing his own songs and conducting music theatre.