Franziska Pietsch's early career was impacted by political events; after her father escaped to the West, she faced two years of reprisals before being allowed to leave East Germany in 1986.
Performer Biography
Detlev Eisinger, the pianist, gave his first piano recital and orchestral performances at age thirteen and later completed the entire Well-tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach in several European cities.
Recording & Production
The piano used for this recording is a Steingraeber, provided by Gerd Finkenstein.
Performer Biography
Franziska Pietsch, the violinist on this album, debuted at the Komische Oper Berlin at age eleven and regularly performed as a soloist with orchestras in the GDR.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in November 2016 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin-Dahlem.
Instruments
Franziska Pietsch performs on a violin made by Carlo Antonio Testore of Milan in 1751.
Interpretation
Violinist Franziska Pietsch notes that the contrast between César Franck's Romanticism and Karol Szymanowski's modernism reflects the extremes of her own biography.
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