Edition Klavierfestival Ruhr - Portraits III (9 CDs)
AVI 53885, DDD, 2007
16.5.2008

Konzertflügel / Grand piano: Steinway D
Recording producer, Editing & Mastering: Christoph Martin Frommen www.aeolus-music.com if not stated otherwise
Project Management: Avi-Service for music, Köln/Germany www.avi-music.de
© 2008 This compilation by Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet | Avi-Service for music | All rights reserved | LC 15080 · STEREO · DDD · GEMA · Made in the EU ·
Cat No 42 6008553088 5 www.klavierfestival.de | www.avi-music.de
CD 1 [62:21]
Francesco Piemontesi spielt | plays
Beethoven - Sonata op 110
Mozart - Sonate KV 281
Debussy - Trois Préludes
Stravinsky - aus | from:
Der Feuervogel | The Firebird
Wolgang Amadeus Mozart [1756-1791]
Sonata No 3 B-Dur / in B flat major K 281
 1 Allegro [04:45]
 2 Andante amoroso [04:43]
 3 Rondeau-Allegro [04:43]
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]
Sonata No 31 As-Dur / in A flat major op 110
 4 Moderato cantabile molto espressivo [06:25]
 5 Allegro molto [02:15]
 6 Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente [03:39]
 7 Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo [06:48]
Claude Debussy [1862-1918]
Trois Préludes
 8 I Ondine [03:33]
 9 II La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune [04:28]
 10 III Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest [03:35]
Igor Stravinsky [1882-19718]
Drei Tänze aus dem Ballett der »Feuervogel«
[Transcription Guido Agosti]
 11 I Danse infernale [04:54]
 12 II Berceuse [03:41]
 13 III Finale [03:14]
Claude Debussy [1862-1918]
 14 »Golliwogg’s Cakewalk« aus/from:
Children’s Corner [Zugabe / Encore]		 [02:48]
 15 Embraceable You [arr. by Earl Wild]
[Zugabe / Encore]		 [02:40]
Live recording: 7 July 2007, Düsseldorf, Robert-Schumann-Saal |
Recording producer & editing: Musikproduktion Klaus Korthauer;
Mastering: Christoph Martin Frommen [www.aeolus-music.com]

CD 3 [67:34]

Ya-Fei Chuang spielt | plays

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Lieder ohne Worte
Wyner - Toward The Center
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit
Rachmaninow - Sonata No 2
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy [1809-1847]
 1 Lied ohne Worte E-Dur op 19 No 1 –
Andante con moto		 [03:25]
 2 Lied ohne Worte a-Moll op 62 No 1 –
Andante con moto »Venezianisches Gondellied«		 [03:24]
 3 Lied ohne Worte D-Dur op 85 No 4 –
Andante sostenuto		 [02:06]
 4 Lied ohne Worte C-Dur op 67 No 4 –
Presto »Spinnerlied«		 [01:38]
Yehundi Wyner [*1929]
 5 Toward The Center–Europäische Erstaufführung [15:45]
Maurice Ravel [1875-1937]
Gaspard de la Nuit
 6 Ondine [06:31]
 7 Le Gibet. Très lent [05:56]
 8 Scarbo. Modéré [08:51]
Sergej Rachmaninow [1873-1943]
Sonate No 2 b-Moll / in B flat minor op 36
 9 Allegro agitato [06:31]
 10 Non allegro – Lento – L’istesso tempo [06:31]
 11 Allegro molto [06:31]
Live recording: 13 May 2007, Bochum, Museum

CD 5 [79:07]

Mirjana Rajić spielt | plays

Schubert - Sonata D 959
Beethoven - Sonata WoO 47 No 3
Debussy - Images I
Franz Schubert [1797-1828]
Sonata A-Dur / in A major op. posth. D 959
 1 Allegro [12:33]
 2 Andantino [07:48]
 3 Scherzo. Allegro vivace [04:52]
 4 Rondo. Allegretto [12:56]
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]
Sonata D-Dur / in D major WoO 47 No 3
»3. Kurfürstensonate«
 5 Allegro [03:29]
 6 Menuetto. Sostenuto (con 6 variazioni) [04:26]
 7 Scherzando. Allegro, ma non troppo [02:14]
Claude Debussy [1862-1918]
Images Heft / Book I
 8 Reflet dans l’eau L. 110 No 1 [05:17]
 9 Hommage à Rameau L. 100 No 2 [06:18]
 10 Mouvement L. 100 No 3 [03:33]
Franz Liszt [1811-1886]
 11 Tarantella, aus / from: Venezia e Napoli [09:59]
Manuel de Falla [1876-1946]
 12 Danza del fuego [Feuertanz],
aus / from: El amour brujo [Zugabe / Encore]		 [03:54]
Live recording: 13 June 2007, Bottrop, Kulturzentrum August Everding

CD 7 [78:26]

Irwin Gage und seine Meisterschüler |
Irwin Gage and his masterclass

Lieder von Schumann, Schönberg, Schreker, Duparc, Liszt, Martin und Schubert
Robert Schumann [1810-1856]**
Aus: Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Julius Kerner op 35
 1 No 1 Lust der Sturmnacht [01:40]
 2 No 2 Stirb, Lieb’ und Freud’ [05:48]
 3 No 5 Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend [02:22]
 4 No 7 Wanderung [01:18]
 5 No 10 Stille Tränen [03:28]
 6 No 12 Alte Laute
Michael Nagy [BAR] Juliane Ruf [P]		 [02:29]
Arnold Schönberg [1874-1951]*
 7 Der verlorene Haufen op12 No 2 [Klemperer] [04:40]
Franz Schreker [1878-1934]*
 8 Überwunden o.op. [anonym] [02:21]
 9 Das feurige Männlein o.op. [Petzold] [01:24]
 10 Spuk op 7 No 4 [Leen] [01:39]
 11 Die glühende Krone [Schreker],
aus »Der ferne Klang«
Dominik Wörner [BASS-BAR] Simon Bucher [P]		 [04:57]
Henri Duparc [1848-1933]*
 12 Le Galop [Sully-Prudhomme] [02:50]
Franz Liszt [1811-1886]*
 13 Der du von dem Himmel bist [Goethe] [03:22]
 14 Vergiftet sind meine Lieder [Heine] [01:46]
 15 Die drei Zigeuner [1860] [Lenau]
Eva Vogel [MEZ-SOP] Matthias Wierig [P]		 [06:46]
Frank Martin [1890-1974]**
Aus: Sechs Monologe aus »Jedermann« [Hofmannsthal]
 16 No 1 Ist alls zu End das Freudenmahl [03:55]
 17 No 2 Ach Gott, wie graust mir vor dem Tod [03:21]
 18 No 4 So wollt ich ganz zernichtet sein [02:17]
 19 No 5 Ja! Ich glaub: solches hat er vollbracht [02:37]
 20 No 6 O ewiger Gott! O göttliches Gesicht!
Richard Burkhard [BAR] Edward Rushton [P]		 [04:07]
Franz Schubert [1797-1828]**
 21 Der Fluß [Schlegel] D 693 [05:09]
 22 Fülle der Liebe [Schlegel] D 854 [06:05]
 23 Nacht und Träume [Collin] op 43 No 2 D 827
Caroline Melzer [SOP] Irwin Gage [P]		 [03:55]
Live recording: *18 May 2007, Herten, Schloss
**19 May 2007, Herten, Schlossg
CD 2 [76:14]
Ben J. Kim spielt | plays
Debussy - Suite bergamasque
Chopin - Sonata No 2
Schumann - Sonata No 1
Claude Debussy [1862-1918]
Suite bergamasque
 1 Prélude [04:31]
 2 Menuet [04:10]
 3 Clair de lune [04:35]
 4 Passepied [03:57]
Frédéric Chopin [1810-1849]
Sonata No 2 b-Moll / in B flat minor op 35
 5 Grave – Doppio movimento [07:33]
 6 Scherzo [05:25]
 7 Marche funèbre. Lento [07:33]
 8 Finale. Presto [01:23]
Robert Schumann [1810-1856]
Sonata No 1 fis-Moll / in F sharp minor op 11
 9 Introduzione. Un poco Adagio – Allegro vivace [11:17]
 10 Aria [03:34]
 11 Scherzo e Intermezzo: Allegrissimo [04:31]
 12 Finale. Allegro un poco maestoso [11:14]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756-1791]
 13 Sonata No 2 F-Dur KV 280 / in F major K 280,
Adagio [Zugabe / Encore]		 [03:47]
Frédéric Chopin [1810-1849]
 14 Etüde op. 10 No 8 F-Dur,
Allegro [Zugabe / Encore]		 [02:38]
Live recording: 7 July 2007, Düsseldorf, Robert-Schumann-Saal | Recording producer & editing: Musikproduktion Klaus Korthauer; Mastering: Christoph Martin Frommen [www.aeolus-music.com]

CD 4 [52:49]

Alice Sara Ott spielt | plays

Beethoven - Sonata op 57
Liszt - Grandes Études de Paganini
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]*
Sonate No 23 f-moll / in F minor op 57
»Appassionata
 1 Allegro assai [10:05]
 2 Andante con moto [06:06]
 3 Allegro ma non troppo - Presto [05:15]
Franz Liszt [1811-1886]**
Grandes Études de Paganini
 4 1. g-Moll, Preludio non troppo lento [05:03]
 5 2. Es-Dur, Andante [05:55]
 6 3. gis-Moll, »La Campanella« [04:57]
 7 4. E-Dur, Vivo [02:15]
 8 5. E-Dur, »La Chasse« [03:08]
 9 6. a-Moll, Thema mit Variationen [05:44]
Robert Schumann [1810-1856]**
 10 Romanze No 2, Fis-Dur aus »Drei Romanzen« op 28 [04:16]
Live recording: *30 May 2007, Duisburg, Landschaftspark-Nord;
**19/20 May 2007, Düsseldorf, Robert-Schumann-Saal

CD 6 [64:56]

David Kadouch spielt | plays

Beethoven - Sonata op 10 No 2
Liszt - Spinnerlied [Wagner]
Prokofiev - 4 pieces op 32 - Sonata No 8
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]
Sonata No 6 F-Dur / in F major op 10 No 2*
 1 Allegro [05:46]
 2 Allegretto [04:00]
 3 Presto [02:16]
 4 Fantasie H-Dur / in B major op 77* [09:25]
Franz Liszt [1811-1886]
 5 »Spinnerlied« aus »Der fliegende Holländer
von Richard Wagner** 		[06:20]
Sergej Prokofiev [1891-1953]
4 Stücke / pieces op 32 **
 6 Danza - Allegretto [02:40]
 7 Menuetto – Allegro moderato [01:20]
 8 Gavotta – Allegro non troppo [01:20]
 9 Valse – Lento expressivo [03:22]
Sonata No 8 B-Dur / in B flat major op 84 ***
 6 Andante dolce [13:18]
 7 Andante sognando [04:27]
 8 Vivace [10:27]
Live recording: *13 Dec 2005, Bonn, Beethoven Competition, Aula der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn [Recording producer: Carsten Storm];
**1 June 2007, Herten, Schloss [Recording producer:Christoph Martin Frommen];
***9 Nov 2006, Sach Guitry, Maison Radio France [Recording producer: Agnes Cathou] | Editing & mastering: Christoph Martin Frommen [www.aeolus-music.com]; With kind permission of the Beethoven Competition Bonn and France Musique

CD 8 [69:25]

Gwilym Simcock spielt | plays

Gwilym Simcock, Joe Henderson,
Stevie Wonder, Robert Mellin / Guy Wood,
Irvin Berlin, Don Raye / Gene de Paul
Gwilym Simcock [*1981]
 1 Way Back Home [10:03]
Joe Henderson [1937-2001]
 2 Isotope [06:17]
Gwilym Simcock [*1981]
 3 Conundrum [16:38]
 4 And then she was gone [09:08]
Stevie Wonder [*1950]
 5 Summer Soft [06:15]
Robert Mellin [1902-1994] & Guy Wood [1911-2001]
 6 My one and only love [08:08]
Irving Berlin [1888-1998]
 7 How deep is the ocean [05:03]
Don Raye [1909-1985] & Gene de Paul [1919-1988]
 8 You don’t know what love is [07:49]
Live recording [jazzline]: 28 June 2007, Marl, Zeche Auguste Victoria, Grubenausbauwerkstatt

CD 9 [72:09]

Christopher Tainton spielt | plays

Beethoven - Sonata op 14 No 1 / Sonata op 54
Ruzicka - Parergon [2006]
Chopin - Nocturne op 27 No 2
Rachmaninov - Sonata No 2
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]
Sonata No 9 E-Dur / in E major op 14 No 1
 1 Allegro [06:56]
 2 Allegretto [04:04]
 3 Rondo. Allegro comodo [03:23]
Peter Ruzicka [*1948]
4-9 »Parergon« Sechs Skizzen zu »Hölderin«
für Klavier [2006]
UA der Auftragskomposition für das Klavier-Festival Ruhr /
World premiere commissioned by the Piano Festival Ruhr 		[15:52]
Ludwig van Beethoven [1770-1827]
Sonata No 22 F-Dur / in F major op 54
 10 In Tempo d’un Menuetto [05:42]
 11 Allegretto – Più Allegro [05:44]
Frédéric Chopin [1810-1849]
 12 Nocturne No 8 Des-Dur / in D flat major op 27 No 2 [05:56]
Sergej Rachmaninow [1873-1943]
Sonate No 2 b-Moll / in B flat minor op 36
 13 Allegro agitato [10:06]
 14 Non allegro [07:02]
 15 Allegro molto [07:17]
Live recording: 1 July 2007, Moers, Martinstift | Recording producer, editing & mastering:
Musikproduktion Klaus Korthauer