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Early Piano Works

Jürg Hanselmann

Label: Da Vinci Classics
Catalogue number: C00455
EAN / barcode: 0746160912905
Release date: 17 September 2021
Format: Digital

Pianist Jürg Hanselmann opens the early piano works of Josef Gabriel Rheinberger with a fine sense for sound poetry. The Twelve Character Pieces for the "new" piano (1864) present the young Liechtenstein composer as a true master of the musical miniature: from the light and dancing Duettino and the mysterious Notturno to the brilliant Etude and moments of intimate melancholy. The programme is supplemented with the rarely performed Four Fugues for Piano (1862), in which Rheinberger's masterful contrapuntal artistry is impressively demonstrated. All works are world premiere recordings. With a wealth of colour, clarity and intimate expression, Jürg Hanselmann opens the door to a hitherto little-known piano universe of Rheinberger.

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Tracklist

01 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 1, Duettino in C Major 02:01
02 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 2, Praeludium in C Minor 02:51
03 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 3, Notturno in D Major 02:26
04 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 4, Rundgesang in C-Sharp Minor 03:56
05 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 5, Reigen in D-Flat Major 03:53
06 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 6, Etude in D Minor 03:45
07 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 7, Die Jagd in E-Flat Major 02:42
08 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 8, Ballade in E-Flat Minor 02:42
09 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 9, Rondino in E Major 02:23
10 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 10, Glockenspiel in E Minor 02:41
11 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 11, Impromptu in F Major 03:59
12 12 Character Pieces for the New Piano: No. 12, Melancholie in F Minor 03:30
13 4 Fugues for Piano: No. 1 in E-Flat Minor 04:20
14 4 Fugues for Piano: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major 03:19
15 4 Fugues for Piano: No. 3 in G Major 02:39
16 4 Fugues for Piano: No. 4 in A Major 04:16
17 Waldmärchen, Op. 8 08:53

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