Release Date: 01 December 2023
Label: C-Avi
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260085535408
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
As a result of the the pandemic, Daniel Heide challenged himself to re-discover Beethoven's sonatas.
"In each volume of my complete recording of the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, I have clearly chosen the order of pieces with autobiographical criteria in mind. Over the past 15 years, my work as a pianist has increasingly migrated toward music-making in partnership with others. Although I started out mainly as a chamber musician collaborating with instrumentalists and singers, the focus has increasingly shifted toward duo recitals, primarily vocal recitals on a worldwide scale - but I never could have dreamed that such appearances would become so frequent that they would allow me to earn a stable living. Whenever I was asked what became of my solo playing, I had to answer with a shrug, explaining that I needed a sort of sabbatical to let me practice solo repertoire undisturbed before I started giving solo piano recitals again. Then, covid struck. All of a sudden, I had time on my hands. (Excerpt from the Booklet notes by Daniel Heide)
"The first movement of Op 90 is an excellent showcase of his strengths, with well-defined dynamic contrasts, subtle shifts of colour and touch […] and his strengths as a lieder accompanist are evident in his subtle handling of dynamics."- International Piano
"[von Eckardstein's] performances are arresting – technically assured, tonally bold, texturally eventful […]. And for all his assertiveness, he's capable of exalted radiance as well: we may not have needed a new transcription of Strauss; Tod und Verklarung, but in Eckardstein's hands, the glow of the final page may convince you that we did." – International Piano
Tracklisting
Andreas Willwohl & Daniel Heide
Laurence Kilsby & Ella O'Neill
Kilian Herold, Barbara Buntrock, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff
Kathrin Zukowski, KammerMusikKoln
Katharina Konradi, Catriona Morison, Ammiel Bushakevitz
Antje Weithaas, Denes Varjon
Premysl Vojta, Florence Millet, Ye Wu
Herbert Schuch, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Daniel Heide, Andreas Willwohl & Isang Enders
Daniel Heide
Daniel Heide
