In Memoriam I: Schubert

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Cat No: EPRC0050

Release Date: 03 February 2023

Label: EPR-Classic

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 608917723724

Genres: Classical Chamber Music

Description
The first of two discs by Pieter Wispelwey that will be released in 2023 is a re-assembling of previously released recordings of works by Schubert. This short series entitled In Memoriam is inspired by a grave loss Pieter suffered recently.

The disc includes Schubert's masterpieces for violin and piano, transcribed for cello – and the most famous Trockne Blumen, originally for flute. To accompany Pieter on piano is his faithful musical companion Paolo Giacometti.

"Half a year before my sixtieth birthday my family and I suffered a massive, tragic blow, when my son, Dorian, died. While still shaken to my
foundations, a way forward seems to me to be to allow music to play a constructive and healing role. So I have recorded Bach's Fifth Suite and
Kodaly's Solosonata to form the Scordatura Album for an October In Memoriam II release.

This first In Memoriam for my beloved Dorian, consists of a re-release of the three greatest Schubert Violin-Piano pieces and the wonderful Trockne Blumen Vartiations, as Schubert had played a big role in his life as a singer and a music lover."

The disc includes previously released material, drawn from the series of six volumes devoted to transcription of music by Schubert and Brahms. Besides the Trockne Blumen mentioned above, it contains the Sonata D.574, the Rondo D.895 and the Fantasy D.934.

"The two artists conclude their program with the alert Rondo D. 895 and the complex C major Fantasy, nearly 22 minutes long. In the Fantasy they achieve a moving blend of grace, playfulness warmth, and restrained sadness." - Pizzicato
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