Release Date: 05 April 2024
Label: Capriccio - Cd / Capriccio
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 845221055190
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: The Original Bosendorfer Piano of Ernst von Dohnanyi
Description
Ernst von Dohnanyi displayed an interest in a range of inventions throughout his life, so it's unsurprising that around 1909-10 he became one of the main promoters of pianos that used a semicircular keyboard. There had long been experimentation in creating the most comfortable keyboard possible, with all the keys at the same distance from the pianist, facilitating the same body and hand positions throughout the keyboard's full range. The Viennese manufacturer Ludwig Bosendorfer began making pianos with a concave keyboard (Bogenklaviatur) in 1910, and Dohnanyi used them exclusively during the period of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When he moved to Budapest at the end of 1915, one of his own pianos was the short Clutsam-Bosendorfer, which is currently owned by the Budapest Museum of Music History. This album offers the first recording of this special instrument following a lengthy restoration.
Sofja Gulbadamova
Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Markus Poschner
Jelka Weber; Jan Vogler; Marketa Janouskova; Albrecht Mayer; Andre Schoch; Kathi Wagner; Stefan Doh
Bruckner Orchester Linz; Markus Poschner
TRIENDL/JOHANNS/KARMON
GROISSBOCK/ORF VRSO/HUSSAIN
Saatsorchester Stuttgart; Esther Dierkes; Elena Tsallagova; Björn Bürger; Adam Palka; Maria Riccard
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sofja Gulbadamova
Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Schonebeck; Jan Michael Horstmann, Sofja Gulbadamova
