Encores After Beethoven András Schiff

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Beethoven Sonatas opp. 2 and 7:
• 1 Three Piano Pieces, D. 946: No. 1 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro assai (Live) 07:33
• Beethoven Sonatas opp. 10 and 13:
• 2 Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 (Live) 04:59
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Beethoven Sonatas opp. 10 and 13:
• 3 Eine kleine Gigue in G Major, K. 574 (Live) 01:45
• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Beethoven Sonatas opp. 14, 22 and 49:
• 4 Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44: I. Moderato (Live) 09:33
• 5 Sonata in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44: II. Allegretto (Live) 04:08
• Franz Schubert: Beethoven Sonatas opp.26, 27 and 28:
• 6 Hungarian Melody in B Minor, D. 817 (Live) 04:03
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Beethoven Sonatas 31 and 53:
• 7 Andante Favori in F Major, WoO 57. Andante grazioso con moto (Live) 08:45
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Beethoven Sonatas opp. 54, 57, 78, and 81a:
• 8 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: Menuet I & II (Live) 02:32
• 9 Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: Gigue (Live) 02:36
• Beethoven Sonatas opp. 90, 101 and 106:
• 10 Prelude and Fugue B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: Prelude (Live) 02:30
• 11 Prelude and Fugue B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: Fugue (Live) 03:27
• Total Runtime 51:51

Info for Encores After Beethoven

Zwischen März 2004 und Mai 2006 spielte András Schiff den kompletten Zyklus von Beethovens Klaviersonaten in der Tonhalle in Zürich, ECM New Series nahm alle Konzerte auf und veröffentlichte sie. Die vorliegende Kollektion präsentiert nun die Zugaben aus diesen Konzerten. Was spielt man nach Beethoven-Sonaten? András Schiff: "Für mich war es essenziell, nicht auf Unterhaltung auszugehen, sondern nach Stücken zu suchen, die zu den zuvor gehörten Sonaten in enger Beziehung stehen." Der Pianist erforscht hier Verbindungen zu Schubert, Mozart, Haydn und Bach. Bei all diesen sich verknüpfenden Strängen der Musikgeschichte summiert sich András Schiffs Auswahl an Zugaben aber auch zu einem sehr unterhaltsamen eigenständigen Rezitalalbum.

András Schiff, Klavier

As a young pianist, András Schiff earned wide esteem for his 1980s recordings of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach; in recent years, as part of his long-term relationship with ECM, he has gone back to Bach as a sage veteran, earning even more acclaim for his New Series versions of the Goldberg Variations (2001) and the Six Partitas (2007), both intimate concert recordings. In August 2011, Schiff turned his focus to the 48 preludes and fugues of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, recording both Books I and II in the Auditorium Radiosvizzera Italiana, Lugano. The performance of these influential works sets new interpretive standards. For the recording, Schiff’s own Steinway was brought to Lugano, and the production beautifully captures a masterful player and his instrument of choice.

András Schiff, born in Budapest in 1953, puts a strong focus on cyclic performances of the important piano works by the masters from Bach to Bártok. His wide-ranging discography on ECM includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Janáček, among many others. One of Schiff's most ambitious projects to date, the complete Beethoven sonata cycle was performed in 20 major musical centers worldwide and recorded for ECM in concert at the Zürich Tonhalle. In 1999, Schiff created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annually with this orchestra, he conducts London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

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