About this product
Artist: Karl-Andreas Kolly
Label: Capriccio
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 845221055268
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2024-02-16
Number of Discs: 1
Franz Schmidt was not only a brilliant cellist, but also a gifted pianist who mastered almost the entire piano repertoire with ease. Nevertheless, he had a kind of love-hate relationship with the piano. His great love was the organ. However, this did not prevent him from writing numerous works for the left hand (Beethoven Variations, Piano Concerto in E-flat major, Quintets). All of these were commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. For two-handed piano, on the other hand, Schmidt left behind only one composition. It is the melancholic Romance, which he dedicated to his English teacher Geoffrey Sephton in 1922. Karl-Andreas Kolly: 'The fact that I have nevertheless decided to set three of Franz Schmidt's organ works for piano has primarily to do with my great passion for his music. And also a little with my hope that in a piano version, his organ works could possibly reach an additional audience.'
Tracks:
1.1 Chaconne Cis-Moll
1.2 Romanze Fur Klavier
1.3 Toccata
1.4 4 Kleine Choralvorspiele Fur Orgel: No. 3 O, Wie Selig Seid Ihr Doch, Ihr Frommen
1.5 Variations Und Fugue Uber Ein Eigenes Thema
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