Schumann / Holliger - Aschenmusik
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Label: ECM New Series
Cat No: 4810957
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 9th June 2014
Contents
Works
Romancendres for cello and pianoIntermezzo from FAE Sonata, WoO22
Romances (3), op.94
Stucke (6) in kanonischer Form (Studies in canonic form), op.56
Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor, op.105 (arr. for cello and piano)
Artists
Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d’amore)Anita Leuzinger (cello)
Anton Kernjak (piano)
Works
Romancendres for cello and pianoIntermezzo from FAE Sonata, WoO22
Romances (3), op.94
Stucke (6) in kanonischer Form (Studies in canonic form), op.56
Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor, op.105 (arr. for cello and piano)
Artists
Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d’amore)Anita Leuzinger (cello)
Anton Kernjak (piano)
About
Heinz Holliger’s lifelong fascination with the music of Robert Schumann finds further expression on the album 'Aschenmusik', issued to celebrate the Swiss oboist-composer’s 75th birthday (21 May 2014). A new interpretation of Holliger’s Romancendres is framed by Schumann’s own works.
Strong performances by Holliger himself and by Anita Leuzinger, solo cellist from the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, and by Austrian pianist Anton Kernjak make this recording another important addition to Heinz Holliger’s ECM discography.
The title Romancendres refers to the lost 'Cello Romances' of 1853 which Clara Schumann burned on Brahms’ advice, an act of destruction which outraged Holliger and fuelled the composition of this 'music from the ashes' in 2003. However, it is not an attempt to reconstruct a lost Schumann composition, but a portrait of Schumann, packed with quotations, projected like a lifetime passing through the mind of a dying man.
Romancendres is prefaced by Schumann’s 'Romances' for oboe and piano, masterpieces which have been part of Holliger’s repertoire for 60 years, and by the rarely-played 'Studies in Canon Form' which find Holliger on the oboe d’amore. The album closes with Schumann’s Sonata No.1 for violin and piano, with cello substituting for violin. Holliger notes: “Schumann himself thought it could also be played on a cello. I find it grandiose with this combination of instruments.”
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