Michael Denhoff - Bach Variations op.114
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Label: Cybele
Cat No: CYBELESACD161702
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 20th October 2017
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Artists
Birgitta Wollenweber (piano)About
“When I heard the final recording of the Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould, a wish grew inside me to create something comparably amazing and comprehensive ... someday ... but at the time, in 1981, I was 26 and not yet mature enough for such an ambitious undertaking. Only now, and quite hesitantly – and wracked with self-doubt – have I felt qualified for the task, but with 28 variations I intended to remain ‘modest’ behind Bach. Even so, it grew to contain 30 variations, since the theme adds a bass line and thus itself becomes a variation; the concluding repeat of the Sarabande, similar to Bach’s Aria in the Goldberg Variations, is a further variation; indeed, Bach’s exact sequence of notes appears, but here with octave leaps.” – Michael Denhoff
The pianist Birgitta Wollenweber has worked intensively with Michael Denhoff since 1996 – also as his duo partner. Whether giving solo recitals, collaborating as a chamber-music partner or appearing as a soloist with orchestra, she is active at home and abroad. She is a regular guest at international festivals and records for radio and TV. Her repertoire encompasses works from all periods, and her discography, 16 CDs to date, includes solo and chamber music by rediscovered composers.
She studied in Detmold as well as with Peter Wallfisch at the Royal College of Music in London. She has received numerous awards and is a professor of piano and chair of the piano department at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. She teaches in Germany and elsewhere, gives courses and directs the concert series Klassik Um Eins (Classics at One) in Berlin and Klassik Um Sechs (Classics at Six) in Brandenburg.
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