Brahms, Reger & Busoni: Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Vol. 35 Christopher Park, Joseph Moog, Anna Tsybuleva, Fabian Müller, Gina Alice

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Variations on a theme of George Frederic Handel in B-Flat Major, Op. 24:
• 1I. Aria. Variationen I – XXV (Live)22:17
• 2II. Fuga (Live)05:12
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916): Variations on a theme of Georg Philipp Telemann in B-Flat Major, Op. 134:
• 3I. Thema. Tempo di Minuetto (Live)27:45
• 4II. Fuge. Vivace con spirito (Live)05:21
• Fuenf Aquarellen, Op. 25:
• 5I. Canzonetta (Live)01:56
• 6II. Humoreske (Live)01:36
• 7III. Impromptu (Live)03:03
• 8IV. Nordische Ballade (Live)05:24
• 9V. Mazurka (Live)02:44
• Traeume am Kamin, Op. 143:
• 10I. Larghetto (Live)03:16
• 11II. Con Moto (Live)02:25
• 12III. Molto adagio (Live)02:40
• 13IV. Allegretto grazioso (Live)02:26
• 14V. Agitato (Live)02:32
• 15VI. Poco vivace (Live)02:14
• 16VII. Molto sostenuto (Live)02:46
• 17VIII. Etude. Vivace (Live)00:56
• 18IX. Larghetto (Live)02:47
• 19X. Humoreske. Vivace (Live)02:27
• 20XI. Andantino (Live)02:25
• 21XII. Studie. Larghetto (Live)03:02
• Feruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924):
• 22Sonatina seconda09:05
• 23Partita No. 2 for Violin Solo in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (After Johann Sebastian Bach) (Live)14:34
• 2410 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27: III. Nun komm' dere Heiden Heiland in G Minor, BWV 659 (After Johann Sebastian Bach) (Live)05:23
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Four Ballades, Op. 10:
• 25No. 1 in D Minor. Andante (Live)04:31
• 26No. 2 in D Major. Andante (Live)06:21
• 27No. 3 in B Minor. Allegro (Live)04:18
• 28No. 4 in B Major. Andante con moto (Live)08:30
• Seven Fantasies Op. 116:
• 29I. Caoriccio in D Minor. Presto energico (Live)02:15
• 30II. Intermezzo in A Minor. Andante (Live)03:50
• 31III. Capriccio in G Minor. Allegro passionato (Live)03:05
• 32IV. Intermezzo in E Major. Adagio (Live)04:53
• 33V. Intermezzo in E Minor. Andante con grazia (Live)02:57
• 34VI. Intermezzo in E Major. Andantino teneramente (Live)03:16
• 35VII. Capriccio in D Minor. Allegro agitato (Live)02:18
• Six Piano Pieces Op. 118:
• 36I. Intermezzo in A Minor. Allegro assai, ma molto appassionato (Live)01:56
• 37II. Intermezzo in A Major. Andante teneramente (Live)05:47
• 38III. Ballade in G Minor. Allegro energico (Live)03:18
• 39IV. Intermezzo in F Minor. Allegretto un poco agitato (Live)02:46
• 40V. Romance in F Major. Andante (Live)04:35
• 41VI. Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor. Andante, largo e mesto (Live)05:22
• Rhapsodie No. 1 in G Minor Op. 79:
• 42I. Agitato (Live)08:41
• Total Runtime03:32:55

Info for Brahms, Reger & Busoni: Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Vol. 35

Das Klavierwerk von Johannes Brahms stand 2016 im Fokus des Klavier-Festivals Ruhr. Dies findet bei der Werkauswahl für unsere Jahres-CD natürlich ebenso seinen Niederschlag wie die Jubiläen zweier Komponisten, deren Werke leider noch immer viel zu selten aufgeführt werden: Max Reger (100. Todestag) und Ferruccio Busoni (150. Geburtstag).

Unsere erste CD stellt zwei große Variationszyklen von Johannes Brahms und Max Reger vor. Die Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Georg Friedrich Händel op. 24 gelten als künstlerischer Befreiungsschlag Brahms‘ und sind hier in der Interpretation des jungen Deutsch-Koreaners Christopher Park zu hören. Max Regers technisch und künstlerisch höchst anspruchsvollen Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Georg Philip Telemann op. 134 wiederum werden von Joseph Moog überaus virtuos interpretiert. Beide Variationszyklen sind absolute Perlen im CD-Repertoire.

Die zweite CD stellt sodann weitere Raritäten Max Regers vor: seine in der romantischen Tradition stehenden Charakterstücke Aquarellen op. 25, gespielt von Anna Tsybuleva, sowie die wunderbaren Träume am Kamin op. 143 in der Interpretation von Joseph Moog. Ebenfalls auf dieser CD versammelt sind einige richtungsweisende Werke Ferruccio Busonis: zukunftsweisende Musik, die beim Gewinner des Busoni Wettbewerbs Bozen 2013, Fabian Müller, bei Gina Alice und Joseph Moog genau in den richtigen Händen liegt.

Die dritte CD wiederum widmet sich ganz dem Klavierwerk Johannes Brahms‘. Mit den frühen Vier Balladen op. 10 beweist die 22-jährige Gina Alice ihre enorme pianistische Souveränität. Zum Abschluss dieser CD erklingt die wunderbare Rhapsodie Nr. 1 in h-Moll op. 79 in der einfühlsamen Interpretation von Louis Schwizgebel.

Christopher Park, Klavier
Joseph Moog, Klavier
Anna Tsybuleva, Klavier
Fabian Müller, Klavier
Gina Alice, Klavier

Christopher Park
“Christopher Park is a pianist who captivates with his fascinating technical mastery, astounding musical maturity, and a particularly intense performance style” – this was the explanation given by the jury by the Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival upon awarding Christopher Park the renowned Leonard Bernstein Award 2014. He thereby joined the ranks of noteworthy musicians such as Lang Lang, Lisa Batiashvili and Martin Grubinger, who all started their careers with this internationally sought-after award.

Numerous important ensembles have engaged Park, a Bamberg-born musician with German-Korean roots, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, both Frankfurt and North German Radio Symphony Orchestras, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Spanish National Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, China NCPA Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, Chambre Orchestra of Lausanne and Bamberg Symphony, to name but a few. In November 2014, Christopher Park stood in for Emanuel Ax to great success with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, only a few months after his widely celebrated début in Hamburg.

So far he has worked with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Paavo Jarvi, Sebastian Weigle, Ion Marin, Paul Daniel and Dimitri Kitaenko. He has given concerts in Europe, China, South Africa and South Korea and played at events including the Ravinia Festival, the Klavierfestival Ruhr, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián and the Burgos International Music Festival.

In the coming 2016/2017 concert season, Christopher Park has been chosen as „Rising Star“ by the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation). Therefore he will debut in Europe’s renowned concert halls in London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Vienna, Stockholm, Barcelona, Budapest, Lisboa and others.

Alongside his engagements as a soloist, for which he has gained recognition in the form of various scholarships and awards (e.g. the Rheingau Music Festival to support new talent), he is passionately involved in chamber music. He made his début in the Brahms Saal of the Vienna Musikverein at the end of 2014 with the Küchl Quartet, which comprises members of the Vienna Philharmonic. After that the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra nominated him as their candidate for the Credit-Suisse Award. He has also played with Avi Avital, Richard O’Neill, Leticia Moreno and Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas and accompanied singers including Sumi Jo. He has collaborated with John Neumeier on various projects such as Stravinsky’s Petrushka Variations, Schumann’s Kinderszenen and suites by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Christopher Park was influenced by two major musical traditions during his studies: the Russian school of Lev Oborin with Lev Natochenny as well as the German school of Wilhelm Kempff with Joachim Volkmann.

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