Alexander Lonquich plays Schumann & Holliger

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Lonquich's playing is at one with the thinking of both composers...while the piano sound is on a par with ECM's best...this disc is recommended to all devotees of the ambiguity which informs... — International Record Review, April 2011 More…

Release Date: 24th Jan 2011
Catalogue No: 4763826
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 71 minutes

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Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Work length34:41

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Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Recorded: 2008-11-22
Recording Venue: RSI Auditorium, Lugano

1. Äusserst bewegt

Track length2:02

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2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch - Intermezzo I (Sehr lebhaft) - Tempo I - Intermezzo II (Etwas bewegter) - Tempo I

Track length8:27

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3. Sehr aufgeregt

Track length5:02

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4. Sehr langsam

Track length4:34

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5. Sehr lebhaft

Track length3:11

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6. Sehr langsam

Track length6:08

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7. Sehr rasch

Track length2:03

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8. Schnell und spielend

Track length3:14

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Holliger: Partita (1999) Dedicated To András Schiff

Work length37:07

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Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Recorded: 2008-11-22
Recording Venue: RSI Auditorium, Lugano

I. Praeludium ("Innere Stimme")

Track length5:19

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II. Fuga

Track length7:12

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III. Barcarola

Track length3:23

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IV. Sphynxen für Sch. (Intermezzo I)

Track length2:48

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V. Petit "Csárdás obstiné"

Track length1:22

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VI. Sphynxen für Sch. (Intermezzo II)

Track length3:13

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VII. Ciacona monoritmica

Track length13:50

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Pianist Alexander Lonquich delighted many with his first ECM solo recording, the 2005-released Plainte Calme, a recital of Fauré, Messiaen and Ravel. Now he returns to territory with which he is most closely associated, the German musical tradition exemplified by Robert Schumann. Playing the first edition of Kreisleriana (1838) and Swiss composer Heinz Holliger’s “invocation” of Schumann, Partita (1999), he shows the dark nocturnal side of romanticism in juxtaposition with contemporary composition whose “radicalised romanticism” is inspired by it.

Lonquich chose to record the first edition of Kreisleriana rather than the better-known, revised 1849 version because he finds a “special attraction in the fragility of the initial conception”. Holliger says “Schumann is the composer who has almost always been at the true centre of my thoughts.” His Partita is an imaginative continuation of the Schumann style, a “compositional explosion” bringing the mercurial spirit of Schumann into the modern age.

Alexander Lonquich was born in Trier, Germany. In 1976, at the age of 16, he caused a sensation winning Italy’s Casagrande Competition. He has worked closely with Claudio Abbado, Kurt Sanderling, Ton Koopman, Emannuel Krivine and especially with Sandor Vegh, and plays chamber music with Heinz Holliger, Joshua Bell, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Demenga, Shlomo Mintz, Steven Isserlis, and Miklos Perényi.

Heinz Holliger is one of the defining composers and instrumentalists of ECM New Series. Releases with his music include Scandinelli-Zyklus, Beiseit/Alb-Cher, Lieder ohne Worte, Schneewittchen, Violinkonzert and Romancendres (also with Schumann as its inspirational centre). His skills as oboist are to the fore on ‘Lauds and Lamentations’ and an album of Zelenka Trio Sonatas, and he’s conducted recordings of Sandor Veress and Zimmermann.

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April 2011

Lonquich's playing is at one with the thinking of both composers...while the piano sound is on a par with ECM's best...this disc is recommended to all devotees of the ambiguity which informs the Romantic spirit, whatever the era.

27th February 2011

His performances of both works are muscular, vividly coloured and searching.

Alexander Lonquich plays Schumann & Holliger

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