The Hour of Spirits

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Release Date: 28th Oct 2022
Catalogue No: VKJK2102
Label: Querstand
Length: 65 minutes

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Henze, H: Lucy Escott Variations

Work length9:55

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Hannes Pohlit

Enescu: Sonate für Klavier Nr. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 24 Nr.1

Work length22:36

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Hannes Pohlit

I. Allegro molto

Track length10:29

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II. Presto vivace

Track length4:52

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III. Andante molto espressivo

Track length7:15

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Busoni: 24 Preludes, Op. 37, BV 181: No. 1 in C Major, Moderato

Work length2:43

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Hannes Pohlit

Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S259

Work length30:14

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Hannes Pohlit

I. Fantasia. Moderato un poco maestoso

Track length9:49

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II. Adagio

Track length11:33

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III. Fuga. Allegretto con moto

Track length8:52

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For his debut album, the Leipzig-based pianist Hannes Pohlit has recorded rare works of the virtuoso piano-repertoire on the Blthner grand piano. The recordings took place in 2021 in the Media Campus Villa Ida (Leipzig) and were sponsored by the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig.

Hans Werner Henze's (1926 2012) "Lucy Escott Variations", dedicated to the memory of a historical opera-singer, pay homage to the elegance of the Italian Belcanto.

George Enescu's (1881 1955) first Piano Sonata explores the dark colours of Romanian soul-landscapes.

Franz Liszt's (1811 1886) most famous organ work "Fantasy and Fugue on the choral 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam'" was performed at the inauguration of the great organ in the Merseburg Cathedral. In the transcription for piano by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 1924), the pianist shows the great variations of timbres Blthner Aliquot grand piano can provide, from the highly expressive fantasy to the roaring fugue, and in the meditative Adagio gives space for the warm, vocal timbres of the instrument.

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