Soulmates: Schubert, Janacek

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Schuch’s way with Janáček is attractive; while occasionally impulsive where rubato is concerned, he maintains a clear sense of narrative, heard at its best in a memorable performance of ‘The... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 9th Dec 2022
Catalogue No: AVI8553515
Label: Avi Music
Length: 75 minutes

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Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899 (Op. 90)

Work length28:28

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 1 in C Minor. Allegro molto moderato

Track length10:01

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No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Allegro

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No. 3 in G-Flat Major. Andante

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No. 4 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto

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Excerpt, Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

Work length12:47

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 1, Moderato

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No. 2, Andantino

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Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:34

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 2, A leaf blown away

Track length3:34

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Excerpt, Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 3, Allegro moderato

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Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length4:19

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 3, Come with us!

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No. 1, Our evenings

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Excerpt, Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 4, Moderato

Track length5:18

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Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:28

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 4, The Madonna of Frydek

Track length3:28

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Excerpt, Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 5, Allegro vivace

Track length2:07

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Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length1:58

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 5, They chattered like swallows

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Excerpt, Schubert: Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

Work length8:36

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 6, Allegretto

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Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:29

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Herbert Schuch (piano)
Recorded: 2020-07
Recording Venue: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2, Munich

No. 10, The barn owl has not flown away!

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Herbert Schuch is very well known, building bridges between two composers. After his first project "Bagatellen" (8553443) and the follow up "Reflecting Beethoven" (8553016) he puts for discussion and presents piano music of some mental similarity between Franz Schubert and Leos Janacek.

"The idea of finding relationships between the music of Franz Schubert and Leos Janacek emerged in my head for the first time in a kind of dreamworld between sleep and waking. I had laid down to take a rest, and my thoughts started to revolve around these two composers. Thus, the point of departure for this album was not something intellectual: it was more like a hunch. I then obviously needed to inspect my idea by daylight to see if it made musical sense also in terms of interpretation and dramaturgy.". "

Each one of them is a composer who discovers and creates his own world of sound step by step, by groping or wandering. Schubert embarks on his journey with a certain degree of open-mindedness: I get the impression that he is not so certain about where his destination lies or which path he will take to reach it. This feeling of departure, of improvisation, of setting one foot after the other, is something I also sense quite intensely in Janacek.

In these two composers, there is a special relationship between the outer world and inner world: their music is clearly connected with nature, but nature is only a mirror of their inner emotions. I find it exciting to juxtapose these two artists these two human beings, I would say and see what happens if we let them share a portion of their journey in each other's company." (Excerpt from an interview with Michael Kube)

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February 2023

Schuch’s way with Janáček is attractive; while occasionally impulsive where rubato is concerned, he maintains a clear sense of narrative, heard at its best in a memorable performance of ‘The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away’, and his playing of the main melody in the ‘Madonna of Frýdek’ – directed to be played ‘from a distance’ – is magical.

March 2023

How Schuch’s Schubert/Janáček pairings will hold up over repeated hearings remains to be seen, yet he unquestionably imparts a personal stamp upon this repertoire.

Soulmates: Schubert, Janacek

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