program:
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) / Gyorgy Kurtag (* 1926)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) [05] I.Barcarolle. Allegro 06:54
total playing time 61:52
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Press:
September 2017 – recommendation of the month!!! “The art of the piano duo GrauSchumacher is discreet and does not seem to be at all intent on impressing us with virtuosity or a richly fanned out sound. (…) An almost imperceptible ritardando before the major entry of the theme in the final section becomes a great, astonishing moment. Even those who know the work [Schubert, Fantasy in F minor] will experience many such moments. (…) Anyone who knows Rachmaninoff's piano playing suspects that he would have found his sound ideal realized here. A reference recording!” Matthew Kornemann
CD of the week “They are all pieces that have been burning under our fingers for a long time,” says Götz Schumacher, who recorded the new CD with Andreas Grau in the small broadcasting hall in the Haus des Rundfunks. This time the pianists have decided on a themed album. […] Fantastic – these fantasies.
14.5.2017 Remy Franck praises the “varied program” and speaks of an “exciting journey through well-known and new works to be discovered here”. Read his text here. |
