4025796021028

The Hour Of Spirits

Hannes Pohlit

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Format: CD

Cat No: VKJK2102

Release Date:  28 October 2022

Label:  Querstand

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4025796021028

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    For his debut album, the Leipzig-based pianist Hannes Pohlit has recorded rare works of the virtuoso piano-repertoire on the Bluthner 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 Blüthner 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Henze: Lucy Escott Variations (Arr. K. Billing)
      • 2. Enescu: Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op, 24 No. 1: I. Allegro molto moderato
      • 3. Enescu: Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op, 24 No. 1: I. Presto vivace
      • 4. Enescu: Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op, 24 No. 1: I. Andante molto espressivo
      • 5. Busoni: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 37, BV 181: Moderato
      • 6. Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem (Arr. F. Busoni): I. Fantasia
      • 7. Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem (Arr. F. Busoni): II. Adagio
      • 8. Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem (Arr. F. Busoni): III. Fuga