Jan Lisiecki - Schumann (2016) [TR24][OF]

Jans new album is a dream come true for the 20-year old pianist: He recorded with Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia Schumann s works for piano and orchestra.

The recording follows his very successful Proms Debut on 19 July 2013 with Schumann s Piano Concerto.

Now it is coming: Jans carefully prepared and long awaited third album for DG. The Schumann Piano Concerto is a work that leaves a lot of room for the individual approach. It s not at all about virtuosity and technical brilliance but calls instead for a detailed and intimate dialogue between pianist and orchestra: chamber music on a grand scale.

Jan offers a fresh, thoughtful and emotional interpretation. He says: It is almost as if Schumann left to the musician something to say. So I hope that the audience simply hears my version of this concerto and I hope they enjoy it.

The album is completed by rarely performed and recorded original works for piano and orchestra by Schumann:
With op. 134 Jan in fact adds a work never recorded before to the DG catalogue!
Op. 92 was last recorded by Wilhelm Kempff/BRSO/Kubelik 42 years ago in 1973 and DG licensed a recording with Sviatoslav Richter/Warsaw NPO/Wislocki from 1959.

…perhaps the most 'complete' pianist of his age… –BBC Music Magazine

This proved to be a performance of extraordinary accomplishment. The Schumann may be far from the most technically difficult in the romantic repertoire, but its bravura moments especially the very opening gesture, and the athletic writing throughout the finale were authoritatively delivered. More to the point, the sensitivity and intimacy of the bulk of the solo part were presented with exceptional maturity and poise. Pappano and his players dovetailed immaculately with the pianist, the orchestra's woodwind, in particular, offering many solo highlights. Lisiecki's encore Chopin's posthumously published Nocturne in C sharp minor confirmed an artist of remarkable refinement. –The Guardian

… a man who represents the top-drawer future of classical music performance –Independent

TRACKLIST

Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op.54:
1. 1. Allegro affettuoso
2. 2. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)
3. 3. Allegro vivace

Introduction And Allegro Appassionato, Op.92:
4. Introduction

Introduction And Allegro Appassionato, Op.92:
5. Allegro Appassionato
6. Introduction And Concert-Allegro, Op.134:

Kinderszenen, Op.15:
7. 7. Träumerei

3 Romanzen, Op.28:
8. No. 2 In F Sharp (Einfach) [Bonus Track]



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