Hanna Bachmann - Janáček, Beethoven, Ullmann & Schumann: Piano Sonatas (2017)

Hanna Bachmann plays with great musicality, creativity and technical skill. Her delicate sound and her interpretation speak of a mature personality at the piano,” Kirill Petrenko, chief musical director of the Bavarian State Opera, writes about the young pianist. With her Debut CD, Bachmann is introducing the listener four great works for piano, including both finales of Schumann's Sonata No. 2.

Ms. Bachmann (born in 1993) received her first piano lessons at the age of six. When she was twelve, she started attending Ferenc Bognar‘s class at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory in Feldkirch and then moved to Florian Krumpöck in Vienna. Since 2011, she has been working with Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum Salzburg. There, she completed her Bachelor degree with distinction in 2015. She received further artistically valuable inspiration from Elisabeth Leonskaja, Elisso Virsaladze, Barbara Moser, Arbo Valdma, Ya-Fei Chuang and Daejin Kim, amongst others. Hanna Bachmann has won prizes in both national and international piano competitions, most recently the first prize at the 'International Bachelor Piano Award 2015' in Düsseldorf.

TRACKLIST

01. From The Street, 1 October 1905, Jw VIII/19 "Sonata": I. Predtucha (Foreboding): Con Moto
02. From The Street, 1 October 1905, Jw VIII/19 "Sonata": II. Smrt (Death)
03. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les adieux": I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio-Allegro
04. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les adieux": II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo
05. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les adieux": III. Das Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente
06. Piano Sonata No. 7: I. Allegro, gemachliche
07. Piano Sonata No. 7: II. Alla marcia, ben misurato
08. Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Adagio, ma con moto
09. Piano Sonata No. 7: IV. Scherzo: Allegretto grazioso
10. Piano Sonata No. 7: V. Variationen und Fuge uber ein hebraisches Volkslied
11. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: I. So rasch wir moglich
12. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Andantino
13. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: III. Scherzo
14. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: IV. Rondo
15. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: Anhang: Urspungliches Finale: Presto-Passionato