Gernsheim / Barnieck- Piano Music 2 (CD)
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916), born in Worms, on the Rhine, grew up to be one of the most formidable musicians of his age: composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Even as a teenager, Gernsheim was attracting attention as a virtuoso-composer, earning comparisons with Mozart. The works here document the emergence of his own musical personality, from an early sonata, which has a Mozartian opening and a Beethovenian slow movement, via a dalliance with Schumann, until he reaches a mature style comparable to Brahms in it's emotional range and depth.
Tracklist:
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In D Minor: I. Allegro Agitato
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In D Minor: II. Adagio
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In D Minor: III. Finale. Allegro Assai
- Romanze In F-Sharp Major, Op. 15
- Capriccio In E Minor
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 1 In F Major, Idyll
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 2 In F Minor, Capriccio
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 3 In C Major, Legende
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 4 In A-Flat Major, Impromptu
- Fantasie In G Minor, Op. 27
- Geschwind-Marsch In C Major (Transcr. J. Barnieck)
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916), born in Worms, on the Rhine, grew up to be one of the most formidable musicians of his age: composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Even as a teenager, Gernsheim was attracting attention as a virtuoso-composer, earning comparisons with Mozart. The works here document the emergence of his own musical personality, from an early sonata, which has a Mozartian opening and a Beethovenian slow movement, via a dalliance with Schumann, until he reaches a mature style comparable to Brahms in it's emotional range and depth.
Tracklist:
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In D Minor: I. Allegro Agitato
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In D Minor: II. Adagio
- Piano Sonata No. 1 In D Minor: III. Finale. Allegro Assai
- Romanze In F-Sharp Major, Op. 15
- Capriccio In E Minor
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 1 In F Major, Idyll
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 2 In F Minor, Capriccio
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 3 In C Major, Legende
- 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61: No. 4 In A-Flat Major, Impromptu
- Fantasie In G Minor, Op. 27
- Geschwind-Marsch In C Major (Transcr. J. Barnieck)