Christiano Holtz - Well-Tempered Clavier I - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

?Daring compositions for a Daring New Land. Bringing together newcomers from all corners of the world, with an openness to experimentation and a wonderfully unexpected mix of old and new; these elements apply to both to the province of Flevoland and to ensemble Black Pencil. Almere, located in Flevoland, is the home base of Black Pencil since 2020. It is the youngest and greenest city of the Netherlands. As an artist you often can become inspired by the green and the space to enjoy this environment, you organically develop an affinity with nature while there. The relationship between music and nature has been a source of inspiration throughout history. We felt the urge to create new music for this remarkable new province; inspired by Flevoland's landscape and it's own history, written by composers of calibre with different backgrounds. Thanks to the openness and decisiveness of the province, the ideas became reality.

This new features a fresh interpretation of Bach's masterly cycle The Well-Tempered Clavichord by Heidrun Holtmann. Heidrun Holtmann was born in Germany where she began her musical education at the age of four. Five years later she was accepted by the Music Academy of Detmold, where she worked with Renate Kretschmar-Fischer and completed her studies with highest honors. She was awarded several prizes at national and international competitions. Appearances with conductors such as Antal Dorati, Ivan Fischer, and David Zinman followed, and she performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and many other symphony and chamber orchestras in Germany and abroad. Her discography includes the complete works for piano and orchestra by Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven's Third and Fourth Piano Concertos in chamber music versions dating from the nineteenth century and several solo albums spanning a wide repertoire ranging from Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, and Szymanowski as well as works from the contemporary repertoire.

J.S. Bach - Well Tempered Clavier BK 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/01/2000