Jacob / Petri / Esfahani - UK DK - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Even today, exactly two hundred years after the beginning of their creation, the InchDiabelli VariationsInch still have a reputation among many concertgoers and organizers as being 'awkward' or 'unwieldly' and, in any case, difficult to understand. Jacob Leuschner proves the opposite. Indeed, it is not an immediately accessible piece, let alone one that ingratiates itself the first time you hear it; like most of Beethoven's later works, it requires intense, concentrated engagement before it reveals it's complex beauty. Jacob Leuschner, born 1974 in Freiburg, studied with Helmut Barth and Michel Béroff in Freiburg as well as Konrad Elser in Luebeck. Numerous prizes and distinctions at important piano competitions attest to his artistic ranking Beethoven (Vienna), German Music Competition and German University Competition, Leeds, Rina Sala Gallo (Monza), Mozart (Salzburg), Schubert (Dortmund) and Viotti (Vercelli). Since 1989 concert trips have led him to China, most European countries, Japan and USA. Jacob Leuschner has made many radio and TV productions as well as several recordings. In 1997 he founded with his year-long duo partner Angela Schwartz (cello) and violinist Alexander van Wijnkoop the Ariadne Trio Basel; furthermore, Jacob Leuschner is among other things duo partner of cellist Sebastian Klinger and clarinetist Clemens Trautmann. With those last named, he founded in 2003 the Feuerbach Trio. In 2008, Jacob Leuschner was appointed professor at the Music University Cologne.

Once upon a time... at the heyday of the piano, between 1880 and the Second World War, when nearly every pianist was also a composer and arranger. The distinction between interpretation, arrangement, and composition is not always clear-cut nor decisive - the only important thing is the delightful effect of these gems for piano, which pianist Jacob Leuschner, who has been exploring the repertoire of this InchGolden Age of the PianoInch for decades, has recorded for his new GENUIN CD. The names Leopold Godowsky, Ignaz Friedman, Federico Mompou can be found there, as well as a premiere recording by the Dutchman Dirk Schäfer. These are intimate piano moments that, played enchantingly and without the noise of shellac records, nevertheless bring their era back to life before our ears. Album Tracks 1. Vorspiel Zur Ratswahlkantate 2. Die Seele Ruht in Jesu Händen 3. Adagietto from L'arlésienne Suite No. 1 4. Still Wie Die Nacht, Op. 326, No. 27 5. Du Bist Wie Eine Blume, Op. 25, No. 24 6. Ballet Music from InchRosamundeInch, D. 797 7. Posthumous Waltz in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3 8. Bacchanal (Hulanka) from Six Polish Songs, S. 480 9. Polka de Salon in F-Sharp Major, Op. 7, No. 1 10. Si Oiseau J'étais, À Toi Je Volerais, Étude Caractéristique, Op. 2, No. 6 11. Canciónes y Danzas 12. From Five Spanish Dances, Op.12 13. From Triakontameron. Thirty Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure 14. Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes from InchDie FledermausInch 15. Marquis Et Marquise, Op. 22, No. 4 (From Estampes) 16. Mainacht. Etude, Op. 3, No. 7

The first of a live performance by Soft Machine's InchBundlesInch lineup, featuriing a young Allan Holdsworth on guitar. Originally recorded in January of 1975. Album Tracks 1. The Floating World 2. Bundles 3. Land of the Bag Snake 4. Early Comedy 5. The Man Who Waved All Trains 6. Peff 7. North Point 8. Hazard Profile, Part One 9. J.S.M 10. Riff III 11. Song of Aeolous 12. Endgame 13. Penny Hitch (Coda)