Linda Nicholson - Piano Sonatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Known in his lifetime as 'the north German Schubert', Carl Loewe (1796-1869) is remembered today chiefly as a composer of songs and ballads. Yet there is a considerable body of piano music that is strikingly innovative in content, expression and harmony, containing the germs of ideas later taken up by composers such as Wagner and Liszt. Loewe was unquestionably a brilliantly original talent, a major figure in ushering in the Romantic era - with the remarkable Four Fantasies of 1854 heard here 'documenting' in music the contemporary emigration of German families to the United States. This third volume of Linda Nicholson's survey of his piano music on historical instruments concludes it's first-ever complete recording on any kind of piano.

Fortepiano Sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart has all his life engaged in the genre piano sonata, starting with four, unfortunately lost, piano sonatas K. 33 dg (KV A199-202), which already Mozart composed the age of ten, to the Sonata K. 576, which he will be in July 1789 own works earned. Nevertheless, his sonatas was long (-inside) were overshadowed by his other works and a number of sonatas in the relevant literature dismissed as occasional pieces or as educational material for his piano students. Meanwhile, it has long recognized the importance of the sonatas and when the recording of his piano works on a fortepiano nowadays it were part of the standard, this is due to undoubtedly outstanding performers such as Linda Nicholson.

Carl Loewe (1796-1869) Is Remembered Today Chiefly As a Composer of Ballads. Yet There Is a Considerable Body of Piano Music That Is Strikingly Innovative in Content, Expression and Harmony. A Major Figure in Ushering in the Romantic Era His Works Contain the Germs of Ideas Later Taken Up By Composers Such As Wagner and Liszt. This Is the First of a Series of Recordings Done in Conjunction with Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Linda Nicholson Is One of the Foremost Keyboard Players Specializing in the Performance of Baroque, Classical and Early Romantic Music on Instruments of the Period.