Sony Music - Martin Stadtfeld - Christmas Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

German pianist Martin Stadtfeld recorded a special Christmas album featuring well-known Christmas melodies such as InchStille NachtInch (Silent night), InchIn the bleak midwinterInch and InchMaria durch ein Dornwald gingInch and InchVom Himmel hochInch which are newly arranged by Martin Stadtfeld himself for InchChristmas PianoInch. In addition, Stadtfeld contributed to InchChristmas PianoInch his own pieces, especially the eleven-part contemplative piano cycle InchChristmas TimeInch, two variations after Praetorius' InchEs ist ein Ros' entsprungenInch and two intermezzi after Praetorius' InchVom Himmel hochInch. Already at the end of 2020, when no concerts could take place due to the pandemic, Stadtfeld had sent short musical Advent greetings to his audience via social media channels to cheer them up. The experience of this sharing and the positive response to his music gave him the idea for his new album. Right at the beginning, Stadtfeld's InchChristmas TimeInch sounds, consisting of 11 atmospheric miniatures. Titles like InchHappy TimeInch, InchWish ListInch or InchAnticipationInch conjure up images of joyful anticipation and shining children's eyes during Christmas times. Just as in his own piano cycle, Martin Stadtfeld let's listeners participate in his Christmas imagination in his arrangements of traditional carols and pieces by classical composers. InchChristmas PianoInch also includes InchCanonische Veränderungen über Vom Himmel hochInch (Canonical Changes on High Heaven) by Johann Sebastian Bach arranged for piano and trumpet, in which Martin Stadtfeld's brother Stephan also makes a guest appearance on the trumpet. Album Tracks 1. Glückliche Zeit (Happy Time) 2. Intermezzo After InchVom Himmel HochInch 3. Traum (Dream) 4. Wunschzettel (Wishlist) 5. Glocken (Bells) 6. Nachdenkerei I (Thoughtfulness) 7. Vorfreude (Anticipation) 8. Nachdenke