Wojciech Kocyan - Hommage a Chopin - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The young Chinese pianist Jingge Yan is known for his intellectual profundity and the expressive vitality of his piano performance. His beautiful and philosophical interpretation of Beethoven's piano works has been greatly praised all over the world. In 2015, Jingge Yan was entitled the first 'Beethoven Ambassador' by the city Bonn and has been since then a dedicated leading musician for the music education for the youth and artistic communication between Europe and China. Since 2016 he has been pursuing an ambitious project the complete recording of the piano sonatas, of which the third episode is now being released here. Jingge Yan, born in Beijing in 1986, had his first piano lessons at the age of four. From 2007 to 2011 he studied at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio (USA) with Prof. Peter Takacs and graduated with a Bachelor's degree for piano and organ. At present he is continuing his studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Prof. Pavel Gililov.

Named after the German poet Christian Morgenstern, the Franco-German InchMorgenstern TrioInch has selected a InchtriadInch of Franco-Belgian composers for their new CD, centered around Ravel's Piano Trio in A Minor (1914). Violinist, pianist and teacher Kolja Lessing, a friend of the trio, drew their attention to the two relatively unknown works by Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) and Jacqueline Fontyn (born in 1930). For the three trio members, the main point of interest lay not so much in certain traits of style or character these three Franco-Belgian works might eventually share, nor in the fact that two of the composers are women. Instead, their goal was to explore aspects of historical context and mutual influence among composers. InchRavel wrote his trio in 1914, and Tailleferre the first version of her trio two years later. We thought it would be particularly worthwhile to find out how two French-speaking composers, both known to be admirers of Ravel, wrote in this genre. Album Tracks 1. Piano Trio I. Allegro Animato 3 49 2. Piano Trio II. Allegro Vivace 3 17 3. Piano Trio III. Moderato 3 19 4. Piano Trio IV. TRÈS Animé 3 23 5. Piano Trio I. Allegro 3 35 6. Piano Trio II. Adagio Assai 3 35 7. Piano Trio III. Fuga 2 25 8. Piano Trio IV. Allegro Risoluto 3 19 9. Piano Trio in a Minor, M. 67 I. Modéré 10 02 10. Piano Trio in a Minor, M. 67 II. Pantoum - Assez Vif 4 10 11. Piano Trio in a Minor, M. 67 III. Passacaille - TRÈS Large 7 54 12. Piano Trio in a Minor, M. 67 IV. Final - Animé 5 25

Album Tracks 1. Préambule 2. Pierrot 3. Arlequin 4. Valse Noble 5. Eusebius 6. Florestan 7. Coquette 8. Réplique 9. Papillons 10. A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. (Lettres Dansantes) 11. Chiarina 12. Chopin 13. Estrella 14. Reconnaissance 15. Pantalon Et Colombine 16. Valse Allemande 17. Paganini 18. Aveu 19. Promenade 20. Pause 21. Marche Des 'Davidsbündler' Contre Les Philistins 22. Allegro (Sehr Lebhaft) 23. Romanze (Ziemlich Langsam) 24. Scherzino 25. Intermezzo (Mit Größter Energie) 26. Finale (HÖCHST Lebhaft) 27. Im Ruhigen Tempo 28. Belebt, Nicht Zu Rasch 29. Lebhaft 30. Bewegt 31. Im Anfange Ruhiges, Im Verlauf Bewegtes Tempo