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Burkard Schliessmann

Live & Encores

DIVINE ART RECORDINGS GROUP
Release Date: November 3, 2023

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1 Bach - Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 / I. Sinfonia (4:31)  
2 II. Allemande (4:48)  
3 III. Courante (2:33)  
4 IV. Sarabande (2:55)  
5 V. Rondeau (1:23)  
6 VI. Capriccio (3:54)  
7 Italian Concerto, BWV 971 / I. [Allegro] (3:58)  
8 II. Andante (4:06)  
9 III. Presto giocoso (4:04)  
10 Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903 / I. Fantasia (6:57)  
11 II. Fugue (4:57)  
12 Mendelssohn - Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 / I. Andante sostenuto (0:48)  
13 II. Variation 1 (0:38)  
14 III. Variation 2: Un poco più animato (0:34)  
15 IV. Variation 3: Più animato (0:23)  
16 V. Variation 4 (0:22)  
17 VI. Variation 5: Agitato (0:24)  
18 VII. Variation 6: A tempo (0:22)  
19 VIII. Variation 7: Con fuoco (0:24)  
20 IX. Variation 8: Allegro vivace (0:20)  
21 X. Variation 9 (0:26)  
22 XI. Variation 10: Moderato (0:43)  
23 XII. Variation 11: Cantabile (0:42)  
24 XIII. Variation 12: Tempo del Tema (0:34)  
25 XIV. Variation 13: Sempre assai leggiero (0:49)  
26 XV. Variation 14: Adagio (1:04)  
27 XVI. Variation 15: Poco a poco più agitato (0:26)  
28 XVII. Variation 16: Allegro vivace (0:21)  
29 XVIII. Variation 17 (1:13)  
30 XIX. Finale-Presto (1:10)  
31 Robert Schumann - Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 / I. Durchaus fantastisch  
32 II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch (8:09)  
33 III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten (8:18)  
34 Chopin / Valse in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 – Tempo giusto (3:56)  
35 Robert Schumann / Carnaval, Op. 9 – XII. Chopin (1:30)  
36 Robert Schumann / Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 – III. Warum? (2:52)  
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As well as exceptional performances, this recording offers phenomenal sound. The recording was made on 3-5 April 2023 at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy in 5- channel Dolby Atmos high-definition audio and is available as hybrid multichannel SACD as well as a range of digital formats.

The instrument used is a Fazioli F278 which Schliessmann has purchased. The recording was made ‘live’ in front of a specially invited audience and thanks to the amazing support of the Fazioli family will also be presented in concert in Venice in the near future.

German pianist Burkard Schliessmann has been receiving glowing accolades everywhere for his concert performances and recordings, for his virtuosity and also for his individual and highly-considered interpretation of the great music from the late Baroque and Romantic eras particularly.

Following five previous albums all of which have been exceptionally well received, ‘Live and Encores’ offers the opportunity to present different interpretations in single take recordings of a wide range of repertoire. The double Album displays a variety of stylistic elements from Bach to Mendelssohn (whose early Romantic work was highly influenced by Bach) through the High Romanticism of Schumann to Chopin, whose single waltz here represents the pinnacle of Romantic pianism.

  • Steinway & Sons Clearwater-Tampa Bay: presents masterclass and concert with Burkard Schliessmann
    Posted At: October 3, 2024 12:00 AM
    "... Schliessmann is the best pianist I know at entering the world and expressing the awareness of the German romantics " American Record GuideClearwater • Tampa Bay Presents an afternoon Masterclass Concert Event with International Steinway Artist Burkard Schliessmannperforming an extraordinary program;“Kreisleriana” by Schumann, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor by J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn Variatio...
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  • The piano art of Burkard Schliessmann / GRooVE back
    Posted At: September 17, 2024 12:00 AM
    GRooVE back's Andrea Bedetti writes…..The  German pianist is the protagonist of a double SACD released by the English label Divine Art and the result of two concerts held on 3 and 5 April last year at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, during which he presented pieces by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin, displaying a refined timbre capable of blending with a precise and passionate reading.Englis...
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  • SOMM Recordings signs Burkard Schliessmann
    Posted At: August 15, 2024 12:00 AM
    SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the exclusive signing of the German pianist Burkard Schliessmann. Schliessmann, recipient of the renowned Goethe-Prize of Frankfurt/(2019/20), is one of the compelling pianists and artists of the modern era. He has received numerous prizes and awards of merits for his piano interpretations, having studied under Herbert Seidel, Shura Cherkassky, Bruno Leonardo Gelber ...
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  • The singing tone for which Burkard Schliessmann has always been praised is intact on: 'Schumann Fantasies' / ARG
    Posted At: August 15, 2024 12:00 AM
    SCHUMANN: Fantasiestucke; Kreisleriana; Fantasy; Arabeske; Nachtstucke; Gesange der Fruhe Burkard Schliessmann, p Divine Art 25753 [3SACD] 153 minutes Mr Schliessmann’s recordings have usually found favor with our reviewers, though of his Chopin, Mr Harrington remarked that slower tempos for the Preludes, Ballade 2, and Scherzo 3 prevented the performances American Record Guide September/October 2024 113 fr...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann discusses his new recording about Robert Schumann's inner world with Great Falls MT's 89.9KGPR
    Posted At: July 22, 2024 12:00 AM
    BURKARD SCHLIESSMANN is regarded as one of the most influential pianists of the modern era. He has received numerous prizes and awards of merits for his piano interpretations, having studied under musical masters Herbert Seidel, Shura Cherkassky, Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Poldi Mildner. SCHLIESSMANN has regularly performed throughout Europe, in the United States, Czechoslovakia, Japan, China, Indonesia and ...
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  • Stanford University's 90.1KZSU: The Music Treasury spends an evening with pianist: Burkard Schliessmann
    Posted At: July 8, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • Pianist and PIANIST cover two great recordings by Burkard Schliessmann: Live & Encores & 'Robert Schumann - Fantasies'
    Posted At: June 11, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • Burkard Schliessmann chats with 'Pianist' about his latest album of 'Schumann' recordings
    Posted At: May 30, 2024 12:00 AM
    As Burkard Schliessmann’s latest 3-CD album hits the shelves, the German pianist talks to Pianist about the wonders of interpreting and recording Schumann’s solo piano music. Stream Burkard's brand new recording below while you read his fascinating chat with writer John Evans.John Evans writes…..'Goethe said, “Dreams are the feelings of the imagination.” Likewise, to me, fantasy and imagination without feel...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann's Robert Schumann - Fantasies is the 88.9 KUCI: Album Of the Month
    Posted At: May 8, 2024 12:00 AM
    Burkard Schliessmann's distinctive interpretation of Robert Schumann's inner world through the groundbreaking recording project, "Fantasies" was released through Divine Art. At Berlin's Teldex Studios, Schliessmann, having immersed himself in Schumann's oeuvre, sought to reveal the inner qualities of the music, pushing expressive and explosive boundaries. Collaborating with producer Julian Schwenkner and en...
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  • 'Live & Encores.' A Fanfare interview with Burkard Schliessmann
    Posted At: April 19, 2024 12:00 AM
    Fanfare writes…..Burkard Schliessmann has been interviewed six times before in Fanfare. The first interview, by Peter Rabinowitz in 27:4, was mostly about his recordings of Chopin and Schumann. The second, with James Reel in 31:3, featured an extensive discussion on Bach’s Goldberg Variations. A third in- terview, again with Rabinowitz and in 33:5, was titled “Cannons Camouflaged by Flowers” after Schumann’...
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  • Encore Encore!! Burkard Schliessmann releases fabulous new recording: 'Live and Encores' / Winnipeg's CLASSIC 107
    Posted At: April 16, 2024 12:00 AM
    Winnipeg's CLASSIC 107 - Chris Wolf writes…..On November 17 2023, The Divine Art Recording label released a fabulous double CD that features the renowned German pianist Burkard Schliessmann. Called Live and Encores, this recording features the music of Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin and showcases Schliesshmann’s wonderful interpretations of this music ranging from the baroque to high romanticism.Sch...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann chats with 88.9KUCI - Classical Impacts about new Schumann Fantasies album
    Posted At: April 10, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • A great Schumann piano recital, lovingly performed by Burkard Schliessmann, and superbly recorded / Fanfare
    Posted At: April 5, 2024 12:00 AM
                Robert Schumann, in his all too short and troubled life, managed to compose a significant amount of truly great piano music. Most of it is comprised of collections of short pieces. Some of these are thematically related, others were composed together, and nearly all had either titles or creative tempo markings. A good example of his creative...
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  • On 'Fantasies,' Burkard Schliessmann has opened up new horizons for Schumann interpretation / Schumann-Portal.de
    Posted At: March 19, 2024 12:00 AM
    His performances combine the intellect necessary for understanding Schumann's music, the highest level of poetry and exactly the right instinct for timbres, agogics and tempo." (Daniel Höhr)Schumann-Portal.de - Daniel Höhr writes…..Within five months of the release of his live album Live & Encores, which was also released on the Divine Art label , Burkard Schliessmann presents Robert Schumann: Fantasies...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann: Robert Schumann's Poetics / GRAMOPHONE international Piano
    Posted At: March 13, 2024 12:00 AM
    GRAMOPHONE's Colin Clarke lauds a new three-disc set embodying mystical fusions and ecstasies from the pianist Burkard SchliessmannClarke writes…..Received wisdom is anathema to Burkard Schliessmann. Here, on his most recent release, ‘Fantasies’, he explores Schumann’s unique internal landscape, piling interpretative revelation upon revelation in the process. Here is a pianist in the lineage of the great Ro...
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  • On 'Fantasies,' Burkard Schliessmann raises Schumann's harmonic and structural ambiguities / Audiophile Audition
    Posted At: March 11, 2024 12:00 AM
    Audiophile Audition's Gary Lemco writes….It becomes obvious from pianist Burkard Schliessmann’s extensive liner notes and the nature of his selections that he regards Robert Schumann as a major Romantic figure; but more, Schumann emerges as a visionary, inspired purveyor of a literary-musical nexus that embraces a huge fund of cultural invention. Schliessmann addresses the mystical element in Schumann’s idi...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann's 'Schumann' may be equaled to Richter, Horowitz, and especially Arrau / Fanfare
    Posted At: March 7, 2024 12:00 AM
    Fanfare's Jerry Dubins writes….In 47:4, I reviewed a Divine Art set (25755) from Burkard Schliessmann, performing a mix of works by composers near and dear to him: Bach, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Schumann. At the time, I was not aware that a new three-disc set from Schliessmann was in the offing, one devoted exclusively to Schumann. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised, for Schliessmann’s love of Schumann...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann chats about 'Live & Encores' with Harmonious World
    Posted At: February 20, 2024 12:00 AM
    German pianist Burkard Schliessmann has been receiving glowing accolades everywhere for his concert performances and recordings, for his virtuosity and also for his individual and highly-considered interpretation of the great music from the late Baroque and Romantic eras particularly.Following five previous albums all of which have been exceptionally well received, ‘Live and Encores’ offers the opportunity ...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann: Live & Encores is RTE lyric: Lorcan's Pick of the Week
    Posted At: February 14, 2024 12:00 AM
    German pianist Burkard Schliessmann has been receiving glowing accolades everywhere for his concert performances and recordings, for his virtuosity and also for his individual and highly-considered interpretation of the great music from the late Baroque and Romantic eras particularly.Following five previous albums all of which have been exceptionally well received, ‘Live and Encores’ offers the opportunity ...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann discusses 'Live & Encores' with FM91:WGTE - Toledo OH
    Posted At: February 7, 2024 12:00 AM
    As well as exceptional performances, Burkard Schliessmann's 'Live & Encores' offers phenomenal sound. The recording was made on 3-5 April 2023 at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy in 5- channel Dolby Atmos high-definition audio and is available as hybrid multichannel SACD as well as a range of digital formats. The instrument used is a Fazioli F278 which Schliessmann has purchased. The recording ...
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  • Live & Encores - A Fanfare interview with pianist Burkard Schliessmann
    Posted At: January 3, 2024 12:00 AM
    Fanfare's JAMES HARRINGTON writes…..Burkard Schliessmann has been interviewed four times before in Fanfare. The first, by Peter Rabinowitz in 27:4, was mostly about his recordings of Chopin and Schumann. The second interview, with James Reel, was in 31:3 and featured an extensive discussion on Bach’s Goldberg Variations. A third interview, again with Rabinowitz, was in 33:5. This was titled “Cannons Ca...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann's 'Live & Encores' - Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, will endure / Audiophile Audition
    Posted At: December 12, 2023 12:00 AM
    Audiophile Audition's —Gary Lemco writes….This most recent release by German classical Burkard Schliessmann appeals – via Schliessmann’s extensive liner notes – to an antique aesthetic dating back both to Plato and Boethius, an emphasis on proportion in artistic vales that invokes the Quadrivium in Plato’s Classical Greece, which established rules for aesthetic balance. The question then arises whether, per...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann's latest album: 'Live & Encores' is a must-have for pianists and lovers of solo piano music / Fanfare
    Posted At: December 4, 2023 12:00 AM
    In Fanfare’s March-April, 2015 issue (38:4), Jerry Dubins interviewed Burkard Schliessmann, mainly in connection with his then new SACD Divine Art album of works by J. S. Bach. Among a couple of other items, that disc contained the Partita No. 2, the Italian Concerto, and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, all three of which are duplicated here on this newly released two-disc Divine Art SACD set. Dubins hast...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann - 'Live & Encores' is distinguished by its stylistic variety / Radio Romania Muzical
    Posted At: November 24, 2023 12:00 AM
    Burkard Schliesmann is regarded as one of the most influential pianists of the modern era. He has received numerous prizes and awards of merits for his piano interpretations, having studied under musical masters Herbert Seidel, Shura Cherkassky, Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Poldi Mildner. Schliesmann has regularly performed throughout Europe, in the United States, Czechoslovakia, Japan, China, Indonesia and Ma...
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  • Burkard Schliessmann on 'recording live and in the studio' / GRAMOPHONE - international Piano
    Posted At: November 17, 2023 12:00 AM
    Burkard Schliessmann introduces his new album, ‘Live & Encores’ – with music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Schumann – and looks ahead to an all-Schumann album that will follow next yearFor GRAMOPHONE - international Piano, Burkard Schliessmann writes…..It really was a special and inspiring moment when I selected a Fazioli F278 on 6 March 2023: the F2783482 immediately reached my heart and soul becaus...
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  • On 'LIVE & ENCORES,' Burkard Schliessmann's questing mind and solid technique convince at every level / Fanfare
    Posted At: November 2, 2023 12:00 AM
    Fanfare writes….From the grand, rolled chords of the “Sinfonia” of Bach’s Second Partita, several things become clear: this is an interpretation of conviction and clarity, caught in ideal sound and performed on a phenomenally well-prepared piano. The piano in question is a Fazioli F278, and heard on home turf; it is unsurprisingly in peak condition.It is in Schliessmann’s use of gesture set against underlyi...
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