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Burkard Schliessmann discusses 'Live & Encores' with FM91:WGTE - Toledo OH

Posted: February 7, 2024
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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 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.


Here are the album Tracks - Disc 1
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826

I. Sinfonia (4:31)
II. Allemande (4:48)
III. Courante (2:33)
IV. Sarabande (2:55)
V. Rondeau (1:23)
VI. Capriccio (3:54)
Italian Concerto, BWV 971

I. [Allegro] (3:58)
II. Andante (4:06)
III. Presto giocoso (4:04)

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903

I. Fantasia (6:57)
II. Fugue (4:57)

Felix Mendelssohn - Variations sérieuses, Op. 54

I. Andante sostenuto (0:48)
II. Variation 1 (0:38)
III. Variation 2: Un poco più animato (0:34)
IV. Variation 3: Più animato (0:23)
V. Variation 4 (0:22)
VI. Variation 5: Agitato (0:24)
VII. Variation 6: A tempo (0:22)
VIII. Variation 7: Con fuoco (0:24)
IX. Variation 8: Allegro vivace (0:20)
X. Variation 9 (0:26)
XI. Variation 10: Moderato (0:43)
XII. Variation 11: Cantabile (0:42)
XIII. Variation 12: Tempo del Tema (0:34)
XIV. Variation 13: Sempre assai leggiero (0:49)
XV. Variation 14: Adagio (1:04)
XVI. Variation 15: Poco a poco più agitato (0:26)
XVII. Variation 16: Allegro vivace (0:21)
XVIII. Variation 17 (1:13)
XIX. Finale-Presto (1:10)

Disc 2
Robert Schumann - Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17

I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen (12:45)
II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch (8:09)
III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten (8:18)
Frèdèric Chopin

Valse in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 – Tempo giusto (3:56)

Encores - Robert Schumann

Carnaval, Op. 9 – XII. Chopin (1:30)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 – III. Warum? (2:52)

FM91:WGTE - Toledo OH writes……Pianist Burkard Schliessmann speaks with Mary Claire Murphy about his live recording of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Schumann. His "Live and Encores" album captures all the sensitivity and expressivity of a beautiful Fazioli piano and exhibits Schliessmann's stylistic versatility. 

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