In Memoriam I: Schubert | EPR Classic EPRC0050

In Memoriam I: Schubert

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Label: EPR Classic

Cat No: EPRC0050

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 3rd February 2023

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The first of two discs by Pieter Wispelwey that will be released in 2023 is a re-assembling of previously released recordings of works by Schubert. This short series entitled In Memoriam is inspired by a grave loss Pieter suffered recently.

The disc includes Schubert's masterpieces for violin and piano, transcribed for cello – and the most famous Trockne Blumen, originally for flute. To accompany Pieter on piano is his faithful musical companion Paolo Giacometti.

"Half a year before my sixtieth birthday my family and I suffered a massive, tragic blow, when my son, Dorian, died. While still shaken to my foundations, a way forward seems to me to be to allow music to play a constructive and healing role. So I have recorded Bach's Fifth Suite and Kodály's Solo Sonata to form the
Scordatura Album for an October In Memoriam II release.

"This first
In Memoriam for my beloved Dorian, consists of a re-release of the three greatest Schubert Violin-Piano pieces and the wonderful Trockne Blumen Vartiations, as Schubert had played a big role in his life as a singer and a music lover."
– Pieter Wispelwey

The disc includes previously released material, drawn from the series of six volumes devoted to transcription of music by Schubert and Brahms. Besides the Trockne Blumen mentioned above, it contains the Sonata, D574, the Rondo, D895, and the Fantasy, D934.

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