Beethoven / Haefliger Perspectives 7 Super-Audio CD

Since 2004, Andreas Haefliger has been devising a series of recital programmes named Perspectives, presenting them in concert and on recordings. Each programme focuses on one or two Beethoven sonatas, juxtaposed with works by other composers (ranging from Mozart to Berio) which in some way or other interact with Beethoven's music, and with each other. The seventh installment in the series was premi?red at the Edinburgh Festival in 2017, and was described by one reviewer as "Inspiringly commanding, thoughtful, lucid and sheerly beautiful" (The Herald, Glasgow). Haefliger's programme opens with Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1, a highly concentrated work in which most of the music can be traced back to the two opening gestures. This is followed by Liszt's impressionistic L?gende No. 1 'St. Francis of Assisi: The Sermon to the Birds', in which we seem to hear a flock of birds chirp warble and sing. At the core of the programme is Beethoven's Op.101 Sonata - a work which in Haefliger's opinion points more clearly towards Schumann than any other of the composer's sonatas. But the grand finale of this amply-filled release is nevertheless a highly colorful and expressive performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition, recorded - as is the entire album - in the exceptional acoustics of the Mozartsaal of the Vienna Konzerthaus.

1. Piano Sonata, Op. 1 2. St Fran?ois D'assise: La Pr?dication Aux Oiseaux 3. I. Etwas Lebhaft Und Mit Der Innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto Ma Non Troppo) 4. II. Lebhaft, Marschmassig (Vivace Alla Marcia) 5. III. Langsam Und Sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio, Ma Non Troppo, Con Affetto) 6. IV. Geschwinde, Doch Nicht Zu Sehr, Und Mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro) 7. Promenade 8. Gnomus. Sempre Vivo 9. Promenade. Moderato Commodo Assai E Con Delicatezza 10. Il Vecchio Castello. Andantino Molto Cantabile E Con Dolore 11. Promenade. Moderato Non Tanto, Pesamente 12. Tuileries (Disputes D'enfants Apr?s Jeux) 13. Bydlo. Sempre Moderato, Pesante 14. Promenade. Tranquillo 15. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks: Scherzino. Vivo Leggiero 16. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle. Andante. Grave-Energico - Andantino 17. Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo Russico, Poco Sostenuto 18. Limoges. Le Marche (La Grande Nouvelle). Allegretto Vivo, Sempre Scherzando 19. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum). Largo 20. Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua. Andante Non Troppo, Con Lamento 21. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga). Allegro Con Brio, Feroce 22. The Bogatyr Gate (In the Capital, in Kiev). Allegro Alla Breve - Maestoso - Con Grandezza