Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Christopher Park is a pianist who captivates with his fascinating technical mastery, astounding musical maturity, and a particularly intense performance style- this was the explanation given by the jury at the Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival upon awarding Christopher Park the renowned Leonard Bernstein Award 2014. He thereby joined the ranks of noteworthy musicians such as Lang Lang, Lisa Batiashvili and Martin Grubinger, who all started their careers with this internationally sought-after award. He has been chosen as "Rising Star" by the European Concert Hall Organization, and has debuted in Europe's renowned concert halls in London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Vienna, Stockholm, and others. The present album features a pure Schumann program. It is a musical bouquet, suitable for the beginning of spring, which includes the rarely heard Scherzo which belongs to the Concerto, op. 14.

With these two rarely played works of Robert Schumann, Christoph Spering proudly introduces himself to OehmsClassics. He is able to enthrall audiences, especially at lecture-concerts in Cologne, with the background and secrets of music history and through clear and humorous presentations, creating a link between entertainment and education at a high standard of excellence. OehmsClassics is delighted over this collaboration and anxiously awaits the second publication of this year: The version of Gluck's Iphigenie in Aulis adapted by Richard Wagner.

When one thinks of Schumann, his piano works and Lieder come to mind, as well as the Piano and Cello Concertos and his symphonies. His chamber music has received rather less attention, although he showed himself particularly interested in experimentation in these works, both with regard to form and to instrumentation. With the present recording, OehmsClassics is proud to present a production with the young, up-and-coming violinist Iskandar Widjaja and the designated Principal Conductor of the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach. Iskandar Widjaja is considered one of the most interesting violinists of the younger generation. The "versatility of his style, his musical presentation with highly varied tonal nuances and facets together with a flawless technique and enormous charisma" (Mo. C. Eschenbach) are praised by colleagues as well as the media. Iskandar Widjaja plays the Stradivari "Willemotte" of 1734, on kind loan from Florian Leonhard, London, as well as a Stradivari replica by Scott Cao built in 2013.

Classical Music

Classical Music

At the age of 23, violist Adrien Boisseau, named Young Artist of the Year in April 2014 by the renowned jury at the “Int’l Classical Music Awards“(ICMA) in Warsaw, became the youngest member of the renowned Quatuor Ebene, replacing Mathieu Herzog in January 2015. At almost the same time, he presents his debut album of Robert Schumann works, now available from OehmsClassics. As a soloist Mr. Boisseau regularly appears at international festivals, and has already worked with conductors Manfred Honeck, Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Kazushi Ono and Myung-Whun Chung.

- For his debut OehmsClassics release, Sebastian Noack has selected Lieder to poems of Heinrich Heine set to music by Robert Schumann. - The 30 titles also include Dichterliebe as well as the four Lieder to texts by Justinus Kerner but withdrawn before these works went to press. - An extensive text on the transpositions of the Lieder by Max Friedl�nder (1852-1934) is in the accompanying booklet. - Berlin-born Sebastian Noack studied voice at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin. - Alongside his extensive concert and operatic activities, he is a guest professor at Berlin's Hanns Eisler Academy of Music.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music