Bruch: Piano Works / Christof Keymer

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CPO
Release Date
September 3, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRUCH, MAX
    • PERFORMER
      Christof Keymer
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 03, 2021
    • UPC
      761203525829
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555258-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Einleitung - Langsam: Sehr mässig

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    2. II. Ruhig bewegt

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    3. III. Frisch, mit Energie

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    4. IV. Langsam, nicht schleppend

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    5. V. Ziemlich schnell

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    6. VI. Langsam, nicht schleppend

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    7. VII. Lebhaft

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    8. I. Sehr mässig

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    9. II. Lebhaft

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    10. III. Frisch, nicht zu schnell

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    11. IV. Sehr mässig

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    12. V. Langsam, nicht schleppend

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    13. VI. Sehr mässig

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    14. VII. Gehend, ruhig bewegt

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    15. VIII. Sehr mässig

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    16. No. 1. Romanze

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    17. No. 2. Fantasie

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    18. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio (arr. for piano)

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    19. Die Loreley, Op. 16, Act I: Einleitung (version for piano)

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    20. No. 1 in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    21. No. 2 in G Minor

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    22. No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    23. No. 4 in D Minor

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    24. No. 5 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    25. No. 6 in E Major

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    26. Erste Fanfare

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    27. Ringkämpfer

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    28. Zweite Fanfare

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    29. Wagenrennen

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    30. Dritte Fanfare

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer

    31. Die Sieger

      Composer: Max Bruch

      Performer: Christof Keymer


Over the course of his life Max Bruch often made uncomplimentary remarks about the piano as an instrument – even though he himself was an outstanding and successful pianist. On the whole it was not until his later years that increasing occupation with the piano could be observed in his compositions. His late chamber music with the piano and the Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra may be understood as a return to this instrument. The selection of piano works recorded here by the pianist Christof Keymer demonstrates beyond any doubt Bruch’s mastery in the compositional treatment of the piano and its special resources. Here we find a cosmos of romantic emotional worlds that in Bruch’s hands produce original, unique tones. This very personal treatment of piano sound, melodic invention, and melodic leading shows us Bruch as a great composer personality. The transcriptions almost incidentally reveal his great command of the tonal transformation of the originals, while many virtuoso elements in turn have a signature that is very much Bruch’s own. All the piano works have in common Bruch’s love of melody, which was his creed as a composer.