HINDEMITH: Piano Works, Vol. 4

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Label
Wergo
Release Date
October 1, 1994
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HINDEMITH, PAUL
    • PERFORMER
      Siegfried Mauser
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 1994
    • UPC
      4010228625028
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      WER62502
    • LABEL
      Wergo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    2. II. Fugue No. 1 in C Major: Slow

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    3. III. Interlude: Moderato, with energy

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    4. IV. Fugue No. 2 in G Major: Gay

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    5. V. Interlude: Pastorale, moderato

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    6. VI. Fugue No. 3 in F Major: Andante

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    7. VII. Interlude: Scherzando

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    8. VIII. Fugue No. 4 in A Major: With energy - Slow, grazioso - Tempo primo

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    9. IX. Interlude: Fast

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    10. X. Fugue No. 5 in E Major: Fast

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    11. XI. Interlude: Moderato

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    12. XII. Fugue No. 6 in E-Flat Major: Quiet

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    13. XIII. Interlude: March

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    14. XIV. Fugue No. 7 in A-Flat Major: Moderato

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    15. XV. Interlude: Very broad

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    16. XVI. Fugue No. 8 in D Major: With strength

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    17. XVII. Interlude: Very fast

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    18. XVIII. Fugue No. 9 in B-Flat Major: Moderato, scherzando

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    19. XIX. Interlude: Very quiet

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    20. XX. Fugue No. 10 in D-Flat Major: Moderately fast, grazioso

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    21. XXI. Interlude: Allegro pesante

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    22. XXII. Fugue No. 11 in B Major (Canon)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    23. XXIII. Interlude: Valse

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    24. XXIV. Fugue No. 12 in F-Sharp Major: Very quiet

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    25. XXV. Postlude

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser

    26. XXVI. Fugue in B-Flat Major (1st version)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Performer: Siegfried Mauser


Hindemith's "Ludus tonalis" which is presented on this CD was composed in the American exile. It is not only the composer's last work for piano solo, but also one of the most important works of piano compositions of the 20th century. To show what music and composition are: This is what Hindmith tried to undertake in his "Ludus tonalis". The basis for harmonic practice and tonal structure presented in "The Craft of Musical Composition" finds direct application in the final concept of the "Ludus tonalis". Heinrich Strobel, musicologist and Hindemith's first biographer called "Ludus tonalis" the "Well-Tempered Piano" of the 20th century. Composer Fritz von Borries said: "What has here become music is not a mathematical problem or experiment, but a deep spiritual triumph, in which ultimate reason and ultimate being are revealed. How can the meaning of Praeludium and Postludium be more clearly represented than by letting that which began in the beginning appear in the end and run it's course in reverse direction and vertically inverted? And what wonderful music it is both times."