Kuhlau: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2 / Bodendorff

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Label
Dacapo Classical
Release Date
March 25, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Friedrich Kuhlau
    • PERFORMER
      Marie-Luise Bodendorff
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2022
    • UPC
      636943620526
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8226205
    • LABEL
      Dacapo Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

For her second volume of Kuhlau’s piano music, Marie-Luise Bodendorff takes the three previously unrecorded rondos, Op. 1, as her starting point, some of his most charming and distinctive music. She continues with the composer’s six sonatinas, Op. 55, which remain popular with pianists today. In the Fantasy on Swedish songs, Op. 93, Bodendorff displays all the craftsmanship, elegance and kindness of Kuhlau’s piano music. Friedrich Kuhlau fled from Germany to Denmark at the age of 24, when facing conscription into Napoleon’s army. He easily worked his way into the Danish musical and aristocratic milieu, gained citizenship and spent the rest of his life in the country. Kuhlau is known as Beethoven’s strongest advocate in Denmark. His piano music is melodically rich, explores the full sonority of the instrument and ranges in texture from the delicate to the imposing.