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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Heinz Holliger, Jurg Wyttenbach
Artist
Kirill Zvegintsov, Heinz Holliger
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Jan 30, 2026
Catalog #
WER74132
UPC
4010228741322

About

Heinz Holliger, an exceptional oboist, pianist, and composer, did not compose anything for piano for almost 40 years after his 1961 work "Elis - Three Nocturnes". A whole series of musical tributes and birthday greetings composed since the beginning of the 21st century was then published in 2019 under the Schumannesque title "Albumblatter" (Album Leaves) and has now been recorded in it's entirety for the first time by Kirill Zvegintsov. These are typically Holligerian, highly intricate showpieces with many references, which are expertly explained in the album essay. These works are combined with early and late piano works by the Swiss composer and pianist Jurg Wyttenbach, who died in 2021 and had a close musical relationship with Holliger. In the last years of his life, this expert in New Music took on the daring task of completing Beethoven's sketches for an alternative third movement for his Piano Sonata Op. 109 - an undertaking that only such a skilled pianist and composer could attempt. In the last days of his life, Wyttenbach was able to listen to the premiere of this reconstruction by Zvegintsov. The Ukrainian pianist combines and contrasts this experiment with the original modern works in a very stimulating way.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. — 03:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. —
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Jürg Wyttenbach
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov, Heinz Holliger
  2. 2 No. 2. — 01:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. —
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Jürg Wyttenbach
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  3. 3 No. 3. — 01:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. —
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Jürg Wyttenbach
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  4. 4 No. 1. Wiegenlied für Erich 01:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Wiegenlied für Erich
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  5. 5 No. 2. HBEC I 01:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. HBEC I
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  6. 6 No. 3. HBEC II 02:40
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3. HBEC II
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  7. 7 No. 4. HBEC III 00:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 4. HBEC III
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  8. 8 No.5. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter: I. M.M. umspielt 01:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    No.5. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter: I. M.M. umspielt
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  9. 9 No. 6. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter: II. Simadini 05:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 6. Zwei Stück nach Mani Matter: II. Simadini
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  10. 10 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo 03:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  11. 11 No. 7. Trois petits riens: I. Geburtstags-Tusch für SAnDor vErEss 00:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 7. Trois petits riens: I. Geburtstags-Tusch für SAnDor vErEss
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  12. 12 No. 8. Trois petits riens: II. Petite fanfare pour Bernard 00:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 8. Trois petits riens: II. Petite fanfare pour Bernard
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  13. 13 No. 9. Trois petits riens: III. Wtwas sprunghaftes Bicinium für András Schiff 00:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 9. Trois petits riens: III. Wtwas sprunghaftes Bicinium für András Schiff
    Duration
    00:18
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  14. 14 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo 03:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  15. 15 Albumblätter: No. 10. Für Gabriel 06:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    Albumblätter: No. 10. Für Gabriel
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  16. 16 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Variations 1-5 08:28
    Track
    16
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Variations 1-5
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  17. 17 No. 11. 75. Variation nach Ludwytt Beetenbach 02:19
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 11. 75. Variation nach Ludwytt Beetenbach
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov, Heinz Holliger
  18. 18 No. 12. Feuerwerklein zum „Quatorze juillet“ 02:12
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 12. Feuerwerklein zum „Quatorze juillet“
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  19. 19 No. 13. Zwei Albumblätter getuscht I 00:55
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 13. Zwei Albumblätter getuscht I
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  20. 20 No. 14. Zwei Albumblätter getuscht II 01:22
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 14. Zwei Albumblätter getuscht II
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  21. 21 Márta 02:08
    Track
    21
    Title
    Márta
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  22. 22 Albumblätter: No. 15. BMC, für Márta und Gyuri 02:05
    Track
    22
    Title
    Albumblätter: No. 15. BMC, für Márta und Gyuri
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  23. 23 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Variation 6: Tempo I del tema 02:45
    Track
    23
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Variation 6: Tempo I del tema
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov
  24. 24 Albumblätter: No. 16. Gespie(ge)lt - gesun(d)(g)en 02:43
    Track
    24
    Title
    Albumblätter: No. 16. Gespie(ge)lt - gesun(d)(g)en
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov, Heinz Holliger
  25. 25 Lebenslinien 09:06
    Track
    25
    Title
    Lebenslinien
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Heinz Holliger
    Performer
    Kirill Zvegintsov