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R. Schumann, Liszt, Janáček & Brahms / Haochen Zhang
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R. Schumann, Liszt, Janáček & Brahms / Haochen Zhang

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Composer
BRAHMS JANÁCEK LISZT SCHUMA
Artist
Haochen, Zhang
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 10, 2017
Catalog #
BIS-2238
UPC
7318599922386

About

In 2009, at the age of 19, Haochen Zhang became one of the youngest musicians ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since then he has had a busy concert schedule, primarily in his native China and in the U.S.A. but also in Europe where he made his début at the BBC Proms in 2014. Recording has been less of a priority for Zhang, and it is only now that he releases his first studio album, recorded at the Reitstadel, the well-known audiophile venue in Neumarkt in Germany. For this recital, Haochen Zhang has devised a programme made up of works that he feels particularly close to. As he writes in his own liner notes, they ’not only speak to me in a very intimate way, but also connect with one another at a corresponding level of intimacy: as a whole they form a unique musical narrative.’ The pieces all share a reflective and introspective quality, albeit reflective in different ways.

Opening the disc, Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen were described by the composer as ‘reflections of an adult for adults’ and in the closing Op. 117 Intermezzi, Brahms also seems to be looking backwards – but with resignation rather than intimate tenderness. Framed by these two, the works by Liszt and Janáček contain overtly dramatic episodes, but contemplative interludes form a recurrent feature of the Ballade, and in Presentiment, the first movement of Janáček’s Sonata, the dark forebodings seem to rise up from the composer’s own soul.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People) 01:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  2. 2 No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story) 01:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  3. 3 No. 3. Hasche-Mann (Catch-as-catch-can) 00:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Hasche-Mann (Catch-as-catch-can)
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  4. 4 No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child) 00:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  5. 5 No. 5. Glückes genug (Happy Enough) 01:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Glückes genug (Happy Enough)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  6. 6 No. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event) 00:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event)
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  7. 7 No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming) 02:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  8. 8 No. 8. Am Camin (By the Fire-side) 01:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Am Camin (By the Fire-side)
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  9. 9 No. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobby-horse) 00:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobby-horse)
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  10. 10 No. 10. Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious) 01:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  11. 11 No. 11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening) 01:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening)
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  12. 12 No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep) 02:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  13. 13 No. 13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks) 02:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  14. 14 Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S171/R16 13:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S171/R16
    Duration
    13:52
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  15. 15 I. Předtucha (Foreboding): Con moto 05:38
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Předtucha (Foreboding): Con moto
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  16. 16 II. Smrt (Death) 08:14
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Smrt (Death)
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  17. 17 No. 1 in E-Flat Major 06:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 1 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  18. 18 No. 2 in B-Flat Minor 04:31
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang
  19. 19 No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor 07:18
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Haochen Zhang