The Piano Works

$20.99
Label
Gramola Records
Release Date
June 19, 2020
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHWERTSIK, KURT
    • PERFORMER
      Aya Klebahn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 19, 2020
    • UPC
      9003643992092
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GRAM99209
    • LABEL
      Gramola Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fantasia

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    2. II. Fuga

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    3. … for Rose Simpson

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    4. Abendlied

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    5. Ginkgoblatt

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    6. Papierblumen ( … für Paul Kont)

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    7. Elegie ( … für Irina Cerha)

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    8. … für Mario Venzago

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    9. Attila im Bois ( … für H. C. Artmann)

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    10. … für Joseph Horovitz

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    11. … for Ian Julier

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    12. … für Barbara Faulend-Klauser

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    13. … für Dennis Russell Davies

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    14. … für Christa

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    15. Zur Erinnerung an Jochen Ulrich

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    16. Das letzte Albumblatt

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    17. No. 1. Simple

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    18. No. 2. Intermède

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    19. No. 3. Fantaisie

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    20. No. 4. Caprice

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    21. No. 5. Double

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    22. I. Ankunft

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    23. II. Kinderklavier

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    24. III. Vogelsolo

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    25. IV. Barcarole

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    26. V. Doppelter Kontrapunkt

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    27. VI. Abschied

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn

    28. Eden-Bar Seefeld, Op. 6

      Composer: Kurt Schwertsik

      Performer: Aya Klebahn


As a distinguished expert in all modern compositional techniques, Kurt Schwertsik (b. 1935) decided early in his career to pursue a new, tonally influenced path. In this aesthetic accessible to a broad audience, he created a diverse oeuvre that extends from opera to Viennese lieder and has made him one of the most popular composers of Austrian contemporary music. With subtle differentiation, the Japanese pianist Aya Klebahn takes up his piano works, composed in a long, interrelated arc stretching over many decades. Aya Klebahn was born in Tokyo and commenced piano lessons at the age of four. She studied at the Toho-Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo and received her diploma in piano performance and music pedagogy. Ms. Klebahn has special affinity for contemporary piano music. She participated in the world premiere of works by composer Luna Alcalay during the Wien Modern festival. However, central to her work is her collaboration with Kurt Schwertsik. During the 2013 St. Gallen Festival she played his solo piano pieces in the presence of the composer. In 2015, she participated in a chamber music recital in the Vienna Musikverein for Schwertsik's 80th birthday. In 2016 she released recordings of Schwertsik's piano works for the production celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Musikwerkstatt Alte Schmiede. As a soloist, she recorded Schwertsik's complete piano works under the artistic direction of the composer.