Variations / Clare Hammond
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Variations / Clare Hammond

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Clare Hammond
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 05, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2493
UPC
7318599924939

About

For her fifth release on BIS Clare Hammond has constructed an adventurous programme of twentieth and twenty-first-century variations for piano. From the imposing Chaconne by Sofia Gubaidulina, to the tender grief of Paul Hindemith’s variations or Aaron Copland’s bold and uncompromising proclamation, the disc presents a fresh perspective on the genre. Hammond opens with Karol Szymanowski’s Variations on a Polish Theme from 1904, a virtuosic and intensely Romantic outpouring that contrasts strikingly with the wit and irreverence of Helmut Lachenmann’s set on a theme by Schubert. The most recent works in the programme are Harrison Birtwistle’s mercurial elegy and its polar opposite I Still Play, a lyrical waltz composed in 2017 by John Adams. Described as ‘a star interpreter of contemporary music’ (The Observer), Clare Hammond has developed a reputation for imaginative concert programming. As she herself admits in her liner notes, variation form may on the surface appear to be both limiting and limited, but the works she presents here transcend the form in myriad creative, and at times daring, ways.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction: Andante doloroso rubato - Theme: Andantino semplice 01:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction: Andante doloroso rubato - Theme: Andantino semplice
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  2. 2 Variation 1: Meno mosso - Variation 2: Agitato - Variation 3: Lento mesto ma poco agitato - Variation 4: Allegro molto agitato - Variation 5: Andantino 04:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1: Meno mosso - Variation 2: Agitato - Variation 3: Lento mesto ma poco agitato - Variation 4: Allegro molto agitato - Variation 5: Andantino
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  3. 3 Variation 6: Andante dolcissimo - Variation 7: Più mosso 02:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 6: Andante dolcissimo - Variation 7: Più mosso
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  4. 4 Variation 8: Marcia funebre - Variation 9: Più mosso (Allegro) 03:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 8: Marcia funebre - Variation 9: Più mosso (Allegro)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  5. 5 Variation 10: Finale: Allegro vivo 07:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 10: Finale: Allegro vivo
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Karol Szymanowski
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  6. 6 5 Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert 07:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    5 Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  7. 7 Variations from the Golden Mountain 09:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variations from the Golden Mountain
    Duration
    09:19
    Composer
    Harrison Birtwistle
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  8. 8 I Still Play 05:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    I Still Play
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    John Adams
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  9. 9 Piano Variations 12:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    Piano Variations
    Duration
    12:06
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  10. 10 Variations 07:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variations
    Duration
    07:56
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Clare Hammond
  11. 11 Chaconne 09:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    Chaconne
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Sofia Gubaidulina
    Performer
    Clare Hammond