Wagner Liaisons Matthias Kirschnereit

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Eine Sonate für das Album von Frau M.W., WWV 85:
• 1 Wagner: Eine Sonate für das Album von Frau M.W., WWV 85: Ruhig 10:10
• Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896): Erinnerung, WAB 117:
• 2 Bruckner: Erinnerung, WAB 117: Langsam, innig 04:02
• Richard Wagner: Albumblatt für Ernst Benedikt Kietz, WWV 64:
• 3 Wagner: Albumblatt für Ernst Benedikt Kietz, WWV 64: Espressivo 01:38
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38:
• 4 Bartholdy: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38: No. 3 Presto e molto vivace, MWV U 107 02:30
• Richard Wagner: Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen, WWV 95:
• 5 Wagner: Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen, WWV 95: Langsam 04:20
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875): Nocturne in D Major, WD 55:
• 6 Bizet: Nocturne in D Major, WD 55: Andante espressivo 03:53
• Richard Wagner: Züricher Vielliebchen-Walzer, WWV 88:
• 7 Wagner: Züricher Vielliebchen-Walzer, WWV 88: So lustig wie möglich, doch mit leidenschaftlichem Anstand 01:44
• Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882): Scherzo, Op. 3:
• 8 Raff: Scherzo, Op. 3: Allegro molto 05:01
• Richard Wagner: 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91:
• 9 Wagner: 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91: No. 4 Schmerzen, Langsam und breit 02:12
• Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933): Aux étoiles:
• 10 Duparc: Aux étoiles: Lent et doux 04:38
• Richard Wagner: Notenbrief für Mathilde Wesendonck (19. Dezember 1856):
• 11 Wagner: Notenbrief für Mathilde Wesendonck (19. Dezember 1856): Schlaflos 01:13
• Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952): Stambogsblad, BVN 38:
• 12 Langgaard: Stambogsblad, BVN 38: Andante 03:13
• Richard Wagner: In das Album der Fürstin Metternich, WWV 94:
• 13 Wagner: In das Album der Fürstin Metternich, WWV 94: Leicht bewegt 03:00
• Hans von Bülow (1830 - 1894): Innocence (Poco Rubato):
• 14 Bülow: Innocence (Poco Rubato) 04:18
• Richard Wagner: Polka, WWV 84:
• 15 Wagner: Polka, WWV 84 00:35
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900): So lach doch mal:
• 16 Nietzsche: So lach doch mal 01:07
• Richard Wagner: Musikalische Bilder aus R. Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (Arr. for Piano by Joseph Rubinstein):
• 17 Wagner: Musikalische Bilder aus R. Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (Arr. for Piano by Joseph Rubinstein): Siegfried, II. Bild Siegfried und Brünnhilde 11:53
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Am Grabe Richard Wagners, S. 135:
• 18 Liszt: Am Grabe Richard Wagners, S. 135: Sehr langsam 03:07
• Total Runtime 01:08:34

Info for Wagner Liaisons

The German star pianist Matthias Kirschnereitdedicates this album entirely to the piano cosmos of Richard Wagner?. Wagner himself wrote few works for solo piano, but he influenced many of his contemporaries and musical heirs with his work?. Matthias Kirschnereit presents a wide range of repertoire - Wagner: Sonata for the album M.W., Lied ohne Worte E major for Eduard Reitz, In das Album der Furstin M., Zurcher Vielliebchen Walzer, Polka, Notenbrief fur Mathilde Wesendonck, Ankunft bei den Schwarzen Schwanen; Wagner/Stradal: Schmerzen; Wagner/Rubinstein: Musikalische Bilder aus Siegfried; Liszt: Am Grabe Richard Wagners; Bizet: Premier Nocturne D Dur; Duparc: Aux etoiles; Langgaard: Stambogsblad; Bulow: Innocence; Bruckner: Erinnerung; Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte E Dur op.38/3?

The sounds of Wagner sometimes have something “addictive” for me! A spark of Lohengrin or a brief moment of Tristan on 88 keys! The musical work on the “Liaisons” was - for the most part – a journey of discovery into new musical territory, for which I am extremely grateful!’ (Matthias Kirschnereit)

Matthias Kirschnereit, piano

Matthias Kirschnereit
is one of the most sought-after pianists of our time. Born in 1962, the pianist has been thrilling concert audiences in Germany, Europe, America and East Asia for around four decades. He performs worldwide with leading orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, New City Philharmonic Orchestra Tokyo, Het Residentie Orkest Den Haag, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Bamberger Symphoniker, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Camerata Salzburg and Münchener Kammerorchester. Matthias Kirschnereit has worked with the conductors Hartmut Haenchen, Marcus Bosch, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Manze, Sándor Végh, Michael Sanderling, Frank Beermann, Alexander Liebreich, Ariane Matiakh, Yuri Temirkanov and Alondra de la Parra.

Almost 40 recordings document his work, from the early prizewinner CD of the German Music Competition in 1989 to the complete recording of all Mozart piano concertos together with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the 2019 album “Concertant” with all works for piano and orchestra by Robert Schumann (together with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Jan Willem de Vriend) to the latest recording in 2022: The complete recording of the rarely performed Haydn piano concertos with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (play&lead).

He has long been passing on his experience and convictions to the next generation of musicians as a professor at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre. Kirschnereit is passionately committed to the “Rhapsody in School” initiative and the TONALi cultural project.

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