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Gernsheim - Piano Music Vol.2

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0594

Barcode: 5060113445940

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 5th March 2021

Works

Gernsheim, Friedrich

Capriccio in E minor
Fantasie in G minor, op.27
Geschwind-Marsch in C major
Klavierstucke (4), op.61
Piano Sonata no.1 in D minor
Romanze in F sharp major, op.15

Artists

Jens Barnieck (piano)

Works

Gernsheim, Friedrich

Capriccio in E minor
Fantasie in G minor, op.27
Geschwind-Marsch in C major
Klavierstucke (4), op.61
Piano Sonata no.1 in D minor
Romanze in F sharp major, op.15

Artists

Jens Barnieck (piano)

About

Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), born in Worms, on the Rhine, grew up to be one of the most formidable musicians of his age: composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Even as a teenager, Gernsheim was attracting attention as a virtuoso-composer, earning comparisons with Mozart. The works here document the emergence of his own musical personality, from an early sonata, which has a Mozartian opening and a Beethovenian slow movement, via a dalliance with Schumann, until he reaches a mature style comparable to Brahms in its emotional range and depth.

“All three pieces/sets are most sympathetically shaped and sounded out by Jens Barnieck. Clearly he has invested of his time and self in producing some very listenable results. He strikes what feels like the adroit note for works that had not seen or heard the light of day probably for upwards of a century.” – MusicWeb International, August 2019 (Vol.1, TOCC0206)

“I am overwhelmed by these two works. They are incredibly alive, passionate, rhythmically dramatic, and melodically blessed. Brahms clone? Here Gernsheim is in competition with the master for the top rung. The Art Vio Quartet and Pianist Edouard Oganessian play as if their lives depended on it. This is a major find.” – Robert Reilly, CatholiCity (Piano Quintets, TOCC0099)