Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana & Geistervariationen – Widmann: Elf Humoresken (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana & Geistervariationen – Widmann: Elf Humoresken (2023)
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Schumann composed Kreisleriana in April 1838, at the age of 27: “The youthful thing that I can identify with in Kreisleriana is its spontaneity”, writes pianist Aaron Pilsan. “If I had to describe the piece, I would use the German word for crazy, ‘verrückt’, which doesn’t just mean crazy, but also to be disconnected from reality. So, crazy, imaginative and intimate… There is a huge connection between these two German composers, as Jörg Widmann was inspired by Schumann’s music a lot and even his musical language is very similar, even though their styles are obviously very different. The starting point for Widmann’s music is from feelings, from the emotions and sentiments and that is where there is a similarity, but not only there. He even quotes Robert Schumann in his tenth Humoreske, taking a bar directly from Schumann’s Geistervariationen.”

Tracklist:
01. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 1, Äussert bewegt (02:55)
02. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 2, Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (09:21)
03. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 3, Sehr aufgeregt (04:36)
04. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 4, Sehr langsam (03:28)
05. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 5, Sehr lebhaft (03:02)
06. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 6, Sehr langsam (04:18)
07. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 7, Sehr rasch (02:00)
08. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: No. 8, Schnell und spielend (03:44)
09. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 1, Kinderlied (03:34)
10. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 2, Fast zu ernst (00:54)
11. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 3, Anfangs lebhaft (03:04)
12. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 4, Waldszene (01:03)
13. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 5, Choral (02:54)
14. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 6, Warum? (01:25)
15. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 7, Intermezzo (01:05)
16. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 8, Zerrinnendes Bild (02:06)
17. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 9, Glocken (01:09)
18. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 10, Lied im traume (00:50)
19. Aaron Pilsan – Widmann: Elf Humoresken: No. 11, Mit Humor und Feinsinn (05:39)
20. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major for Piano, WoO 24 “Geistervariationen”: I. Leise, innig (01:44)
21. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major for Piano, WoO 24 “Geistervariationen”: II. Var. I (01:27)
22. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major for Piano, WoO 24 “Geistervariationen”: III. Var. Canonish (01:38)
23. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major for Piano, WoO 24 “Geistervariationen”: IV. Var. Etwas belebter (01:45)
24. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major for Piano, WoO 24 “Geistervariationen”: V. Var. IV (01:44)
25. Aaron Pilsan – Schumann: Theme and Variations in E-Flat Major for Piano, WoO 24 “Geistervariationen”: VI. Var. V (03:05)

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