Heinz Marecek & Florian Krumpöck – Richard Strauss: Enoch Arden (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:17 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical, Spoken Word
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Heinz Marecek tells the story of the shipwrecked sailor Enoch Arden. A melodrama of sound based on a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, as gripping as Odysseus or Robinson Crusoe, composed in a phase between the symphonic poems “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks”, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” and the orchestral works “Don Quixote” and “A Hero’s Life”.
Read moreFlorian Krumpöck – Chopin (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:09 minutes | 598 MB | Genre: Classical
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Florian Krumpöck, the Austrian pianist, conductor and festival director, has chosen Frédéric Chopin’s famous Piano Ballads Nos. 1-4 as well as his 2nd Piano Sonata for his first recording. And as a result, Krumpöck creates a very unique sound world that shows how strongly Chopin’s melodies are influenced by Italian opera, and especially by bel canto. Nevertheless, the accompanying voices are never neglected: they comment on, counteract, and support the “vocal lines.” Two different pianos were deliberately used: a full, overtone-rich Bösendorfer Imperial for the Prélude and the Ballades, a clearer, more “modern” Bösendorfer 280 for the 2nd Piano Sonata.
Read moreFlorian Krumpöck – My Second Self (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:20:19 minutes | 716 MB | Genre: Classical
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Pianistic discoveries: since the Pianist Florian Krumpöck also conducts, he has become even more aware of his responsibility for every single note. In contrast to the orchestral interplay, he has to take over the entire keyboard alone. This ended in a new version of the solo part for Dvorak’s early piano Concerto, op. 33 and a late, intense love for Chopin. Both combined open up new perspectives for the audience. Florian Krumpöck is a curious bridge builder who gets to the bottom of things with a certain composure. He has time for many things and yet never loses sight of the essentials. A few more notes for Dvorak here and a deliberately natural Rubato for Chopin there. In between there is also time and leisure for a charming exchange of ideas in the coffee house.
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