Birgit Schmieder: Temporal Variations - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Temporal Variations
Artist: Birgit Schmieder
Label: Audite
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 4022143925398
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2012-09-25
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

This collection of duos for oboe (specifically English horn) and piano are related not only by the period in which they arose, but as haunting documents of artistic expression in a time of gathering gloom. Through the lens of warn we can see Hindemith's sonatas tending toward internalization and protective technical dispassion surrounding his emigration, Haas' subtle protests of annexation, Britten's deep unease with political conditions under a veneer of virtuosity. Darkly and gorgeously rendered by pianist Akiko Yamashita and oboist Birgit Schmieder.

Tracks:
1.1 Theme. Andante Rubato
1.2 Oration. Lento Quasi Recitativo
1.3 March. Alla Marcia
1.4 Exercises. Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco
1.5 Commination. Adagio Con Fuoco
1.6 Chorale. Molto Lento
1.7 Waltz. Allegretto Rubato
1.8 Polka. Tempo Di Polka
1.9 Resolution. Maestoso (Non Troppo Lento)
1.10 Munter
1.11 Sehr Langsam - Lebhaft - Sehr Langsam, Wie Zuerst - Wieder Lebhaft
1.12 The Grasshopper. Allegretto Leggiero
1.13 The Wasp. Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco
1.14 Allegro Giocoso
1.15 Pastorale. Andante Tranquillo
1.16 Rondo. Allegro Vivo
1.17 Langsam
1.18 Allegro Pesante
1.19 Moderato
1.20 Scherzo, Schnell
1.21 Moderato
1.22 Allegro Pesante
1.23 Furioso
1.24 Con Fuoco
1.25 Moderato