Eduardo Fernández - Zimmermann: Complete Works for Piano (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 3 Fruhe Klavierstucke No. 1, Scherzettino
02. 3 Fruhe Klavierstucke No. 2, Intermezzo
03. 3 Fruhe Klavierstucke No. 3, Fugato
04. Extemporale I. Praludium
05. Extemporale II. Invention
06. Extemporale III. Siciliano
07. Extemporale IV. Bolero
08. Extemporale V. Finale
09. Capriccio
10. Enchiridion I I. Introduktion
11. Enchiridion I II. Ekloge
12. Enchiridion I III. Rondino
13. Enchiridion I IV. Bourree
14. Enchiridion I V. Meditation
15. Enchiridion I VI. Aria
16. Enchiridion I VII. Estampida
17. Enchiridion I VIII. Toccata
18. Enchiridion, Appendix I. Intermezzo
19. Enchiridion, Appendix II. L'apres-midi d'un Puck
20. Enchiridion, Appendix III. Hommage a Johann Strauss
21. Enchiridion II Exerzitien I. Vigil
22. Enchiridion II Exerzitien II. Hora
23. Enchiridion II Exerzitien III. Ostinato
24. Enchiridion II Exerzitien IV. Matutin
25. Enchiridion II Exerzitien V. Imagination
26. Konfigurationen I. —
27. Konfigurationen II. —
28. Konfigurationen III. —
29. Konfigurationen IV. —
30. Konfigurationen V. —
31. Konfigurationen VI. —
32. Konfigurationen VII. —
33. Konfigurationen VIII. —


It was in the 1960s, with the opera Die Soldatenand his Requiem füreinenjungen Dichter, that Bernd Alois Zimmermann became known as one of the leading composers of the German post-war generation. These and other works from the period were examples of what the composer himself called musical pluralism -a highly individual collage-like technique involving quotations and superimposed metres, rhythms and time levels. The works on the present disc -Zimmermann's complete production for solo piano -predate this, however.

Composed over a period of only 17 years, they trace a journey which begins in a neo-classicism à la Hindemith -as radical an idiom as a young student at the Cologne University for Music could adopt during the Nazi regime. After serving in the war, Zimmermann worked as a freelance composer for the radio, theatre and television, and this has left a trace in both Extemporale and Capriccio, which weaves together seven traditional children's songs. In Enchiridion IIwe begin to clearly hear the influence of Schoenbergian twelve-tone technique, which a few years later, in Konfigurationen, has blossomed into serialism, with its subtle gradations of dynamics, articulation and rhythm. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's death in 1970, the acclaimed Spanish pianist Eduardo Fernández makes his first appearance on BIS, showing us little known aspects of the composer.

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