Markus Bellheim - Rihm: Piano Pieces (2008)

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Title: Rihm: Piano Pieces
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Neos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:24:14
Total Size: 373 Mb
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Tracklist:

Disc 1
Klavierstück No. 1, Op. 8a (Wolfgang Rihm)
01. Klavierstück No. 1, Op. 8a - 00:13:19

Klavierstück No. 2, Op. 8b (Wolfgang Rihm)
02. I. - 00:05:59
03. II. - 00:00:11
04. III. - 00:05:15
05. IV. - 00:03:14

Klavierstück No. 4 (Wolfgang Rihm)
06. I. Poco rit - Sehr langsam - 00:01:49
07. II. Ruhig, keine Temposchwankung, fast starr - 00:01:16
08. III. Massig schnell, sher frei - 00:01:49
09. IV. Etwas schnell - 00:01:08
10. V. Poco rit - Sehr langsam - 00:01:30
11. VI. Variation 1 - 00:01:36
12. VII. Variation 2 - 00:03:35
13. VIII. - 00:01:55

Klavierstück No. 5, 'Tombeau' (Wolfgang Rihm)
14. I. Senza tempo - 00:01:54
15. II. Ciacona - 00:05:24
16. III. Quasi corale - 00:02:49

Klavierstück No. 6, 'Bagatellen' (Wolfgang Rihm)
17. Klavierstück No. 6, "Bagatellen" - 00:14:42

Landler (Wolfgang Rihm)
18. Landler - 00:08:22

Disc 2
Klavierstück No. 7 (Wolfgang Rihm)
01. Klavierstück No. 7 - 00:09:29

Brahmsliebewalzer (Wolfgang Rihm)
02. Brahmsliebewalzer - 00:03:27

Nachstudie (Wolfgang Rihm)
03. Nachstudie - 00:26:13

Zwiesprache (Wolfgang Rihm)
04. I. Alfred Schlee in memoriam - 00:03:16
05. II. Paul Sacher in memoriam - 00:03:57
06. III. Heinrich Klotz in memoriam - 00:03:25
07. IV. Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht in memoriam - 00:03:57
08. V. Hermann Wieseler in memoriam - 00:02:19

Auf einem anderen Blatt (Wolfgang Rihm)
09. Auf einem anderen Blatt - 00:03:02

2 Kleine Schwingungen (Wolfgang Rihm)
10. 1. Slow - 00:01:48
11. 2. Calmo - 00:02:10

Wortlos (Wolfgang Rihm)
12. I. Langsam - 00:03:06
13. II. Noch langsamer - 00:02:18

Performers:
Markus Bellheim (piano)

It hardly seems creditable that not one but two multi-disc sets of the piano music of Wolfgang Rihm could be released within months of each other. But so it is: Telos Music released a three-disc set of Rihm's complete output for solo piano from 1966 through 2000 featuring Udo Falkner in late spring 2008, while here Neos Music has released a two-disc set of much of Rihm's music for solo piano written between 1970 and 2000, plus a couple of more recent pieces featuring Markus Bellheim in the summer of the same year. Falkner's attacks are more brutal, his touch more percussive, and his interpretations more aggressive, while Bellheim's sonorities are more molded, his tone more balanced, and his interpretations more introspective. Both approaches work in Rihm's not entirely post-modernist but not exactly neo-Romantic piano music, and one could legitimately prefer Falkner one day and Bellheim the next. Of course, Falkner's greater completeness is a factor, but so is Bellheim's inclusion of more recent works. As far as sound goes, Telos' is cleaner and clearer, but Neos' is warmer and deeper. Either set will satisfy the casual Rihm fan -- if there is such a thing -- but hardcore Rihm devotees will surely want to have both.