German pianist Dominik Blum presents his second album for the Wandelweiser label, performing a selection of compositions from Swiss composer Hermann Meier (1906-2002), whose forward-looking work with reduced scores, modern use of time and space, and graphics scores in compositions pre-dating Messiaen, Stockhausen, Boulez, &c. that are only recently being rediscovered.
Format: 2 CDs Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: Germany Recorded live at Radiostudio Zurich, in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 16th, 17th and 18th, 2017, by Fabio Oehrli and Tonlabor Bern.
7. Zwei Klavierstuck Fur Lilo Mathys (1955-56) / 1 14:55
CD2
1. Kleine Elegie Fur Klavier Fur Gaby Stebler (1968) 1:09
2. Klavierstuck (1957) 8:34
3. Klavierstuck Fur Urs Peter Schneider (1987) 7:30
4. Klaviervariationen Fur Hermann Gattiker (1951-52; Rev. 1969) 16:52
5. Zwei Klavierstucke Fur Lilo Mathys (1955-56) / 2 10:04
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"The new CD by the Winterthur pianist Dominik Blum closes an important gap. It is 17 years since he recorded Meier's five large-scale piano works for the Wandelweiser label. He has now recorded them again and added several others too, which means his new CD features all of Meier's piano works except the early pieces composed before 1947. It has undoubtedly been a worthwhile project.
To be sure, Blum's first recording was persuasive enough as an advocate for Meier's music - but his interpretations of these works have meanwhile become more mature, more refined and at the same time more rounded, and they possess an immense breadth of expression and subtlety. They also take us deep into the music. Meier's graphic works can offer us an impression of how he constructed his musical architecture, but here we can actually use our ears to enter into his music."-Thomas Meyer, Swiss Music Portal