Perspectives 5
Andreas Haefliger (piano)
Haefliger is impressive in the fugue [of the Hammerklavier], but his opening movement is rather careful, stressing strength at the expense of sweep and momentum...The subtlety of Haefliger's...
Perspectives 5
Andreas Haefliger (piano)
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Haefliger is impressive in the fugue [of the Hammerklavier], but his opening movement is rather careful, stressing strength at the expense of sweep and momentum...The subtlety of Haefliger's...
About
Andreas Haefliger’s provocative and trend-setting Perspectives series – juxtaposing the seminal sonatas of Beethoven within the context of works by other composers – reaches its fifth volume with two titans of the piano literature: the groundbreaking Hammerklavier Sonata, and Book One of the Swiss ‘Years of Pilgrimage’ by Franz Liszt, this year widely celebrated on the bicentenary of his birth.
Haefliger’s critically and commercially successful Perspectives series mirrors his live recitals, and vivid memories linger in audiences who have heard his numerous performances of these works throughout Europe and the USA.
Contents and tracklist
Work length45:57
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Allegro
Track length12:15
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Adagio sostenuro
Track length18:49
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Largo - Fuga - Allegro risoluto
Track length12:10
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Work length15:44
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Awards and reviews
December 2011
Haefliger is impressive in the fugue [of the Hammerklavier], but his opening movement is rather careful, stressing strength at the expense of sweep and momentum...The subtlety of Haefliger's tonal palette serves him well in the more intimate pieces in the Swiss volume of Liszt's Annees de pelerinage
January 2012
A few fussy tempo adjustments in the Scherzo [of the Beethoven] can be forgiven in light of Haefliger's linear clarity...Liszt's Swiss journey gest off to a fine start as Haefliger takes trouble to give shape and meaning to Chapelle de Guillaume Tell's tremolos and uses his pedalling mastery to convincingly project the composer's request for vibrato...The final two pieces clock in slower than most pianists, yet are expressive and well sustained.
