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Benjamin Hochman (piano)

Benjamin Hochman: Variations
Celebrating the enduring power of the variations form, this recital moves from distinguished recent examples to Brahms’s resplendent Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel...Peter Lieberson’s...

Sunday Times, 1st March 2015

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Celebrating the enduring power of the variations form, this recital moves from distinguished recent examples to Brahms’s resplendent Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel...Peter Lieberson’s...

Sunday Times, 1st March 2015

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On ‘Variations’, pianist Benjamin Hochman explores an age-old art form with works ranging from Brahms’ Handel Variations to 20th and 21st century inspirations by George Benjamin, Luciano Berio, Oliver Knussen and Peter Lieberson.

Pianist Benjamin Hochman follows his critically acclaimed AVIE debut Homage to Schubert (AV2281) - which paired two sonatas by the 19th century master with modern day tributes by Kurtág and Widmann - with a like-minded program centred on the age-old musical form of variations. At the heart of the album is Handel Variations by Brahms, a grand master of the art form. The four shorter Piano Variations on this recording are by major composers of the late 20th and early 21st century: Oliver Knussen, Luciano Berio, George Benjamin and Peter Lieberson. Each composition is a piece of great beauty but with results that are strikingly diverse.

Contents and tracklist

Knussen: Variations, Op. 24
Work length6:59
Berio: Cinque Variazioni (1952 / 1953 – revised 1966)
Work length7:55
Benjamin, G: Meditation on Haydn's Name
Work length2:57
Lieberson, P: Piano Variations
Work length13:41
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Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Work length26:51
No. 1 Aria
Track length0:52
No. 2 Variation I, Più vivo
Track length0:52
No. 3 Variation II
Track length0:40
No. 4 Variation III
Track length0:42
No. 5 Variation IV
Track length0:52
No. 6 Variation V
Track length1:09
No. 7 Variation VI
Track length1:02
No. 8 Variation VII
Track length0:37
No. 9 Variation VIII
Track length0:43
No. 10 Variation IX
Track length1:07
No. 11 Variation X, Allegro
Track length0:40
No. 12 Variation XI, Moderato
Track length0:48
No. 13 Variation XII, L’istesso tempo
Track length0:49
No. 14 Variation XIII, Largamente, ma non troppo
Track length1:33
No. 15 Variation XIV
Track length0:40
No. 16 Variation XV
Track length0:48
No. 17 Variation XVI
Track length0:37
No. 18 Variation XVII
Track length0:30
No. 19 Variation XVIII
Track length0:50
No. 20 Variation XIX
Track length1:06
No. 21 Variation XX, Andante
Track length1:13
No. 22 Variation XXI, Vivace
Track length0:53
No. 23 Variation XXII, Alla musette
Track length0:58
No. 24 Variation XXIII, Vivace
Track length0:36
No. 25 Variation XXIV
Track length0:37
No. 26 Variation XXV
Track length0:42
No. 27 Fuga, Moderato
Track length4:55

Awards and reviews

1st March 2015

Celebrating the enduring power of the variations form, this recital moves from distinguished recent examples to Brahms’s resplendent Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel...Peter Lieberson’s Piano Variations (1996), in its first recording, and structurally inspired by the four elements, is as friendly to the ear as it is fiercely virtuosic.

New York Times 11th December 2015

He gives lucid, exciting performances of variations by Oliver Knussen, Luciano Berio, George Benjamin and Peter Lieberson...then ends with an exhilarating account of Brahms’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel.
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