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Special offer. Schubert: Ländler

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Schubert: Ländler

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Aimard finds something special every time and all are played with utmost tenderness. The sound of the piano, a mid-1950s Steinway that once did service at Rudolfinum in Prague, adds its own...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20245 out of 5 stars

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

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Aimard finds something special every time and all are played with utmost tenderness. The sound of the piano, a mid-1950s Steinway that once did service at Rudolfinum in Prague, adds its own...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20245 out of 5 stars

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Star pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard presents Landler, a collection of delightful dances composed by Franz Schubert. Rustic and cheerful, these miniatures display a fascinating side of Schubert's musical persona. Their simplicity is deceptive, as these dances are frequently shaken up by Schubert's harmonic wandering soul, yet remaining lyrical, picturesque and tuneful. For Aimard, there is a kinship between Schubert's Landler and Kurtag's Jatekok, pieces that he often performs side by side, sharing a combination of playfulness and Modernism that also calls the great twentieth-century miniaturist Anton Webern to mind. By avoiding almost any repetition, Aimard evokes a sleepwalker's journey rather than a series of dances. A renowned champion of twentieth-century music, Pierre-Laurent Aimard has released multiple acclaimed albums in his exclusive contract with Pentatone, including Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux (2018) and Visions de l'Amen (2022), along with Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata & Eroica Variations (2021). He also joined Tamara Stefanovich in Etudes and Frames (2023), with music by Vassos Nicolaou, and recorded Bartok's Piano Concertos with the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen (2023).

  • Release date: 24th May 2024
  • Label: Pentatone
  • Catalogue number: PTC5187034
  • Length: 67 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Schubert: 36 Originaltänze, Op. 9, D.365
Work length6:43
No. 1 in A-Flat Major - No. 2 in A-Flat Major - No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:20
No. 5 in A-Flat Major, No. 12 in A-Flat Major - No. 14 in D-Flat Major
Track length1:29
No. 21 in G Major - No. 22 in G-Sharp Minor - No. 25 in E Major - No. 26 in E Major
Track length1:44
No. 29 in D Major - No. 31 in C Major, No. 34 in F Major - No. 36 in F Major
Track length2:10
Schubert: 38 Waltzes, Ländler and Ecossaises, Op. 18, D.145, Waltzes
Work length7:34
No. 1 in E Minor - No. 2 in B Minor - No. 3 in A Minor
Track length2:18
No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor - No. 5 in E Minor
Track length0:45
No. 6 in B Minor - No. 8 in E-Flat Minor - No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor
Track length2:21
No. 10 in B Minor - No. 11 in B Major - No. 12 in E Major
Track length2:10
Schubert: 38 Waltzes, Ländler and Ecossaises, Op. 18, D.145, Ländler
Work length7:41
No. 2 in E-Flat Major - No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:02
No. 4 in D-Flat Major - No. 5 in D-Flat Major - No. 6 in D-Flat Major
Track length1:35
No. 7 in D-Flat Major - No. 8 in B-Flat Minor - No. 9 in D-Flat Major
Track length1:13
No. 10 in D-Flat Major - No. 11 in D-Flat Major - No. 12 in D-Flat Major
Track length1:15
No. 13 in A Major - No. 14 in D Major - No. 15 in G Major
Track length1:18
No. 16 in G Major - No. 17 in D Major
Track length1:18
Schubert: 18 German Dances and Ecossaises, Op. 33, D. 783, German Dances
Work length3:56
No. 2 in D Major - No. 3 in B-Flat Major - No. 8 in E-Flat Major
Track length1:26
No. 4 in G Major - No. 5 in B Minor - No. 11 in E Minor
Track length1:04
No. 12 in C Major - No. 14 in F Minor - No. 15 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:26
Schubert: Galop and 8 Ecossaises, D. 735: Galop
Work length1:09
Schubert: Galop and 8 Ecossaises, D. 735, Ecoissaises: No. 1 in G Major - No. 5 in E-Flat Major - No. 6 in E-Flat Major - No. 7 in E-Flat Major - No. 8 in A-Flat Major
Work length1:57
Schubert: Valses sentimentales, Op. 50, D.779
Work length9:04
No. 1 in C Major - No. 2 in C Major - No. 3 in G Major - No. 4 in G Major
Track length2:00
No. 7 in G Minor - No. 9 in A Minor - No. 10 in G Major - No. 11 in G Major
Track length1:28
No. 12 in D Major - No. 13 in A Major - No. 14 in D Major - No. 15 in F Major
Track length2:42
No. 17 in C Major - No. 18 in A-Flat Major - No. 19 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:36
No. 23 in E-Flat Major - No. 28 in E-Flat Major - No. 31 in A Minor
Track length1:18
Schubert: Ländler (17), D366
Work length3:05
No. 1 in A Major - No. 4 in A Major - No. 6 in C Major
Track length2:00
No. 7 in G Major - No. 12 in E-Flat Minor
Track length1:05
Schubert: 4 Ländler, D.814: No. 4 in C Major
Work length0:39
Schubert: Wiener-Damen Ländler und Ecossaisen, Op. 67, D.734, Ländler
Work length4:38
No. 2 in D Major - No. 3 in G Major - No. 8 in C Major
Track length1:25
No. 6 in A Major - No. 5 in D Major
Track length1:00
No. 11 in G Major - No. 13 in G Major
Track length1:10
No. 14 in B Minor - No. 15 in G Major
Track length1:03
Schubert: Wiener-Damen Ländler und Ecossaisen, Op. 67, D.734, Ecossaisen: No. 1 in A Minor - No. 2 in A Major
Work length0:46
Schubert: 12 Valses Nobles Op.77, D.969: No. 10 in F Major
Work length0:27
Schubert: 12 Grazer Waltzes, Op. 91, D.924: No. 11 in E Minor
Work length0:36
Schubert: 20 Waltzes, Op. 127, D.146
Work length14:07
No. 9 in C Major
Track length1:40
No. 6 in D Major
Track length1:29
No. 3 in E Minor
Track length1:13
No. 5 in F Major
Track length2:40
No. 10 in F Major
Track length2:06
No. 11 in B-Flat Major
Track length1:18
No. 12 in G Minor - No. 14 in G Major
Track length1:06
No. 19 in F Major - No. 15 in G Minor - No. 20 in D Major
Track length2:35
Schubert: 12 German Dances, Op. 171, D.790
Work length5:22
No. 3 in D Major - No. 4 in D Major - No. 5 in B Minor - No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor
Track length2:20
No. 7 in A-Flat Major - No. 8 in A-Flat Minor - No. 11 in A-Flat Major
Track length2:03
No. 9 in B Major - No. 10 in B Minor
Track length0:59

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Awards and reviews

  • Presto Recordings of the Year
    Finalists 2024
  • International Classical Music Awards
    2025
    Nominated - Solo Instrument
  • Sunday Times
    20 Best Classical Albums of 2024

August 2024

Aimard finds something special every time and all are played with utmost tenderness. The sound of the piano, a mid-1950s Steinway that once did service at Rudolfinum in Prague, adds its own magic.
5 out of 5 stars

August 2024

His supple, understated rubato shows a natural feeling for the idiom, and he is not afraid to scale up the prevailing modesty of tone to give the chunkier dances some Brahmsian heft.

19th May 2024

It’s abundantly clear that Aimard’s approach to these miniature jewels is entirely suitable and rewarding. He shapes and shades the notes with poise and subtle inflections, yet nothing becomes overdone, precious or brittle. The 70-year-old Steinway he plays (we’re given its exact model number) is equally special, with a particularly bright upper register perfect for spotlighting the intimacy and vulnerability of Schubert’s melodies.
4 out of 5 stars
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