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The Piano Sonatas Vol 1: The last sonatas for pian

Paul Komen

The Piano Sonatas Vol 1: The last sonatas for pian

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525510609
Catnr: GLO 5106
Release date: 19 August 2002
1 CD
 
Label
Globe
UPC
8711525510609
Catalogue number
GLO 5106
Release date
19 August 2002
Album
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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NL

About the album

Paul Komen made his debut at the age of 13 with a radio recording of works by Bach and Scriabin. He then studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Jan Wijn. During his studies he took part in several master classes, which resulted in 1978 in his first gramophone recording. In 1980 he was a finalist in the International Tromp Piano Competition in Eindhoven. In 1981 he made his English debut at the Wigmore Ha II in London. At this occasion one of the records he made was presented to H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen-Mother.

In 1982, Paul Komen finished his studies at the Sweelinck Conservatory cum laude and received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Services to continue his studies with Professor Hans Leygraf in Hannover. In 1984, he made his debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw as soloist with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sergio Comissiona.

In 1985, he finished his studies in Hannover with the Solistell-Diplom, again cum laude. He then continued to study with Juan Carlos Zubeldia in Bilbao and with Nelly Ben-Or in London. In 1986, he received a grant from the Dutch government to study with Gyorgy Sandor in New York and with Gyorgy Sebok in Bloomington, Indiana. In 1988, he was invited to perform at the prestigious International Piano Festival of La Roque d'Antheron in France. In 1989, Paul Komen made his American debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the National Gallery in Washington.

Unieke opname van Beethovens laatste sonates
Pianist Paul Komen maakte op 13-jarige leeftijd zijn debuut met een radio-opname van werken van Bach en Scriabin. Vervolgens studeerde hij aan het Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam onder Jan Wijn, waar hij cum laude afstudeerde. In 1981 maakte hij zijn debuut in Engeland, in de Wigmore Hall in Londen. Tijdens deze gelegenheid werd een van zijn opnames overhandigd aan Koningin Elizabeth. Later trad hij onder andere op in het Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall en de National Gallery.

Komen wordt na de verschijning van zijn hooggeprezen albums met opnames van Mompou en de preludes van Scriabin internationaal beschouwd als een van de meest getalenteerde pianisten van zijn generatie. Dit album toont aan dat hij ook een begaafd uitvoerder van de grote klassieke componisten is. Op dit album met de drie laatste Pianosonates van Beethoven, waarin de geniale componist naar nieuwe en tot dan toe niet eerder verkende hoogten stijgt, gebruikt Komen een originele Weense fortepiano. Dit instrument is gebouwd door Conrad Graf, de beroemde pianobouwer die componist zelf van zijn laatste instrument voorzag.



De combinatie een van de prachtigste originele fortepiano’s waar dan ook ter wereld, het ongebruikelijke programma met sonates die moeilijk op album te verkrijgen zijn, en Komens meesterlijke interpretaties van deze onbeschrijflijk mooie werken, maakt dit album niet alleen uniek, maar ook zeer interessant voor alle Beethovenliefhebbers.

Artist(s)

Paul Komen (fortepiano)

Composer(s)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include nine symphonies, five piano concertos, one violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio. Together with Mozart and Haydn, he was part of the First Viennese School.    Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob...
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include nine symphonies, five piano concertos, one violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio. Together with Mozart and Haydn, he was part of the First Viennese School. Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At the age of 21 he moved to Vienna, where he began studying composition with Joseph Haydn, and gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.

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