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Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol. 39, 250 Years Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol. 39, 250 Years Ludwig van Beethoven

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Label: CAvi
UPC: 4260085533275
Catnr: AVI 8553327
Release date: 22 January 2021
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CAvi
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4260085533275
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AVI 8553327
Release date
22 January 2021
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250 years of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
The concert season of the Ruhr Piano Festival 2020 has suffered heavily under the Corona pandemic shutdown – loosing more than 85% of all scheduled concerts.

In the late June/July days some concerts had taken place, some were live recorded; some concert also had taken place in the early autumn 2020, before the entire new planning was cancelled as well for all 2020, like for so many other concerts and festivals.

At least the few live recordings are showing an interesting picture of a list of unknown piano works of Beethoven. It is therefore for sure a rich source for collectors and connaisseurs.

Artist(s)

Anna Zassimova (piano)

Anna Zassimova not only studied piano in Moscow and in Karlsruhe; she also holds advanced university diplomas in art history and in musicology. The Moscow-born pianist has attracted widespread recognition with recordings of rare masterpieces by turn-of-the-century Russian composers: her name is particularly associated with the rediscovery of Russian-French composer Georges Catoire. Zassimova’s monography on Catoire’s life and music was the first major publication on the subject, and her CD productions featuring his works have opened completely new perspectives on that fascinating pioneer of Russian Modernism. Zassimova’s concert tours have led her to perform all over Russia, the US, and China, and she hasgiven solo and chamber music recitals at international music festivals. She is currently piano professor at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe....
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Anna Zassimova not only studied piano in Moscow and in Karlsruhe; she also holds advanced university diplomas in art history and in musicology. The Moscow-born pianist has attracted widespread recognition with recordings of rare masterpieces by turn-of-the-century Russian composers: her name is particularly associated with the rediscovery of Russian-French composer Georges Catoire.

Zassimova’s monography on Catoire’s life and music was the first major publication on the subject, and her CD productions featuring his works have opened completely new perspectives on that fascinating pioneer of Russian Modernism.

Zassimova’s concert tours have led her to perform all over Russia, the US, and China, and she hasgiven solo and chamber music recitals at international music festivals.

She is currently piano professor at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe. After her acclaimed début in 2017 at the Ruhr Piano Festival, she returned for the third time in 2020.


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Olga Pashchenko (piano)

Born in Moscow in 1986, Olga Pashchenko began her musical training when she was six years old. Already at seven she won First Prize at the All-Russian Young Pianists Competition and gained enrolment in the Gnessin Music School for Young Talents, where she obtained her diploma with honors in 2005. Pashchenko received a scholarship from the Russian Performance Art Fund; she was one of the prizewinners at the International Gnessin Young Artists Competition, as well as at the International Beethoven Festival of Chamber Music. She continued her studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory studying fortepiano and modern piano with Alexei Lubimov, harpsichord with Olga Martynova, and organ with Alexei Schmitov, leading to a diploma with distinction in 2010. In parallel, Pashchenko studied...
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Born in Moscow in 1986, Olga Pashchenko began her musical training when she was six years old. Already at seven she won First Prize at the All-Russian Young Pianists Competition and gained enrolment in the Gnessin Music School for Young Talents, where she obtained her diploma with honors in 2005.

Pashchenko received a scholarship from the Russian Performance Art Fund; she was one of the prizewinners at the International Gnessin Young Artists Competition, as well as at the International Beethoven Festival of Chamber Music.

She continued her studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory studying fortepiano and modern piano with Alexei Lubimov, harpsichord with Olga Martynova, and organ with Alexei Schmitov, leading to a diploma with distinction in 2010. In parallel, Pashchenko studied linguistics at Moscow University.

In 2017 she was appointed Professor of Fortepiano at the Sweelinck Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Her repertoire ranges from Bach (on the harpsichord) and Beethoven (on the fortepiano) to Ligeti (on the modern Steinway). Pashchenko is a regular guest at early and contemporary music festivals alike, including Utrecht Early Music Festival (where she was named Artist in Residence for the year 2016), the fortepiano festivals of Amsterdam, Zaandijk, and Zutphen, as well as Maggio Musicale in Florence.

She performs in outstanding classical music venues including the Concertgebouw in Bruges and the Cité de la Musique in Paris, collaborating with ensembles such as the Orchestra of the 18th Century, MusicAeterna Perm conducted by Teodor Currentzis, and Collegium 1704 under the baton of Vaclav Luks.

She gave her debut at the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2020 in a radio broadcast from the auditorium without the presence of an audience.


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Anika Vavic (piano)

Born in Belgrade, Anika Vavic´ has been living since the age of sixteen in Vienna, where she studied with Noel Flores at the University of Music and Performing Arts. She also received important impulses from Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lazar Berman, Oleg Maisenberg, Alexander Satz and Mstislav Rostropovich. The winner of the Second Steinway Competition in Vienna and its Special Prize for the best Haydn interpretation also received scholarships from the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna and the Gottfried von Einem Foundation. In 2002 the Austrian State awarded her the Women's Art Prize in the music category. Anika Vavic´ collaborates with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Hannu Lintu, and Mirga Gražinyte.-Tyla; recent career highlights include performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the London...
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Born in Belgrade, Anika Vavic´ has been living since the age of sixteen in Vienna, where she studied with Noel Flores at the University of Music and Performing Arts.

She also received important impulses from Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lazar Berman, Oleg Maisenberg, Alexander Satz and Mstislav Rostropovich. The winner of the Second Steinway Competition in Vienna and its Special Prize for the best Haydn interpretation also received scholarships from the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna and the Gottfried von Einem Foundation. In 2002 the Austrian State awarded her the Women's Art Prize in the music category. Anika Vavic´ collaborates with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Hannu Lintu, and Mirga Gražinyte.-Tyla; recent career highlights include performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the London Philharmonic at the BBC Proms, and the Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Vavic´ has performed at the White Nights Festival in Saint Petersburg, at the Mikkeli Festival in Finland, at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, the Heidelberg Spring, and Styriarte Festival in Graz.

Recital tours have led her to Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. Her chamber music partners include Gautier Capuçon, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Carolin Widmann, Renaud Capuçon, and Daniel Müller-Schott. In 2005, Vavic´ performed the world première of Peras by Johannes Maria Staud.

The year 2020 marked her third appearance at the Ruhr Piano Festival.


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Lika Bibileishvili (piano)

Born in the Republic of Georgia, Lika Bibileishvili was accepted into the piano class of Prof. Medea Shaladze at the Georgian University of the Arts in her home town of Batumi when she was only ten years old. Early solo appearances in piano concertos by Rachmaninov and Saint-Saëns at the ages of 12 and 14 testify to her exceptional talent. In 2008 she moved to Munich to pursue her studies at the University of Music and the Performing Arts; Bibileishvili received important counsel from her teachers Franz Massinger, Volker Banfield, and Antti Siirala. After obtaining her Master’s Diploma with honors in 2015, she began post-graduate studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Legendary piano pedagogue Dmitri Bashkirov commended her “extraordinary musical and intellectual abilities” after having...
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Born in the Republic of Georgia, Lika Bibileishvili was accepted into the piano class of Prof. Medea Shaladze at the Georgian University of the Arts in her home town of Batumi when she was only ten years old.

Early solo appearances in piano concertos by Rachmaninov and Saint-Saëns at the ages of 12 and 14 testify to her exceptional talent. In 2008 she moved to Munich to pursue her studies at the University of Music and the Performing Arts; Bibileishvili received important counsel from her teachers Franz Massinger, Volker Banfield, and Antti Siirala.

After obtaining her Master’s Diploma with honors in 2015, she began post-graduate studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Legendary piano pedagogue Dmitri Bashkirov commended her “extraordinary musical and intellectual abilities” after having heard her in a masterclass. Lika Bibileishvili holds a scholarship from the “Live Music Now” organization established by Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

She has been given numerous opportunities to perform both as soloist and chamber musician as part of its concert series.

Her début performance at the Ruhr Piano Festival took place in 2020.


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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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Disc #1
01.
Kurfürstensonaten,Sonate Nr. 1 in Es-Dur : Allegro cantabile
04:36
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
02.
Kurfürstensonaten,Sonate Nr. 1 in Es-Dur : Andante
05:31
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
03.
Kurfürstensonaten,Sonate Nr. 1 in Es-Dur : Rondo vivace
02:46
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
04.
Kurfürstensonaten, Sonate Nr. 2 in f-Moll : arghetto maestoso – Allegro assai
05:36
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
05.
Kurfürstensonaten, Sonate Nr. 2 in f-Moll : Andante
07:06
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
06.
Kurfürstensonaten, Sonate Nr. 2 in f-Moll : Presto
03:16
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
07.
Kurfürstensonaten, Sonate Nr. 3 in D-Dur : Allegro
07:02
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
08.
Kurfürstensonaten, Sonate Nr. 3 in D-Dur: Menuetto – Sostenuto
08:27
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
09.
Kurfürstensonaten, Sonate Nr. 3 in D-Dur: Scherzando: Allegretto, ma non troppo
04:51
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Olga Pashchenko
10.
Sechs Variationen über den„Türkischen Marsch“ aus „Die Ruinen von Athen“ op. 76 (
06:01
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Lika Bibileishvili
11.
Dreizehn Variationen über die Ariette „Es war einmal ein alter Mann“ aus Dittersdorfs Singspiel „Das rote Käppchen“ WoO 66
11:41
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Lika Bibileishvili
12.
Sechs Variationen über ein Schweizer Lied WoO 64
02:34
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Lika Bibileishvili
13.
Rondo in C-Dur op. 51/1
05:07
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Lika Bibileishvili
14.
Sechs Variationen über das Duett „Nel cor più non mi sento“ aus der Oper „La Molinara“ von Giovanni Paisiello WoO 70
04:37
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Lika Bibileishvili

Disc #2
01.
Fantasie in H-Dur op. 77
09:02
(Ludwig van Beethoven) Anna Zassimova
02.
32 Variationen über ein Originalthema in c-Moll WoO 80
00:00
Anna Zassimova
03.
Polonaise in C-Dur op. 89 (1814)
00:00
Anna Zassimova
04.
Ecossaise in Es-Dur WoO 86 (1825
00:00
Lika Bibileishvili
05.
Präludium in f-Moll WoO 55 (1803)
00:00
Anna Zassimova
06.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr. 1: Andante grazioso quasi allegretto
03:44
Anika Vavic
07.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr. 2: Scherzo – Allegro
02:34
Anika Vavic
08.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr. 3: Allegretto
02:03
Anika Vavic
09.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr. 4: Andante
03:26
Anika Vavic
10.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr. 5: Allegro ma non troppo
02:25
Anika Vavic
11.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr. 6: Allegretto quasi andante
04:37
Anika Vavic
12.
Sieben Bagatellen op. 33 : Nr.7: Presto
01:57
Anika Vavic
13.
15 Variationen mit Finale alla Fuga in Es-Dur op.35 „Eroica-Variationen“ (1802)
24:22
Anika Vavic
14.
Klavierstück in C-Dur„Letzter musikalischer Gedanke“ WoO 62
03:45
(Ludwig van Beethoven ) Anika Vavic
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