Beethoven / Chopin: Famous Piano Sonatas Andrea Kauten

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27/2 'Moonlight'
• 1 I. Adagio sostenuto 07:27
• 2 II. Allegretto 03:05
• 3 III. Presto 07:55
• Robert Schuhmann (1810-1856): Album für die Jugend, Teil 1 - Highlights
• 4 II. Soldatenmarsch 00:58
• 5 IV. Choral 01:29
• 6 VI. Armes Waisenkind 01:38
• 7 VII. Jägerliedchen 01:11
• 8 X. Fröhlicher Landmann 00:46
• 9 XII. Knecht Ruprecht 02:25
• 10 XIV. Kleine Studie 02:03
• 11 XVII. Kleiner Morgenwanderer 01:15
• 12 XVIII: Schnitterliedchen 00:57
• Frederic Chopin (1810-1849):
• 13 Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64/2 03:34
• 14 Waltz No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64/1 01:53
• 15 Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. 66 05:49
• Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 'The Funeral March'
• 16 I. Grave - Doppio movimento 07:57
• 17 II. Scherzo 06:09
• 18 III. Marche funebre 07:28
• 19 IV. Finale: Presto 02:04
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"
• 20 I. Grave - Allegro molto e con brio 08:36
• 21 II. Adagio cantabile 04:48
• 22 III. Rondo: Allegro 04:47
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Consolations, S. 172
• 23 I. Andante con moto 01:35
• 24 II. Un poco più mosso 03:40
• 25 III. Lento placido 03:23
• 26 IV. Quasi adagio 03:00
• 27 V. Andantino 03:05
• 28 VI. Allegretto sempre cantabile 03:04
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 29 Liebestraum in A-Flat Major, S. 541 05:29
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943):
• 30 Moment musical in D-Flat Major 04:01
• 31 Prélude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3/2 03:38
• 32 Prélude in D Major, Op. 23/4 04:37
• 33 Prélude in G Minor, Op. 23/5 04:12
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 34 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 06:31
• Total Runtime 02:10:29

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Andrea Kauten, Schweizer Pianistin ungarischer Herkunft, öffnet den Blick für größere Zusammenhänge. „Persönlichkeit, (…) glühenden Enthusiasmus, der alle Krisen und Entbehrungen bewältigt, sowie tief empfundene Menschlichkeit“ gepaart mit langjähriger pianistischer Erfahrung vereint Andrea Kauten in ihrem Klavierspiel. Leidenschaft und Intensität verschmelzen dabei mit einer perfekten Technik.

Auf ihrem neuen Album „A Portrait“ zeichnet Andrea Kauten ein sehr persönliches Bild ihrer musikalischen Erfahrung. Schlüsselwerke der Klavierliteratur erscheinen durch ihre ganz eigene Lesart in neuem Gewand. Die Pianistin legt in ihren Interpretationen besonderen Wert auf Genauigkeit und Werktreue, ohne dabei den musikalischen Kontext aus den Augen zu verlieren. In den Klavierwerken des 19. Jahrhunderts zeigt sie geschickt Querverbindungen zwischen den Werken von Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt und Rachmaninoff auf und entlockt ihrem Konzertflügel sowohl verhaltene poetische, als auch sehr ausdrucksstarke Klänge.

Andrea Kauten, Klavier

Andrea Kauten
Trained from the age of seven by the Basle pianist Albert Engel, the Swiss-Hungarian pianist Andrea Kauten became a finalist at the Jecklin Competition in Zurich at 13 and won first prize at the Swiss Youth Music Competition one year later before enrolling at the Basle Academy of Music. A scholarship from the Federation of Migros Cooperatives Switzerland then enabled her to continue her studies at the famous Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. This opportunity, and the brilliant combination of technique and expressivity she admires in Liszt�s music, have left an indelible mark on her playing. Her close blend of sensitivity and consummate technique enables her to coax unimaginable sounds from the concert grand piano. Her playing is poetic � now subdued, now richly expressive, but always eminently creative and always in keeping with the demands of the music.

»I want people to be able to find something for themselves that fills them with the same passion and intensity that I feel the moment I touch a piano.« These thoughtful words bear witness to the ardent fervour and deeply felt humanity that Andrea Kauten pursues in her art. Her readings ofthe great 19th century composers demonstrate both the sensitivity and the virtuosity she has at her command. She places great store on accuracy and textual fidelity in her playing, divining so to speak the intended message through the musical text, unveiling it with supremely intuitive musicianship and bringing it to fruition in enhanced form. Her first CD, with works by Franz Liszt, Carl Goldmark and Sergei Rachmaninov, appeared as early as 1993. Since then she has concertised in various countries, including the United States, Canada, Denmark, France and Germany. In 2006 she released recordings of Schumann's C-major Fantasy, Kreisleriana and two Romances (op. 28, nos. 2 and 3) on the Sony Classical label. Two further CDs followed in 2009, one with Schumann's Third Piano Sonata, Symphonic Etudes and Novelettes, the other with Beethoven�s Appassionata Sonata, two late Brahms pieces (op. 118, nos. 1 and 2) and finally Carnaval, again by Schumann.

Andrea Kauten is Artistic Director of the Anneliese Benner-Krafft Foundation Concerts in Schopfheim-Fahrnau (in the southern Black Forest), a concert series that has long been recommended by connoisseurs.

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