Artist: Richard Fuller, Karoline Pilcz
Title: The Johann Schantz Fortepiano
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Gramola Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 01:01:22
Total Size: 299  mb


Tracklist

01. Ariette italiane, Op. 31 - I - Sento amor
02. Ariette italiane, Op. 31 - II - Un serto di fiori
03. Ariette italiane, Op. 31 - III - Spira pur, ma spira lento
04. Sonata for Fortepiano in E major, Hob. XVI:31 - I - Moderato
05. Sonata for Fortepiano in E major, Hob. XVI:31 - II - Allegretto
06. Sonata for Fortepiano in E major, Hob. XVI:31 - III - Finale. Presto
07. Cantata in honor of Marie Theresie Paradis - I - Recitativo. Andante – Aria. Adagio
08. Cantata in honor of Marie Theresie Paradis - II - Recitativo. Maestoso
09. Cantata in honor of Marie Theresie Paradis - III - Aria. Andante
10. Cantata in honor of Marie Theresie Paradis - IV - Recitativo. Adagio. Allegro. Andante
11. Cantata in honor of Marie Theresie Paradis - V - Aria. Allegro
12. Sonata for Fortepiano in E-flat major, “Genzinger”, Hob. XVI:49 - I - Allegro
13. Sonata for Fortepiano in E-flat major, “Genzinger”, Hob. XVI:49 - II - Adagio cantabile
14. Sonata for Fortepiano in E-flat major, “Genzinger”, Hob. XVI:49 - III - Tempo di Minuet

During his lifetime, Johann Schantz (1762–1828) was considered the most important and respected piano maker in Vienna alongsi-de Anton Walter and Nannette Streicher. His instruments were widely appreciated by musicians and composers, including explicitly by Haydn and Beethoven. One of his early fortepianos were integrated into the collection of old musical instruments at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna in 1939 from private ownership due to the fact that it could not be restored without considera-ble investment. There it was painstakingly restored in several phases and finally brought to its present, playable condition in 2009. On this recording, pianist Richard Fuller, renowned for his decades-long involvement with historical instruments, presents this fortepiano with the Sonatas for Fortepiano in E major, Hob. XVI:31 (1776) and E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49 (1790) by Joseph Haydn. The collaboration with the soprano Karoline Pilcz demonstrates that this instrument has unique sound characteristics not only as a solo instrument but also as an accompanying instrument. The Arette italiane, Op. 31 (1790) and the Cantata in Honor of Marie Theresie Paradis (1784) by Leopold Koželuch also date from the time of the instrument’s creation, as is characteristic of this KHM edition.