Grand-Mondain
A piano journey through various European musical worlds
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GEN 25915 EAN: 4260036259155
10.1.202518.90 €
The Stenzl brothers, Hans-Peter and Volker, invite you on a special kind of European journey with their new GENUIN album. In celebration of the anniversaries of Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Moritz Moszkowski, and Dmitri Shostakovich, they have recorded suites and individual pieces by these great composers, who often humorously look beyond their own cultural horizons. With sophistication, elegance, care, and emotion, they weave dances, melodies, and stories from all corners of the world into their music. As a distinguished German duo performing internationally for more than 30 years, they present these little treasures with a keen eye for both the larger musical narratives and intricate details - genuinely cosmopolitan!
Fono Forum
"The duo is completely in its element with Moszkowski's cycle “Aus aller Herren Länder” [...] The Stenzls have polished up this slightly dusty rarity and thus end their journey with a nostalgic stay in the self-satisfied era of the Gründerzeit." Review by Frank Siebert, issue 4/2025
textura
"It's the synchronicity of the playing and the sensitivity with which the music's moods are articulated that recommend the release most, however, and it's a genuine pleasure to spend time in the brothers' engaging company. " Review by Ron Schepper, March 2025
Radio Bremen Klassik Zwei
In the programme Klassikwelt from January 12, 2025 Sophia Fischer presents the album by Klavierduo Stenzl.
NDR Kultur Album of the Week
"Rhythmic precision, but also the many fine nuances of sound and a natural interplay based on decades of playing together make this CD a real listening pleasure." Review by Chantal Nastasi, January 5, 2025
The Stenzl brothers, Hans-Peter and Volker, invite you on a special kind of European journey with their new GENUIN album. In celebration of the anniversaries of Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Moritz Moszkowski, and Dmitri Shostakovich, they have recorded suites and individual pieces by these great composers, who often humorously look beyond their own cultural horizons. With sophistication, elegance, care, and emotion, they weave dances, melodies, and stories from all corners of the world into their music. As a distinguished German duo performing internationally for more than 30 years, they present these little treasures with a keen eye for both the larger musical narratives and intricate details - genuinely cosmopolitan!
Fono Forum
"The duo is completely in its element with Moszkowski's cycle “Aus aller Herren Länder” [...] The Stenzls have polished up this slightly dusty rarity and thus end their journey with a nostalgic stay in the self-satisfied era of the Gründerzeit." Review by Frank Siebert, issue 4/2025
textura
"It's the synchronicity of the playing and the sensitivity with which the music's moods are articulated that recommend the release most, however, and it's a genuine pleasure to spend time in the brothers' engaging company. " Review by Ron Schepper, March 2025
Radio Bremen Klassik Zwei
In the programme Klassikwelt from January 12, 2025 Sophia Fischer presents the album by Klavierduo Stenzl.
NDR Kultur Album of the Week
"Rhythmic precision, but also the many fine nuances of sound and a natural interplay based on decades of playing together make this CD a real listening pleasure." Review by Chantal Nastasi, January 5, 2025
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Tracklist
- Erik Satie (1866–1925)
La belle excentrique
Grande Ritournelle - Marche Franco-Lunaire
- Valse du „Mystérieux baiser dans l’oeil“
- Cancan Grand-Mondain
- Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Petit Poucet
- Laideronnette. Impératrice des pagodes
- Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
- Le jardin féerique
- Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Ballet-Suite Nr. 2
Polka - Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Musik zum Film „Einheit“, op. 95
Walzer - Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
Aus aller Herren Ländern, op. 23
Russland - Deutschland
- Spanien
- Polen
- Italien
- Ungarn
The Stenzl brothers, Hans-Peter and Volker, invite you on a special kind of European journey with their new GENUIN album. In celebration of the anniversaries of Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Moritz Moszkowski, and Dmitri Shostakovich, they have recorded suites and individual pieces by these great composers, who often humorously look beyond their own cultural horizons. With sophistication, elegance, care, and emotion, they weave dances, melodies, and stories from all corners of the world into their music. As a distinguished German duo performing internationally for more than 30 years, they present these little treasures with a keen eye for both the larger musical narratives and intricate details - genuinely cosmopolitan!
Fono Forum
"The duo is completely in its element with Moszkowski's cycle “Aus aller Herren Länder” [...] The Stenzls have polished up this slightly dusty rarity and thus end their journey with a nostalgic stay in the self-satisfied era of the Gründerzeit." Review by Frank Siebert, issue 4/2025
textura
"It's the synchronicity of the playing and the sensitivity with which the music's moods are articulated that recommend the release most, however, and it's a genuine pleasure to spend time in the brothers' engaging company. " Review by Ron Schepper, March 2025
Radio Bremen Klassik Zwei
In the programme Klassikwelt from January 12, 2025 Sophia Fischer presents the album by Klavierduo Stenzl.
NDR Kultur Album of the Week
"Rhythmic precision, but also the many fine nuances of sound and a natural interplay based on decades of playing together make this CD a real listening pleasure." Review by Chantal Nastasi, January 5, 2025