Haydn: Three Piano Concertos Oliver Schnyder

• Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
• 1 I. Allegro 08:54
• 2 II. Largo cantabile 09:17
• 3 III. Finale - Presto 03:53
• 4 I. Allegro moderato 08:40
• 5 II. Adagio cantabile 06:50
• 6 III. Finale - Rondo (Presto) 03:51
• 7 I. Vivace 07:27
• 8 II. Un poco adagio 06:34
• 9 III. Rondo all'Ungherese - Allegro assai 04:08
• Total Runtime 59:34

Info for Haydn: Three Piano Concertos

Drei der schönsten Klavierkonzerte von Joseph Haydn hat Oliver Schnyder für seine aktuelle CD bei RCA Red Seal ausgewählt. Begleitet wird er dabei vom bekannten englischen Kammerorchester Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Das Besondere an der Aufnahme: Schnyder verändert ab und zu behutsam Haydns ursprüngliches Material zugunsten einer größeren Farbigkeit und einer Zuspitzung der Affekte. Außerdem gibt es Kadenzen, die der Jazz-Saxophonist und Komponist Daniel Schnyder eigens für den Künstler geschrieben hat. Das Ergebnis ist ein aufregendes Hörerlebnis, das die Aufmerksamkeit des heutigen Hörers ganz auf die Originalität und den Ideenreichtum des Komponisten richtet.

„Schnyder, 1973 geboren und zuletzt bei Leon Fleisher in die Lehre gegangen, spielt die von keiner Hintergründigkeit belastete Beweglichkeit der haydnischen Solopartien perfekt heraus. (...) Ebenso bleibt die klangliche Balance mit der Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields musterhaft gewahrt - ...' (FONO FORUM)

Oliver Schnyder, Klavier
Andrew Watkinson, Dirigent
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Oliver Schnyder
was born on October 3, 1973 in Brugg (Switzerland). He studied with Emmy Henz- Diémand in Aarau as well as in Homero Francesch’s masterclass in Zurich. After his solo exams he continued with Ruth Laredo in New York, before completing his studies with Leon Fleisher in Baltimore between 1998 and 2001. On his return to Europe his career went from strength to strength. In 2002 he was invited to the Orpheum Musikfesttage, where his debut with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under David Zinman was received with unanimous praise by public and press. This marked the beginning of a development which would take him to the most important world concert halls and music festivals. The international media have dubbed Oliver Schnyder a “piano poet” and like to compare his aesthetic approach with that of great pianists such as Kempff, Schnabel, Fischer, Barenboim, Perahia or Brendel. Oliver Schnyder has worked with orchestras such as the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, the Philharmonia London, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony, the WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne and most of the major orchestras of his native Switzerland, including the Tonhalle Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Basle Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Saint Gall Symphony, Biel Symphony Orchestra, Argovia Philharmonic, Camerata Berne, Chamber Aartists, under conductors such as John Axelrod, Semyon Bychkov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Howard Griffiths, Philippe Jordan, Mario Venzago, Muhai Tang, and David Zinman. The 2014/15 season will include debuts with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Also, he will be performing at the Lucerne Festival and tour England and Switzerland with the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields led by Julia Fischer. He will also be the first season’s “Artiste Etoile” in the history of the Berne Symphony Orchestra with several solo appearances and a UK tour under the baton of Mario Venzago. Oliver appeares in the most important concert venues in Europe, North America and Asia such as Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Kölner Philharmonie, Herkulessaal, Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Moscow Great Hall, and at music festivals such as the Lucerne Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele. His chamber music collaboration with violinist Andreas Janke and with the cellist Benjamin Nyffenegger led in 2012 to the founding of the Oliver Schnyder Trio. For RCA Red Seal (Sony) Oliver has recorded piano concertos by Haydn (Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields/Andrew Watkinson)), Mendelssohn (Musikkollegium Winterthur/Douglas Boyd), Mozart (Camerata bern/Erich Höbarth), and piano works by Schumann and Liszt to great critical acclaim (Choc de Classica, Diapason, ICMA, Fono Forum). His numerous radio and television recordings (BBC, SRF, SWR, WDR, BR, NDR) amply demonstrate the high quality of his art.

Since 2013, Oliver is the co-founder and artistic director of Piano District, a new piano series in his home town Baden, Switzerland.

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