Lost in Venice with Prometheus - Piano Works by Bach / Beethoven / Wagner / Liszt / Nono / Holliger Jan Michiels

• 1 Die Wiege 05:45
• 2 Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel (Transcription by Zoltan Kocsis) 09:14
• 3 Tristan und Isolde: R.W. - Venezia, S. 201 02:57
• 4 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Ouverture: Adagio - Allegro molto con brio 05:03
• 5 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Introduction: « La tempesta » (Allegro non troppo) 02:06
• 6 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act I: Poco adagio 03:38
• 7 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act I: Adagio - Allegro con brio 01:32
• 8 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act I: Allegro vivace 02:36
• 9 Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, S. 512: II. « Der Kampf um’s Dasein » (Agitato rapido) 03:22
• 10 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Maestoso - Andante 01:38
• 11 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto 07:33
• 12 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Un poco adagio - Allegretto 01:18
• 13 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Grave 04:31
• 14 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Allegro con brio (Danza eroica) 07:16
• 15 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Adagio (Tragica scena) 03:45
• 16 .....sofferte onde serene... 14:11
• 17 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Pastorale (Allegro) 02:38
• 18 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Coro di Gioja (Andante) 00:18
• 19 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Solo di Gioja (Maestoso) 02:51
• 20 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Terzettino Grotteschi (Allegro) 03:54
• 21 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Solo della Cassentini (Andante) 04:43
• 22 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Solo di Vigano (Andantino) 04:22
• 23 Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, Act II: Finale. Allegretto (Danze festive) 06:32
• 24 Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, S. 512: III. « Die Wiege und des zukünftiges Lebens » (Moderato quasi andante) 07:43
• 25 Am Grabe Richard Wagners, S. 202 03:14
• 26 Tristan und Isolde: Isolde Liebestod, S. 447 (Transcription by Franz Liszt) 06:32
• 27 Parsifal: Feierlicher Marsch, S. 450 10:45
• 28 La lugubre gondola I, S. 200/1 04:12
• 29 Unstern! Sinistre, disastro, S. 208 04:29
• 30 Sinfonia No. 9 in F Minor, BWV 795 02:59
• 31 Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801 01:29
• 32 Czárdás, S. 225/1 01:54
• 33 Partita: I. Praeludium « Innere Stimme » 05:16
• 34 Partita: II. Fuga 06:11
• 35 Partita: III. Barcarola 02:55
• 36 Partita: IV. Sphynxen für Sch (Intermezzo I) 02:17
• 37 Partita: V. Petit „Csárdás obstiné“ 01:03
• 38 Partita: VI. Sphynxen für Sch (Intermezzo II) 03:21
• 39 Partita: VII. Ciacona monoritmica 10:58
• 40 Csárdás obstiné, S. 225/2 03:29
• 41 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 893 02:06
• 42 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 893 03:28
• 43 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 03:09
• 44 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 01:50
• 45 Trübe Wolken, S. 199 02:37
• 46 La lugubre gondola II, S. 200/2 07:39
• Total Runtime 03:21:19

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With the „Lost in Venice with Prometheus“ project, Belgian pianist Jan Michiels tells a story that follows the unshakeable logic of a dream. The result is a musical journey with, as the principal port of call, Venice, its architectural density serving as a metaphor for going deep into the plurality of history (of music). Our travelling companion is Prometheus, a character who, according to composer Luigi Nono and to the image of the city of 1,000 canals, never stopped seeking, finding, setting, going beyond and transgressing.

The piano version of Ludwig van Beethoven’s ballet The Creatures of Prometheus forms the heart and main line of this ambitious project and is the starting point that leads us to Bach, Wagner (Feierlicher Marsch, Isoldens Liebestod ), Liszt (Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, R.W. – Venezia ) Holliger (Partita ) and Nono (...sofferte onde serene... )

„I invite you into the lion’s den, somewhere in Venice, the secret labyrinth that cannot be apprehended in its entirety except by getting lost in it.“ (Jan Michiels)

Jan Michiels, piano

Jan Michiels
born 1966 studied with Abel Matthys at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. From 1988 to 1993 he studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin under the direction of Hans Leygraf - he was awarded an exceptional distinction for his interpretations of Bartók's Second concerto for piano and Ligeti's Etudes. He was Tenuto-laureate in 1988 ; in 1989 he won the international E.Durlet competition. In 1991 he was laureate of the international Queen Elizabeth Competition. In 1992 he was awarded the JeM/ Cera prize for musicians and in 1996 he was signed up as festival star of the Flanders Festival. He is also laureate of the 'Gouden Vleugels/KBC Muziekprijs' 2006.

Jan Michiels is currently active as piano professor in the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, where he also led the class of contemporary music for eight years. He conducted masterclasses in London, Murcia, Hamburg, Oslo, Montepulciano, Szombathely (Bartokfestival). He was jury member in several competitions (Brussels, Bolzano, ...). He obtained in 2011 a doctorate in the arts (with greatest distinction) by performing a 'teatro dell'ascolto', inspired by the 'New Prometheus' of Luigi Nono. He regularly performs as a soloist or with chamber music ensembles (a.o. the Piano Quartet "Tetra Lyre" and a piano duo "YIN-YANG" with Inge Spinette) in several musical centres in Europe and Asia, with conductors such as Angus, Asbury, Baudo, Blunier, Boreycko, Edwards, Eötvös, Guerrero, Holliger, Latham-Koenig, Kamu, Meylemans, Nézet-Séguin, Ono, Pfaff, Rahbari, Rundel, Soustrot, Stern, Tabachnik, Tamayo, Zagrosek, Zender - but also with dance-productions of Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Vincent Dunoyer and Sen Hea Ha. His repertoire reaches from Bach to today. Apart from his many radio recordings, he also recorded cd's with works from a.o. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Busoni, Debussy, Dvorák, Janácek, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Ligeti, Kurtág and Goeyvaerts (these three last composers appreciated very much his interpretations). The cd 'Via Crucis' - a Liszt-portrait (Eufoda) - received a Caeciliaprize in 2002. He realized different complete cycles: on the concert stage all Beethoven sonatas, all pianoworks of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg, the complete works for piano by Ligeti and the complete chamber music with piano of Johannes Brahms.

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