{"product_id":"schubert-mccawley-leon-mccawley-plays-piano-music-by-franz-schubert-cd","title":"Schubert \/ Mccawley - Leon McCawley Plays Piano Music By Franz Schubert Music CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eSOMM Recordings is delighted to announce a major new release by Leon McCawley focusing on the piano music of Franz Schubert. The new recording is the latest offering from a highly acclaimed partnership between SOMM and McCawley that has seen earlier albums devoted to Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Samuel Barber. Leon McCawley has been one Britain's foremost pianists since winning the International Beethoven Piano Competition in 1993, when he also took second prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition. Perhaps \"the most enigmatic of all musical geniuses\", as Bryce Morrison describes him, Schubert himself famously declared \"I came into this world for nothing else but to compose\". Two masterpieces are heard here. The Drei Klavierstücke saw Schubert reaching out in a radical new direction to deliver, says Morrison, something \"wild, feverish, disjointed and intimate... visionary music with a vengeance\". The Wanderer Fantasy is a luxurious display of virtuoso opulence - music the like of which wouldn't be heard again until Liszt at his most incendiary - that makes fearsome demands on the soloist. Four songs arranged by Liszt remain uncannily faithful to Schubert's originals while adding an extra dimension of drama and sophistication to show both composers at their melodic and dramatic best. Leon McCawley's previous recordings for SOMM have received wide critical praise. Gramophone hailed his complete Rachmaninov Preludes as \"a distinguished issue\", Fanfare described his playing of Brahms as \"music-making of a very high order\" with International Record Review adding: \"When all is said and done, it is difficult to know whether McCawley's refined piano playing, his natural yet cultivated musicality or his boundless imagination warrants the greater praise. You must hear the recording\". His recording of Haydn's Sonatas and Variations received a coveted Diapason d'Or and the \"superb collection\" of Barber's piano music was a Gramophone Editor's Choice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Klavierst\u0026amp;uuml;cke, D. 946: No. 1 In E-Flat Minor. Allegro Assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Klavierst\u0026amp;uuml;cke, D. 946: No. 2 In E-Flat Major. Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Klavierst\u0026amp;uuml;cke, D. 946: No. 3 In C Major. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Lieder Von Schubert, S. 558: No. 1, Sei Mir Gegr\u0026amp;uuml;sst\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Lieder Von Schubert, S. 558: No. 6, Die Junge Nonne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Lieder Von Schubert, S. 558: No. 3, Du Bist Die Ruh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Lieder Von Schubert, S. 558: No. 2, Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Lieder Von Schubert, S. 558: No. 11, Der Wanderer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasie In C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 \u0026amp;quot;Wandererfantasie\u0026amp;quot;: I. Allegro Con Fuoco Ma Non Troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasie In C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 \u0026amp;quot;Wandererfantasie\u0026amp;quot;: II. Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasie In C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 \u0026amp;quot;Wandererfantasie\u0026amp;quot;: III. Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasie In C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 \u0026amp;quot;Wandererfantasie\u0026amp;quot;: IV. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 748871018822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Somm Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.16.18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42112896958539,"sku":"254266","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/rockbandmerch.com\/products\/schubert-mccawley-leon-mccawley-plays-piano-music-by-franz-schubert-cd","provider":"Rock Band Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}