Liszt/Bridge/Grieg: Romantic Duos

Bridge, Frank, Grieg, Edvard, Liszt, Franz

Haering, Ariane, Schmid, Benjamin

TP 1039299

"This CD is the result of many years of Duo-playing with my wife Ariane Haering. We met through music and eventually became married in 2004; since then we share our time between concert tours and bringing-up our four children. And music remains one mesmerizing field for development in our professional and personal life; it interacts so wonderfully with all the other parameters in our life - we cherish this possibility to reflect on human life through a nonverbal, almost global language more than ever, and the art of Duo playing reflects exactly that: it is the most personal way of making chamber music. The pieces recorded on this CD by Liszt, Bridge and Grieg are at the core of our repertoire, for several reasons: Liszt for its well balanced virtuosity and artistry on both instruments, Bridge for being a fantastic discovery of an unknown masterpiece of late Romanticism, and Grieg for representing one of the most perfect sonatas ever written for violin and piano. After so many performances, we felt very happy to record those pieces and are especially glad to add three small jewels, “Consolation” by Liszt/ Milstein, as well as the exquisite “Romanze” and the most intimate “Heart ́s Ease” by Frank Bridge. We believe to present a balanced collection of well known and rather rare but supremely attractive discoveries, so that one hour of music listening passes by both romantic and refreshing. Enjoy!” Benjamin Schmid

CD x 1

Two Pianists

08.11.13

6009801039299