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 The LatestClick on news titles below to expand full post. Two Long-lost Silverman Treasures Revived
.......... After more than a decade, Silverman returns to the 32 Beethoven Sonatas: Final dates now set for complete cycles in Vancouver and San JoseIn 1999, Robert Silverman embarked upon an 8-concert series of all thirty-two sonatas of Beethoven, which he performed in Seattle, Toronto, Washington DC, and Vancouver. His 10-disc recording -- shortlisted for a Juno Award -- garnered rave reviews, and two 4-figure pressings sold out completely. Robert Silverman has agreed to perform the cycle again in 2010-11, and another recording -- live -- is also in the works. Concerts are already arranged in Vancouver (the Cellar) and San Jose, California, at Le Petit Trianon. See Robert Silverman's concert schedule for dates. .......... Complete Mozart Sonatas (to be released in 2010) After performing the complete sonatas of Mozart in Vancouver, San Francisco, Winnipeg and other cities, Robert Silverman spent a hectic week recording them all in high resolution digital multi-channel format, using Ray Kimber's fabled IsoMike© system. The set, which includes copious program notes by Silverman will be released in October 2009 on the IsoMike label. To hear Robert's performance of the the C minor Fantasy, K. 475, as well as a taste of the uncannily life-like IsoMike sound quality, click here.
.......... Back in the studio with Brahms and SchumannRobert Silverman returned to the recording studio in mid-June to record the romantic era's two greatest sets of variations for piano: Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Händel, Op. 24, and the first published version of Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 (1837). The recording, which will appear on the Stereophile label, will also include the five posthumous variations, plus an early unpublished version of the theme. As Silverman puts it: "Although the two composers admired each other enormously, their styles could not be more different: Schumann followed Beethoven's philosophy of expanding each form he explored, and never more so in the variation form than here, whereas Brahms' set looks backwards in so many ways: the choice of a Baroque theme, the inclusion of a Fugue, and the retention of the theme's basic outline in each variation. Still, within those parameters, the variety of treatment the theme receives, the richness of Brahms’ harmonic language, his flawless, subtle sense of pacing, all climaxed by the sheer, overwhelming power of the fugue, contribute to making this work one of the monuments of 19th-century piano music." The sessions took place in the Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana.
Who's who: Robert, Erick Lichte (producer and Director of Cantus, a superb 9-member male choral group based in Minneapolis), Dennis Chupp (Steinway technician extraordinaire), John Atkinson (recording engineer, musician, and in his spare time, Editor-in-Chief of Stereophile Magazine).
 Upcoming ConcertsSeptember 9, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 1Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1 Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101... fewer details .......... September 16, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 2Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”... fewer details .......... September 27, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 1The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1 Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101... fewer details .......... September 28, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 2The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1 Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”... fewer details .......... November 1, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 3The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7 Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110... fewer details .......... November 2, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 4The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26 Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 “Pastorale” Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight”... fewer details .......... November 11, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 3Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7 Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110... fewer details .......... November 18, 2010Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 4Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26 Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 “Pastorale” Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight”... fewer details .......... February 3, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 5Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 11 in B flat Major, Op. 22 Sonata No. 24 in F# Major, Op. 78 Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest” Sonata No. 26 in E flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"... fewer details .......... February 10, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 6Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2 Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”... fewer details .......... February 15, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 5The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 11 in B flat Major, Op. 22 Sonata No. 24 in F# Major, Op. 78 Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest” Sonata No. 26 in E flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"... fewer details .......... February 16, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 6The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2 Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”... fewer details .......... April 4, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 7The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 Sonata No. 18 in E flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 Sonata No. 29 in B flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”... fewer details .......... April 5, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 8The Cellar, 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC Buy tickets Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3, No. 2 Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111... fewer details .......... April 7, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 7Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 Sonata No. 18 in E flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 Sonata No. 29 in B flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”... fewer details .......... April 14, 2011Beethoven 32 Sonatas, Recital No. 8Le Petit Trianon Theatre, San Jose, California Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3, No. 2 Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111... fewer details .......... |
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