With this CD, WERGO publishes most of Henze's works for piano solo. Piano music occupies only a small part of his existing oeuvre, whereas Hans Werner Henze has written regularly for the piano in combination with other instruments, most of all the orchestra. These pieces on the present recording, played by Homero Francesch who has already played many world premieres of the composer's works, have one idea in common. Whether they date from forty years ago or from the more recent past, it is that the composer's thumbprint is instantly identifiable in the melos, gesture and treatment of long-established forms. Everywhere there is evidence of a living relationship to traditional European and especially Austrian piano music, more particularly piano music by Haydn and Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven, Bach and Stravinsky and of course the composers of the Second Viennese School.

Tracklist:

Une Petite Phrase (Aus Dem Film "Un Amour de Swann")
Lucy Escott Variations, FAÂ¼R Klavier
Andante Cantabile
Sostenuto
Con Allegrezza
Ballade
Allegro Con Grazia
Der Menschenfresser - Allegretto Barbaro
Menschenfressers Traum - Moderato Cantabile 1
Allegro Mostroso 1
Anhang : Margaretenwalzer 1
Variationen FAÂ¼R Klavier Op. 13 1
Molto Movimentato 1
Cantabile, Con Tenerezza 1
Vivace

UPC: 4010228623925
Label: Wergo Germany
Release Date: 1.1.94
Format: CD

Henze / Francesch - Hans Werner Henze (CD)