Håvard Gimse - Schubert & Schumann CD

Håvard Gimse - Schubert & Schumann CD 

Håvard Gimse (from Kongsvinger, Norway) has steadily established himself as one of Scandinavia's leading pianists. In 1987 he won 1st prize in the "Jugend Musiziert Competition" and Gimse is recipient of the prestigious "Grieg Prize" (1996), the "Steinway Prize" (1995) and, most recently, the Norwegian Sibelius Society´s "Sibelius Prize" (Nov 2004).

His distinct and rich musical palette reflect his artistic strength, experienced from early years and developed through extensive and varied concert activities. His repertory is equally broad, already including more than thirty concertos performed with orchestra, numerous solo works and chamber music programmes. As a recitalist and chamber musician Gimse has succesfully performed in Wigmore Hall "Young Master´s Series", Carnegie Hall Weill Recital & Zankel Halls, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, St.Petersburg Philharmonic Great Hall, Suk Hall Prague, Konzerthaus Berlin, New York Frick Collection and National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

On his latest album, Gimse is joined by the talented young violist Henning Kraggerud for Schubert's popular Arpeggione Sonata, a work originally composed for piano and guitarre d'amour, or arpeggione, a short-lived, fretted, 6-string instrument invented by Johann Georg Stauffer in the 1820's.

Gimse then turns his attention to Schumann's Kinderszenen Op. 15 and Schubert's piano sonata D 784, two nicely solo piano contrasted works.

Track Listing

1. Arpeggione Sonata D 821: Allegro Moderato
2. Arpeggione Sonata D 821: Adagio
3. Arpeggione Sonata D 821: Allegretto
4. Kinderszenen Op.15: Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples), G Major.
5. Kinderszenen Op.15: Kuriose Geschichte (A Curious Story), D Major
6. Kinderszenen Op.15: Hasche-Mann (Blind Man's Buff), B Minor
7. Kinderszenen Op.15: Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child), D Major
8. Kinderszenen Op.15: Glückes Genug (Happiness), D Major
9. Kinderszenen Op.15: Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event), A Major
10. Kinderszenen Op.15: Träumerei (Reverie), F Major
11. Kinderszenen Op.15: Am Kamin (At The Fireside), F Major
12. Kinderszenen Op.15: Ritter Vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobbyhorse), C Major
13. Kinderszenen Op.15: Fast Zu Ernst (Almost Too Serious), G-sharp Major
14. Kinderszenen Op.15: Fürchtenmachen (Frightening), E Minor
15. Kinderszenen Op.15: Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep), E Minor
16. Kinderszenen Op.15: Der Dichter Spricht (The Poet Speaks), G Major
17. Piano Sonata In A Minor D 784: Allegro Giusto
18. Piano Sonata In A Minor D 784: Andante
19. Piano Sonata In A Minor D 784: Allegro Vivace