Discography
Konrad Boehmer: The Piano Works
BVHAAST CD0901
released December 2001
Contents:
- Potential (1961 - version 2)
- Tango Deslavado y Moroso (1984)
- Klangstück I (1959)
- Nordisches Liedchen (Klangstück II) (1974)
- Potential (1961 - version 3)
- Kinderlied zu Dresden for singing pianist (1990)
- In illo tempore (1979)*
- Orpheus Unplugged for piano and CD (1999-2000)
All world premiere recordings (apart from *)
Recorded at the Bloomline Studio, 's-Gravendeel, on 28-29 December 2000 and 28-29 August 2001. Produced by Leo de Klerk.
CD booklet text by the composer is here.
- 'I can highly recommend the wonderful The Piano Works of Konrad
Boehmer, played superbly by Nicolas Hodges. Boehmer is underrated - or
perhaps just underexposed - outside his European milieu, yet his
marvellous combination of musical erudition and natural wit, together with his
ability to work within a variety of modern and near-modern idioms, make this
disc well worth seeking out.'
Roger Thomas, International Record Review, October 2002, p.31 - '... a pianistic Tour de Force ...'
Gerhard Dietel, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, May/June 2002, p.69 - '...a terrific display of virtuoso piano playing, quite impressive in its
own right. Technically demanding and physically exacting for the pianist and
the listener as well. This release is a formidable tribute to [Hodges's]
remarkable technique...'
Hubert Culot, MusicWeb (full review is here)
Recordings sessions photo gallery
- Orpheus Unplugged (dedicated to Nicolas Hodges) is on a text by Albert Ostermaier, and was premiered by Hodges on 30 June 2000 in Landsberg am Lech.
- Klangstück I was also premiered by Nicolas Hodges, in Bristol on 21 May 1999 (40 years after its composition).
- In illo tempore was given its UK premiere (and first performance in over 15 years) at the South Bank Centre, London on 20 May 2001.