Editorial Reviews The Complete Piano Sonatas, Volumes 1-5 Gitti Pirner, piano 5 CD Box Set. See previous releases for track listings and other information. The esteemed pianist and piano teacher Gitti Pirner who lives in Tutzing belongs to that circle of artistic prophets who in their own home country are of no little merit. Musical life in the happily culture orientated small town on the lake and the surrounding area without her would hardly be imaginable; the calendar of events shows her as appearing as a soloist, as Lied accompanist or as pianist in high grade chamber music ensembles. And she is also no mean harpsichord player, as was proved at the recent performance of J.S.Bach’s Christmas Oratorio conducted by Franz Reissner. But in all this she is no mere provincial artist but is in demand throughout the world by famous orchestras and great conductors. Radio recordings and recordings of orchestra concerts show with what care she goes about performing, above all, the works of Mozart whose complete piano sonatas she is now in the process of recording for CD. Just in time for Christmas she has brought joy to admirers of her art with four sonatas as the first part of this recording. Beginning here, not with the early works written in Salzburg but with KV numbers 533, 545, 570 and 576 from the Viennese period and which form the pinnacle of Mozart’s sonatas. Gitti Pirner tackles this music not only with a flawless technique, but also a finely tuned sense of sound and form which comes from long experience playing the piano concertos. With all the lightness of her effervescent playing, of all the sonatas, the sonatas in B flat major (KV570) and D major (KV576) Mozart’s last composition of this genre, emit something secretively naturalistic. She has succeeded particularly in shaping the perfect synthesis of classical and polyphonic style in Mozart’s last sonata. In communicating the cantabile sweetness and melancholy of the slow movements, she reaches perfection. With the famous "Sonata facile" of course the question arises: should, as Wolfgang Hildesheimer sees it, the ostensible lightness of the piece, instead of being brought to the fore, be treated with deliberate irony? One can justly look forward to to subsequent releases in this series, and even now it can clearly be seen that Gitti Pirner is worthy of her place in a succession of Mozart interpreters of the order of Clara Haskil and Ingrid Haebler. Muenchner Merkur Pianist Gitti Pirner gives Masterclasses at the Munich Musikhochschule. The CD booklet describes her as belonging to "a small circle of exceptional pianists". This exceptional status is not apparent all the time, but on occasion it is certainly discernable. Especially in some brilliant moments in the B flat major sonata and also in the F major sonata which is played cantabile and with great expression. The interpretation of KV 576 seems too inconsistent. A hasty Allegro is followed by an all too cautious Adagio, with no sounding out of various moods. Unfettered, completely relaxed piano playing on the other hand in the "facile" sonata KV 545. Pirner’s interpretations have a very capricious charm which makes the listener hopeful for the future and look forward to the next part of the complete collection. KULIMU, Magazine for Art, Literature and Music
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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartThe Complete Piano Sonatas, Volumes 1-5
Gitti Pirner, piano
5 CD Box Set. See previous releases for track listings and other information.
The esteemed pianist and piano teacher Gitti Pirner who lives in Tutzing belongs to that circle of artistic prophets who in their own home country are of no little merit. Musical life in the happily culture orientated small town on the lake and the surrounding area without her would hardly be imaginable; the calendar of events shows her as appearing as a soloist, as Lied accompanist or as pianist in high grade chamber music ensembles. And she is also no mean harpsichord player, as was proved at the recent performance of J.S.Bach's Christmas Oratorio conducted by Franz Reissner. But in all this she is no mere provincial artist but is in demand throughout the world by famous orchestras and great conductors. Radio recordings and recordings of orchestra concerts show with what care she goes about performing, above all, the works of Mozart whose complete piano sonatas she is now in the process of recording for CD. Just in time for Christmas she has brought joy to admirers of her art with four sonatas as the first part of this recording. Beginning here, not with the early works written in Salzburg but with KV numbers 533, 545, 570 and 576 from the Viennese period and which form the pinnacle of Mozart's sonatas. Gitti Pirner tackles this music not only with a flawless technique, but also a finely tuned sense of sound and form which comes from long experience playing the piano concertos. With all the lightness of her effervescent playing, of all the sonatas, the sonatas in B flat major (KV570) and D major (KV576) Mozart's last composition of this genre, emit something secretively naturalistic. She has succeeded particularly in shaping the perfect synthesis of classical and polyphonic style in Mozart's last sonata. In communicating the cantabile sweetness and melancholy of the slow movements, she reaches perfection. With the famous "Sonata facile" of course the question arises: should, as Wolfgang Hildesheimer sees it, the ostensible lightness of the piece, instead of being brought to the fore, be treated with deliberate irony?
One can justly look forward to to subsequent releases in this series, and even now it can clearly be seen that Gitti Pirner is worthy of her place in a succession of Mozart interpreters of the order of Clara Haskil and Ingrid Haebler. Muenchner Merkur
Pianist Gitti Pirner gives Masterclasses at the Munich Musikhochschule. The CD booklet describes her as belonging to "a small circle of exceptional pianists". This exceptional status is not apparent all the time, but on occasion it is certainly discernable. Especially in some brilliant moments in the B flat major sonata and also in the F major sonata which is played cantabile and with great expression. The interpretation of KV 576 seems too inconsistent. A hasty Allegro is followed by an all too cautious Adagio, with no sounding out of various moods. Unfettered, completely relaxed piano playing on the other hand in the "facile" sonata KV 545. Pirner's interpretations have a very capricious charm which makes the listener hopeful for the future and look forward to the next part of the complete collection. KULIMU, Magazine for Art, Literature and Music
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