The Journey

Reseña del editor Special 2 disc set! (In addition to the album cd and an interview disc, a free Vanguard Classics sampler will be included in an initial Limited Edition run.) "The Journey" is the follow up to Leon Fleisher’s extraordinary Vanguard Classics release "Two Hands." Where "Two Hands" chronicled Fleisher’s triumphant return to performing two-handed repertoire after 35 years, "The Journey" tells the rest of the story. The works performed on "The Journey" are the pieces of music that Fleisher was preparing to perform in solo recitals at the time that dystonia began to affect his performing career in the early 1960’s. "The Journey" matches solo piano works rarely recorded, like Stravinsky’s 'Serenade in A,' with the beautiful, melancholy touch that Leon Fleisher brings to popular works such as Chopin’s 'Berceuse' and Beethoven’s 'Für Elise.' The technical ability of a great pianist meets the poetic touch of a master in Bach’s 'Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue' and Mozart’s 'Sonata in E flat,' K. 272. Mr. Fleisher is interviewed on Disc Two by Bob Edwards of XM Radio's 'The Bob Edwards Show.' Tienda Leon Fleischer is the extraordinary pianist who lost the use of his right hand to a neurological ailment in 1964 at the height of his career. Undaunted, he took up teaching, conducting, and performing the left-hand literature so brilliantly that it was hard to believe he was using only one hand. When he returned to two-handed playing after years of medical treatments and determined, arduous rehabilitation, the public greeted him not only as a great artist but a conquering hero. This disc is his second two-handed recording (the first, Two Hands, was released in 2004). The title refers to the journey of life which, Fleischer says, "matters more than the destinations." The program features works Fleischer had performed regularly before 1964 but never recorded. Now in his late 70s, Fleischer plays with patrician authority and an unfailing sense of structure and style. His technical mastery seems fully intact, his tone is beautiful and variable, his youthful vigor remarkable. His Bach is especially striking for its simple directness and the clarity of its texture and counterpoint. In the Capriccio "On the Departure of a Brother," a piece of real "program music," he brings out the lamentation and the humor; in the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue the build-ups are very dramatic, the runs carefully shaped. Chopin's "Berceuse" is dreamy and singing. Stravinsky's "Serenade" alternates percussive passages with sardonic "melodies," and includes a marathon perpetual motion. An early, relatively unfamiliar Mozart sonata is fussy and unspontaneous, but Beethoven's very familiar "Für Elise" is beautiful. Is Fleischer demonstrating how this lovely piece, all too frequently heard on student recitals and telephones, should really sound? --Edith Eisler Críticas "...a poet of the keyboard. He brings out inner voices often neglected and shapes lines with uncommon grace." -- Don Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer"a brave and very fine musician…" -- Andrew Clements, The Guardian (London) De The Artist "The journey, well, it’s really all we have," Leon Fleisher said when asked about his new recording. "It’s a hard concept for a younger person to understand, but from my standpoint, it’s really the journey that matters most. The destinations along the way are often wonderful, but we must always move along on the journey." On Mozart’s Sonata in E, K. 292: "A marvelous, bittersweet piece," Fleisher calls the sonata. (This work won him the first prize at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Piano Competition in 1952.) "There is much more recognition of this piece now. It was actually somewhat obscure when I first performed it. Pianists since then have discovered the work, but when I played it at the competition, it was really a bit of a revelation to many people." Of Stravinsky’s 'Serenade in A Major': "I play a very authentic version of the work," says Fleisher. "I wanted to put it on this disc because of its neo-classical nature, which I think allows it to fit in quite well with the way this program leans toward the classical." On J.S. Bach's torturous "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue": (Mr. Fleisher refers to it as the "Traumatic Fantasy and Fugue"): "It’s such a great piece, I just had to get it down before it got too late. I haven’t performed it much but I do plan on including it in a few recitals down the road." Artista biografía At the age of nine, San Francisco-born Leon Fleisher began studying with Artur Schnabel, and a few years later, at 16, made his debut with the New York Philharmonic. In the years that followed he made recordings of the great concerto warhorses (including the five Beethoven Concertos with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as those by Brahms and Rachmaninoff) that became a cornerstone of any collector’s record library and remain reference recordings today. Then, in 1964, at the height of his career, the 36-year-old Fleisher lost the use of his right hand to dystonia, the third most common neurological movement disorder. Fleisher confessed that the loss of his right hand nearly broke his spirit, but his realization that he "loved music more than he loved the piano" transformed him and his career forever. Having determined to continue his life in music, Fleisher joined the faculty of Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory and has since taught at leading music schools including the Curtis Institute of Music. He was Artistic Director of the Tanglewood Music Center from 1986-1997, running the world’s most prestigious summer music academy. For the 40 years since he was first afflicted, Fleisher also played and recorded the limited repertoire for piano left-hand. In recent years, he has ventured a few recital and concert engagements in such repertoire as the Mozart Piano Concerto K. 414, Beethoven’s "Emperor" Concerto and the daunting Brahms D minor Concerto. In 2004, Vanguard Classics released Leon Fleisher’s first two-handed recording in forty years. Entitled "Two Hands", this recording of Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Scarlatti and Debussy became a press and sales phenomenon. "Two Hands" received enthusiastic critical acclaim, and was noted by many critics in their lists of 2004’s best classical recordings. "Two Hands" also landed in the top ten of Billboard’s best selling classical recordings for 2004 and 2005, the only recording by an instrumental soloist to achieve that feat in that two year period. Fleisher has also spent a significant amount of time in the past 40 years on the conductor’s podium, having been a guest conductor with the symphony orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, and San Francisco. He has also served as music director of both the Annapolis and Baltimore Symphonies, and Principal Guest Conductor of the New Japan Philharmonic. All the while he battled his illness. "I’ve had to think about music in a much more detailed manner than I ever had before so that I could really describe what I’m doing. ... I think I became a far better musician; I became a far better teacher."

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