Wagner Liasons – Matthias Kirschnereit

The German star pianist Matthias Kirschnereit dedicates this album entirely to the piano cosmos of Richard Wagner​. Wagner himself wrote few works for solo piano, but he influenced many of his contemporaries and musical heirs with his work​. Matthias Kirschnereit presents a wide range of repertoire – Wagner: Sonata for the album M.W., Lied ohne Worte E major for Eduard Reitz, In das Album der Fürstin M., Zürcher Vielliebchen Walzer, Polka, Notenbrief für Mathilde Wesendonck, Ankunft bei den Schwarzen Schwänen; Wagner/Stradal: Schmerzen; Wagner/Rubinstein: Musikalische Bilder aus Siegfried; Liszt: Am Grabe Richard Wagners; Bizet: Premier Nocturne D Dur; Duparc: Aux etoiles; Langgaard: Stambogsblad; Bülow: Innocence; Bruckner: Erinnerung; Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte E Dur op.38/3​