Search - Shai Wosner :: Brahms: Fantasies, Op.116, 19 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel op.24; Schoenberg:Suite fur Klavier op.25,6 kleine Klavierstucke op.19

This is the début recording from pianist Shai Wosner, an artist who continues to attract international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. Wosner s virtuosity and perceptiveness have increasingly made him a favorite among audiences
and critics alike. In 2005, Wosner won an Avery Fisher Career Grant. He also continues his extensive performing and recording activity as a BBC New Generation Artist. Wosner calls the Suite by Schonberg and the Handel Variations by Brahms declarations of independence. The Schonberg was his first purely 12-tone work, and the Brahms was his first wholly successful solo piano work after the three early sonatas. Brahms the revolutionary is highlighted by Wosner on this CD by interweaving the late Fantasies with Schoenberg s early Op.19 Piano Pieces. Only twelve years separate the two and the surprises from Wosner s clever juxtaposition are many.