Yojo Christen - FACTUM - Yojo Christen plays Beethoven & Liszt [CD]

Format: CD
ICPN: 880242118875
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Classical

In his mid-twenties, Yojo Christen already has a remarkable career with five released and enthusiastically reviewed CDs and numerous concerts in cities such as Paris, Rome, Vienna, Bordeaux, Osaka and Kobe. He has followed invitations to major festivals as well as from renowned orchestras.

During the 2021 Covid lockdown, Yojo, accompanied by a film crew, recorded his new album in Munich's Herkulessaal with Beethoven's monumental "Hammerklavier Sonata" as well as Franz Liszt's B Minor Sonata.
Beethoven's fortepiano sonata is for me the most radical, imaginative and inventive music of this gnarled, idiosyncratic genius. The cosmos of a universal free spirit who was overwhelmed by the antimatter of his spiritual brooding is basically written for no instrument at all.

Beethoven: Sonata 29, Op. 106 „Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier“
1. Beethoven: Sonata 29, Op. 106 "Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier": I. Allegro
2. Beethoven: Sonata 29, Op. 106 "Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier": II. Scherzo. Assai vivace
3. Beethoven: Sonata 29, Op. 106 "Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier": III. Adagio sostenuto
4. Beethoven: Sonata 29, Op. 106 "Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier": IV. Largo - Intermezzo. Allegro risoluto - fuga a 3 voci, con alcune licenze

Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
5. Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: I. Lento assai – Allegro energico – Grandioso - Recitativo
6. Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: II. Andante Sostenuto
7. Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: III. Allegro energico