New Arts International

- Hannes Minnaar is among the very best pianists of new generation

- this Fauré’s disc is a selection of pieces where Minnaar’s “style characterized as sensitively romantic, musically inventive, with much tonal beauty and fluent precision” (HRAudio) can be fully displayed

- along with violinist Isabelle van Keulen he is responsible for a complete edition of Beethoven’s Sonatas for piano and violin (CC 72650)

- he has already issued two volumes of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos complete survey with Jan Willem de Vriend conducting The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (CC 72672, CC 72712)

- contains bonus DVD of a concert registration with the same repertoire as the cd

- Hannes Minnaar wins in October 2016, the most prestigious musical prize from the Dutch Government: De Nederlandse Muziekprijs

Thirteen Nocturnes and as many Barcarolles form the core of the collected output of Gabriel Urbain Faure for the piano. Night-time meditations, then, along with inspiration drawn from rippling water (the origins of the barcarolle lie in the songs sung by Venetian gondoliers and the word itself comes from the Italian ‘barca’, a boat.) Along with some impromptus, preludes and other works, one might rapidly gain the impression of a delightful collection of salon music, whose titles may actually display the influence of Chopin. But this music is so very much more than pretty salon music. In the intimacy of these genres, Faure succeeded time and again in nothing short of exposing his very soul. And the French composer’s style is entirely his own- original and personal- from the first note to the last.Hannes Minnaar received international acclaim after winning several international competitions and being awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. His two prior solo album

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