Kosmos und Fragment Marie Rosa Günter

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, op. 106:
• 1 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, op. 106: I. Allegro 10:45
• 2 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, op. 106: II. Scherzo. Assai vivace 02:39
• 3 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, op. 106: III. Adagio sostenuto, Appassionato e con molto sentimento 16:29
• 4 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B Flat Major, op. 106: IV. Largo – Allegro risoluto 12:10
• Anton Webern (1883 - 1945): Variationen für Klavier, op. 27:
• 5 Webern: Variationen für Klavier, op. 27: I. Sehr mäßig 02:08
• 6 Webern: Variationen für Klavier, op. 27: II. Sehr schnell 00:45
• 7 Webern: Variationen für Klavier, op. 27: III. Ruhig fließend 03:24
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126:
• 8 Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126: I. Andante con moto 02:58
• 9 Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126: II. Allegro 02:53
• 10 Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126: III. Andante 02:36
• 11 Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126: IV. Presto 03:55
• 12 Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126: V. Quasi allegretto 02:24
• 13 Beethoven: Bagatellen, op. 126: VI. Presto 04:49
• Ulrich Kallmeyer (b. 1963): Sechs Variationen über Charles Hubert Hastings Parrys Hymne „Jerusalem“:
• 14 Kallmeyer: Sechs Variationen über Charles Hubert Hastings Parrys Hymne „Jerusalem“ 08:48
• Total Runtime 01:16:43

Info for Kosmos und Fragment

Microcosm and macrocosm, might and focus: On her new GENUIN album, pianist Marie Rosa Günter combines Ludwig van Beethoven's late Hammerklavier Sonata and his Bagatelles Op. 126 with Anton Webern's aphoristic Variations Op. 27, as well as the world premiere recording of Variations on "Jerusalem" by Braunschweig composer Ulrich. The album is an insight into magnificent later works in a highly demanding pairing born out of the silence of the pandemic. Once again, the pianist, who teaches at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover, brings out an album with profundity at the highest level following her production featuring Bach's Goldberg Variations!

Marie Rosa Günter, piano

Marie Rosa Günter
was born in 1991 in Braunschweig. After several years of piano training with Wolfgang Zill, she enrolled in the early study program of the Institute for Early Promotion of Musical Talent at the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, where she was a pupil of Matti Raekallio and Dr. Jelena Levit.

She has been studying in the class of Bernd Goetzke since 2010, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree.

It is certainly no accident that the young pianist has chosen the Goldberg Variations for her solo debut CD – the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has occupied a central place in Marie Rosa Günter’s repertoire since the very beginning. Her involvement with Bach has been underscored by her participation in the Köthen and Leipzig Bach Festivals, as well as an invitation to the Würzburg Bach Festival. And in 2005 she won both first prize and the special prize for the competition’s highest score at the 4th National Bach Competition for Young Pianists in Köthen. Other notable awards in her musical career up to now have included 1st prize at the Steinway International Piano Competition in Hamburg, several national first prizes at the “Jugend musiziert” competition, a special prize from the German Foundation for Musical Life, and the Classical Music Prize from the city of Münster and WDR. Marie Rosa Günter also won first prize, as well as a Grotrian-Steinweg special prize, at the International Grotrian-Steinweg Piano Competition.

As a finalist at this year’s German Music Competition, the pianist was awarded a scholarship and performed in the 60th installment of Germany’s National Concert of Young Musicians.

Marie Rosa Günter also has an intensive commitment to chamber music, joining cellist Stanislas Kim as prizewinner of the 8th International Swedish Duo Competition in 2014. The duo’s debut CD featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, and Franck was released the same year, a live recording from Bremen’s Sendesaal.

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