Schubert / Liszt Bertrand Chamayou

• 1 Schubert/ Arr Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 04:12
• 2 Schubert: Fantasia in C Major, D. 760 'Wanderer Fantasy': I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo 06:18
• 3 Schubert: Fantasia in C Major, D. 760 'Wanderer Fantasy': II. Adagio 06:42
• 4 Schubert: Fantasia in C Major, D. 760 'Wanderer Fantasy': III. Presto 04:59
• 5 Schubert: Fantasia in C Major, D. 760 'Wanderer Fantasy': IV. Allegro 03:44
• 6 Schubert / Arr Liszt: Litanei , D. 343 02:54
• 7 Schubert / Arr Liszt: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795: XIX. Der Müller und der Bach 04:08
• 8 Schubert: 12 Ländler, D. 790 09:55
• 9 Schubert: Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 04:23
• 10 Schubert: Ländler No. 12 in E-Flat Minor, D. 366 00:46
• 11 Schubert: 3 Klavierstücke Op. posth., D. 946: No. 1 in E-Flat Minor 06:21
• 12 Schubert: 3 Klavierstücke Op. posth., D. 946: No. 2 in E-Flat Major 09:06
• 13 Schubert: 3 Klavierstücke Op. posth., D. 946: No. 3 in C Major 05:15
• 14 Schubert: Waltz in G-Flat Major 'Kupelwieser Walzer', D. Anh 1/14 01:44
• 15 Schubert: 2 Scherzos, D. 593: No.2 in D-Flat Major 04:17
• Total Runtime 01:14:44

Info for Schubert / Liszt

French pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs works by Schubert and Liszt, including 'Wanderer-Fantaisie,' 'Dante Sonata' and 'The Fountain of the Villa d'Este.' The 32-year-old musician performs frequently at music festivals and has performed with the Orchestre de Paris, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and other orchestras. In 2011 he recorded the complete 'Years of Pilgrimage' to mark Liszt's 200th anniversary; it received a Gramophone's Choice award.

“Let the devil play this thing”, shouted Schubert when he had to admit that he himself could not play his Wanderer Fantasy properly. The work is a visionary cross between a sonata, improvisation and variation, based on motifs from one of his most successful lieder, Der Wanderer.

Liszt was extremely impressed by the Fantasy, and played and studied it exhaustively to rewrite it as a concerto in four movements. Throughout his life he tried to attract the attention of a wider audience to Schubert’s work, through pioneering but seldom played transcriptions of well-known pieces.

“Chamayou is a remarkable musician, no question—someone to watch out for.” (Guardian, UK)

Bertrand Chamayou, piano

Bertrand Chamayou
has established himself as a personality of the highest level on the international music scene, performing in venues like the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, New York’s Lincoln Center, the Herkulessaal, Musikfest Bremen, Wigmore Hall, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Lucerne Festival, Rheingau Festival, Rotterdam Gergiev Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and orchestras like the Orchestre de Paris, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammer Philharmonie, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, the WDR Sinfonie Orchester, the SWR Sinfonie Orchester, the Orchestre National de France, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. Bertrand has worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Leonard Slatkin, Neville Marriner, Semyon Bychkov, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée, Fabien Gabel, Joshua Weilerstein, Jérémie Rhorer, Stéphane Denève, Ludovic Morlot, Andris Nelson.

In the 2013/14 season, Bertrand will debut with the Deutsche Sinfonie Orchester at Berlin’s Philharmonie with Stéphane Denève the NDR Sinfonie Orchester in Hamburg with Semyon Bychkov and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, ; he will return with the Hessischer Rundfunk Orchester in Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, will tour with Ludovic Morlot and his Orchestre de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, will return for an evening recital at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and be given a residency with the Orchetsre National de Bordeaux in their brand new auditorium including several orchestral performances, recitals and a tour. He will also tour in the United-States and play a recital at New York’s Lincoln Center.

Bertrand Chamayou released a very successful César Franck CD in March 2010, which was awarded several prizes including Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice. In 2008 his Mendelssohn CD had also been a wide success. He had released in 2006 a very successful Liszt live CD (Transcendental Etudes) for Sony Classical. In 2011, he celebrated Liszt’ 200th anniversary recording the complete Years of Pilgrimage for Naive which he also performed in several venues throughout the world. The album received raving reviews worldwide and got several prizes including Gramophone ‘s Choice. He played the same year with Pierre Boulez and the Orchestre de Paris at Salle Pleyel,. In February 2011, he won a Victoire de la Musique as “Soloist of the Year”.

At 20, Bertrand was a prize-winner at the international Long- Thibaud competition . Born in 1981, Bertrand was very soon remarked by pianist Jean-François Heisser who was later to become his professor at Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. Bertrand Chamayou completed his training then with Maria Curcio in London and was given precious advice by such great masters as Leon Fleisher, Dimitri Bashkirov and Murray Perahia.

Betrrand has been a regular chamber music player with partners including Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Quatuor Ebène, Antoine Tamestit, Baiba Skride, Sol Gabetta, Nicolas Baldeyrou. He now regularly performs throughout the world with Sol Gabetta.

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