Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr Plays for Otjikondo Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr

• 1 Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 05:54
• 2 Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 11:22
• 3 9 Variations on a Minuet in D Major by Jean Pierre Duport, K. 573 14:41
• 4 Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, Fur Elise 03:03
• 5 Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1 05:32
• 6 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 2 in A-Flat Major 06:38
• 7 No. 31 in E-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 1, MWV U180 02:27
• 8 No. 34 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 4, MWV U182, Spinnerlied 02:06
• 9 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess) 03:27
• Total Runtime 55:10

Info for Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr Plays for Otjikondo

When a world-class piano pedagogue, a pianist of great importance like Friedrich-Wilhelm Schnurr, places his art at the service of a children's music project in Namibia – one can only take one's hat off to him. The fact that the Detmold Academy of Music, their students and the Leipzig GENUIN label unselfishly support this project is also worthy of great respect. But when one places the CD into the player, only the music counts: the octogenarian's piano playing sounds youthful and powerful, gripping and tender. Schnurr plays the great small piano pieces of Mozart, Beethoven and Bach with a singing tone and a broad color-spectrum. There are many reasons, therefore, for wishing this CD great success!

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr, piano

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr
born in Göttingen in 1929, had his first piano lessons at the age of seven. After finishing school, he studied with Hans Richter-Haaser at the North West German Music Academy in Detmold and completed the Academy’s concert examination with distinction (1953). In 1953 he participated on an MA course with Alfred Cortot in Lausanne and in 1963 with Wilhelm Kempff in Positano. In 1959 he was awarded 1st prize at an ARD International Music Competition in Munich.

His concert performances took him far beyond the borders of Germany and Europe, to North and South America, to Asia, the Far East and Africa.

Since 1965 Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr had been Professor for Piano at the Academy of Music in Detmold and Chancellor of the Academy from 1982 till 1993. In 2012 the Academy awarded him the title of Honorary Senator.

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