Daniel Barenboim - On My New Piano (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Daniel Barenboim presents his first solo recording on the remarkable new concert grand Barenboim-Maene, which he developed in collaboration with instrument maker Chris Maene.

Barenboim has selected works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Wagner and Liszt to display his piano’s timbral and tonal capabilities. “I’ve fallen in love with my new piano”, he exclaims, “and want to spend as much time with it as possible.”

Conceived and commissioned by Barenboim himself, the new piano was developed and built by esteemed Belgian instrument maker Chris Maene, with support from Steinway & Sons. Barenboim was inspired to create a new piano after playing Franz Liszt’s restored grand piano during a trip to Siena in September 2011. Struck by the vital differences in sound of a piano constructed with straight, parallel strings rather than the diagonal crossed ones of a contemporary one, he set out to create a brand new instrument that combines the best of the old and the new and offers a real alternative for pianists and music-lovers in the 21st century.

Pianist editor Erica Worth attended the launch at London’s Southbank Centre in May last year (see pictures), where Barenboim explained the concept.

TRACKLIST

1. Daniel Barenboim - Scarlatti: Sonata In C Major, Kk. 159
2. Daniel Barenboim - Scarlatti: Sonata In D Minor, Kk. 9
3. Daniel Barenboim - Scarlatti: Sonata In E Major, Kk. 380
4. Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven: 32 Piano Variations In C Minor On An Original Theme, WoO 80
5. Daniel Barenboim - Chopin: Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 23
6. Daniel Barenboim - Wagner, Liszt: Solemn March To The Holy Grail From Parsifal, S. 450
7. Daniel Barenboim - No. 7 Funérailles
8. Daniel Barenboim - Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1, S. 514



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