MARTIN WERNER - Debut Recital

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

1 Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 142, D. 935 – Allegretto

2 Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 90, D. 899 – Allegretto

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

3 Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 1 – From Foreign Lands and People (Von fremden Landern und Menschen)

4 Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 6 – Important Event (Wichtige Begebenheit)

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)

5 Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71 – Puck (Kobold)

6 Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71 – Peace of the Woods (Waldesstille)

Fryderyk Franciszek CHOPIN (1810-1849)

7 Fantaisie–Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

Sergei RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)

8 Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2

9 Prelude in G sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12

Alfred FELDER (b. 1950)

10 Song of the blue lizard

Martin Werner - piano

Recorded: Hardstudios AG, Winterthur, 21 December 2005, 16 August and 6 October 2006

Guild GmbH is proud to present this debut recital, the first album recorded by the very gifted 15-year-old Swiss pianist Martin Werner.

Martin Werner has been playing the piano since the age of three, and received his earliest encouragement from his family, in his home town of Schaffhausen. His piano teachers have included a number of distinguished professors of piano in Switzerland, including Professor Karl-Andreas Kolly in Winterthur, where Martin has given a much-admired performance of Haydn’s Concerto in D major with the Winterthur Youth Orchestra conducted by Christoph Rehli.

In this recital, Martin plays a wide variety of Romantic piano music from the 19th-to the earliest part of the 20th-centuries, amongst which will be found some of the best-loved short pieces in the entire repertory. Included also is a new work by the noted Swiss composer Alfred Felder, who writes separately on his composition in these booklet notes.

Guild GMCD7310