Rediscovering Maria Herz

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GEN 24863 EAN: 4260036258639

6.9.202418.90 €

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Among the wealth of great music by female composers that has finally reclaimed the world’s stages in recent years, the works of Cologne-born Maria Herz, who died in American exile, stand out as rare treasures. The internationally rising Canadian pianist Aude St-Pierre earns great acclaim with her new GENUIN album, which brings the piano music of this exceptional composer to light. Herz's development from her early Chopin variations and the Ländlers Op. 2 to her Sonata in F minor is breathtaking, hinting at an unrealized future silenced too soon. St-Pierre’s piano playing illuminates the music of the Fin de Siècle era in all its vivid colors!



NDR Kultur
In the programme World of Music (Welt der Musik) from December 19, 2024 the outstanding albums of 2024 are presented. Marcus Stäbler chose the album Rediscovering Maria Herz. ‘Aude St-Pierre plays this music with a fine sense for the special chord colours that Maria Herz composed into her sonata.’

radio3 Meine Musik
Fanny Tanck presented the album by Aude St-Pierre in her broadcast Meine Musik from December 6, 2024. The contribution to the album “Rediscovering Maria Herz” begins at 01:16:11.

14.11.2024: The Album ist nominated for ICMA 2025 in the category Premiere Recordings.

PianoNews
"St-Pierre has succeeded in making a wonderful recording of music that does not always stand up to its contemporaries, but is nevertheless so unique and beautiful that it is well worth discovering." Review by Carsten Dürer, issue 6/2024

Kreuzer
"The Canadian pianist Aude St-Pierre dedicates herself with great commitment to the three piano works [...] Her twelve Valses/Ländler Opus 2 are also enchanting character pieces, wonderfully colorful and expressive, interpreted with verve by Aude St-Pierre." Review by Silke Peterson, issue 10/2024

DLF Kultur - Tonart
"Aude St-Pierre plays devotedly with a multi-layered, introspective sound. Maria Herz's music is thoughtful, searching, without superficial virtuosity, completely pure and that is precisely what makes it so convincing." Review by Elisabeth Hahn in the broadcast from September 18, 2024

Radio Klassik Stephansdom - Album der Woche
"With her new release, Aude St-Pierre presents a magnificent world premiere recording of the works mentioned. A CD that definitely makes you want more!" Review by Michael Gmasz, September 07, 2024

Pizzicato
"Her dedication to her music can be clearly felt in this recording. She plays the early Chopin Variations with great grace and sensitivity, as well as the Ländler, in which lightness and dance-like verve are beautifully accentuated. Aude St-Pierre presents these works with fine delicacy [...]." Review by Guy Engels, September 10, 2024

Radio Klassik Stephansdom
On September 2nd, 2024, the album has been choosen as CD of the day.

Aude St-Pierre Piano

link to PDF booklet

Among the wealth of great music by female composers that has finally reclaimed the world’s stages in recent years, the works of Cologne-born Maria Herz, who died in American exile, stand out as rare treasures. The internationally rising Canadian pianist Aude St-Pierre earns great acclaim with her new GENUIN album, which brings the piano music of this exceptional composer to light. Herz's development from her early Chopin variations and the Ländlers Op. 2 to her Sonata in F minor is breathtaking, hinting at an unrealized future silenced too soon. St-Pierre’s piano playing illuminates the music of the Fin de Siècle era in all its vivid colors!



NDR Kultur
In the programme World of Music (Welt der Musik) from December 19, 2024 the outstanding albums of 2024 are presented. Marcus Stäbler chose the album Rediscovering Maria Herz. ‘Aude St-Pierre plays this music with a fine sense for the special chord colours that Maria Herz composed into her sonata.’

radio3 Meine Musik
Fanny Tanck presented the album by Aude St-Pierre in her broadcast Meine Musik from December 6, 2024. The contribution to the album “Rediscovering Maria Herz” begins at 01:16:11.

14.11.2024: The Album ist nominated for ICMA 2025 in the category Premiere Recordings.

PianoNews
"St-Pierre has succeeded in making a wonderful recording of music that does not always stand up to its contemporaries, but is nevertheless so unique and beautiful that it is well worth discovering." Review by Carsten Dürer, issue 6/2024

Kreuzer
"The Canadian pianist Aude St-Pierre dedicates herself with great commitment to the three piano works [...] Her twelve Valses/Ländler Opus 2 are also enchanting character pieces, wonderfully colorful and expressive, interpreted with verve by Aude St-Pierre." Review by Silke Peterson, issue 10/2024

DLF Kultur - Tonart
"Aude St-Pierre plays devotedly with a multi-layered, introspective sound. Maria Herz's music is thoughtful, searching, without superficial virtuosity, completely pure and that is precisely what makes it so convincing." Review by Elisabeth Hahn in the broadcast from September 18, 2024

Radio Klassik Stephansdom - Album der Woche
"With her new release, Aude St-Pierre presents a magnificent world premiere recording of the works mentioned. A CD that definitely makes you want more!" Review by Michael Gmasz, September 07, 2024

Pizzicato
"Her dedication to her music can be clearly felt in this recording. She plays the early Chopin Variations with great grace and sensitivity, as well as the Ländler, in which lightness and dance-like verve are beautifully accentuated. Aude St-Pierre presents these works with fine delicacy [...]." Review by Guy Engels, September 10, 2024

Radio Klassik Stephansdom
On September 2nd, 2024, the album has been choosen as CD of the day.

link to PDF booklet

Among the wealth of great music by female composers that has finally reclaimed the world’s stages in recent years, the works of Cologne-born Maria Herz, who died in American exile, stand out as rare treasures. The internationally rising Canadian pianist Aude St-Pierre earns great acclaim with her new GENUIN album, which brings the piano music of this exceptional composer to light. Herz's development from her early Chopin variations and the Ländlers Op. 2 to her Sonata in F minor is breathtaking, hinting at an unrealized future silenced too soon. St-Pierre’s piano playing illuminates the music of the Fin de Siècle era in all its vivid colors!



NDR Kultur
In the programme World of Music (Welt der Musik) from December 19, 2024 the outstanding albums of 2024 are presented. Marcus Stäbler chose the album Rediscovering Maria Herz. ‘Aude St-Pierre plays this music with a fine sense for the special chord colours that Maria Herz composed into her sonata.’

radio3 Meine Musik
Fanny Tanck presented the album by Aude St-Pierre in her broadcast Meine Musik from December 6, 2024. The contribution to the album “Rediscovering Maria Herz” begins at 01:16:11.

14.11.2024: The Album ist nominated for ICMA 2025 in the category Premiere Recordings.

PianoNews
"St-Pierre has succeeded in making a wonderful recording of music that does not always stand up to its contemporaries, but is nevertheless so unique and beautiful that it is well worth discovering." Review by Carsten Dürer, issue 6/2024

Kreuzer
"The Canadian pianist Aude St-Pierre dedicates herself with great commitment to the three piano works [...] Her twelve Valses/Ländler Opus 2 are also enchanting character pieces, wonderfully colorful and expressive, interpreted with verve by Aude St-Pierre." Review by Silke Peterson, issue 10/2024

DLF Kultur - Tonart
"Aude St-Pierre plays devotedly with a multi-layered, introspective sound. Maria Herz's music is thoughtful, searching, without superficial virtuosity, completely pure and that is precisely what makes it so convincing." Review by Elisabeth Hahn in the broadcast from September 18, 2024

Radio Klassik Stephansdom - Album der Woche
"With her new release, Aude St-Pierre presents a magnificent world premiere recording of the works mentioned. A CD that definitely makes you want more!" Review by Michael Gmasz, September 07, 2024

Pizzicato
"Her dedication to her music can be clearly felt in this recording. She plays the early Chopin Variations with great grace and sensitivity, as well as the Ländler, in which lightness and dance-like verve are beautifully accentuated. Aude St-Pierre presents these works with fine delicacy [...]." Review by Guy Engels, September 10, 2024

Radio Klassik Stephansdom
On September 2nd, 2024, the album has been choosen as CD of the day.