Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)

Sonatas for Piano • 2

Biliana Tzinlikova, piano

Franz Anton Hoffmeister occupied an important place in Viennese musical and cultural life. He was much respected as a publisher – his firm published works by Mozart and Haydn, and he was friendly with Beethoven – but also as a composer. He wrote at least eight operas, a substantial number of symphonies, and a large amount of music for the flute, a popular instrument amongst the wealthy amateurs of the time. He also wrote expressively and rewardingly for the piano, which had a similarly wide audience. This is the second of three volumes of the first complete recording of Hoffmeister’s piano sonatas.

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JOACHIM RAFF
(1822-1882)

About this Recording

Each piece on the sixth and final volume of this series demonstrates different aspects of Raff’s genius as a composer for the piano. The melodic richness of the early Six Poèmes, dedicated to Liszt who had rescued Raff from penury, contrasts with the deftly evocative scene-setting of Erinnerung an Venedig, which recalls a holiday in Venice. The intensely lyrical Fantaisie is complemented by the languid charm of the Barcarolle, and the recording closes with a virtuosic Valse brillante.

3 KEYBOARD SONATAS (Pölitz Collection, 1795)
NO. 1 IN C MAJOR
1
I. Allegro (11:19)
2
II. Minuetto poco Allegretto – Trio – da Capo il Minuetto (06:23)
3
III. Rondo Allegro (02:12)
NO. 2 IN D MAJOR
4
I. Allegro (08:23)
5
II. Poco adagio (04:54)
6
III. Vivace (03:40)
NO. 3 IN A MAJOR
7
I. Andante con Espressione (04:09)
8
II. Rondo: Allegro (05:42)
2 KEYBOARD SONATAS (Pölitz Collection, 1793)
NO. 1 IN F MAJOR
9
I. Moderato (07:41)
10
II. Adagio (03:58)
11
III. Allegretto (04:13)
NO. 2 IN B FLAT MAJOR
12
I. Allegro (06:55)
13
II. Adagio (05:46)
14
III. Allegro (04:25)
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TOTAL TIME: 79:39

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Biliana Tzinlikova

Biliana Tzinlikova was born in Sofia in 1974. After piano studies at the Sofia State Music Academy (Marina Kapazinskaja) she moved to the Salzburg Mozarteum to work with Andor Losonczy and Christoph Lieske, completing her studies with distinction in 2001. She went on to participate in master-courses with Paul van Ness, Andrzej Jasińsky, Pierre Amoyal, Pavel Gililov, Menahem Pressler, Alexander Lonquich, Klaus-Christian Schuster, and Claude Frank, influenced in particular by contact and work with Ruggiero Ricci and Ferenz Rados. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber-music player in important festivals and events in Europe and the United States. From 2003 to 2005 she was a member of the Munich Philharmonic Trio and in 2004 made her début at the Vienna Konzerthaus, continuing to collaborate with leading musicians. She is interested in the work of living composers and in piano rarities from the past and has taught at the Mozarteum since 2001.

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