CD 95
Musical Instruments in the Ferdinandeum 2
Conrad Graf’s pianoforte (Hammerfl ügel) is perhaps the most widely admired treasure in the music collection of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. The dreamily soft, veiled, wonderfully poetic soundofthisexceptionallywell- preserved pianoforte has a very special fullness and beauty that continues to enchant audiences at our concerts. Especially the music of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, who both owned and appreciated Graf pianofortes, is heard to advantage intensely and effectively on this magnifi cent master instrument. The many people who attended our concerts over the last few years were able to experience this best at Lieder performances, among which Franz Schubert’s three song cycles were particularly memorable. We therefore decided to introduce Conrad Graf’s Hammerflügel, which the famous piano builder made around 1838 in Vienna, with what seems to us its most ideal andthereforealsomostcommon use as an accompanying instrument for Lieder singing. The musicians presented on this CD are Andreas Lebeda, bass baritone, and David Cowan, pianoforte. They performed Franz Schubert’s Winterreise at the Ferdinandeum on December 1993 in the context of the exhibition on the painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, a setting that was rich in atmosphere.
Track 8, 2:22
Winterreise D 911
Rückblick
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)