Various Composers - In Search of Ondine (Clemens Müller)

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1. Richard Strauss - Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9: II. An einsamer Quelle
2. Julius Schulhoff - L’Ondine, Op. 35
3. François Couperin - Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin, Cinquième Ordre: XIV. Les Ondes
4. George Crumb - Makrokosmos, Vol. 2, Part 1: III. Rain-Death Variations
5. Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine
6. Nikolai Medtner - Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: Gesang der Wassernymphe
7. Cécile Chaminade - L’Ondine, Op. 101
8. Claude Debussy - Préludes, Livre 2: VIII. Ondine
9. Franz Liszt - Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163: IV. Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
10. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Vluchtige Nymph SwWV 331
11. Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde: III. Lontano
12. Leander Ruprecht - Eine Handvoll Wasser
13. Johann Sebastian Bach - An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 267
14. Charles-Valentin Alkan - Super flumina Babylonis (An Wasserflüssen Babylon), Op. 52
15. Shadi Kassaee - Rudhāye Bābel (An Wasserflüssen Babylon)
16. Anton Rubinstein - Ondine, Op. 1
17. Ruth Schonthal - Five Oceanic Préludes: I. Oceanfront at Sunset
18. Franz Schubert - Schwanengesang, D 957: XII. Am Meer

Clemens Müller, piano

Date: 2025

Label: GENUIN classics

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For centuries, the tragic tale of the mermaid or water nymph falling in love with a human has been told around the world. On his new GENUIN album, pianist Clemens Müller interprets this story of love and death through piano works from six centuries. The oldest piece by Jan Sweelinck predates the piano itself, while the newest was completed just days before the recording. At the heart of the album is a triptych featuring three settings of the psalm “By the Waters of Babylon”: from the perspectives of three different religions, Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach, Jewish piano virtuoso Charles-Valentin Alkan, and Iranian composer Shadi Kassaee each reflect on this famous hymn about longing for a lost homeland.

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