Credits:

Yojo Christen, Christoph Preiss, Alexander Maria Wagner

Description:

Homage to Bach and Beethoven: Two Sets of Variations Composed in the Modern EraA two-disc album featuring two large-scale sets of variations composed by the German composer Franz Hummel (19392022) in his later years. It features the *Diabelli Variations*33 variations on the same theme written as a tribute to Beethovens masterpiece, the *Diabelli Variations*and the *Hercher Variations*, dedicated to the patron of the arts Roland Hercher. The former is performed by three of Hummels favorite studentsYo-Yo Kristen, Christoph Preis, and Alexander Maria Wagnerwho share the performance, while the latter features Preis as the soloist. This is a collection of grand and highly original piano works that carries on the tradition of the grand variations of Beethoven and Bach into the modern era.TYXART