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Andreas Haefliger Perspectives |
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Perspectives describes Andreas Haefliger's creative approach to programming, both in concert and for recordings. In recital Haefliger seeks to explore Beethoven's piano music as well as the music of composers who influenced, or were influenced by Beethoven - composers such as Mozart, Brahms, Janácek and Ligeti. Haefliger's Perspectives programmes are also being recorded for Avie Records and have received great critical acclaim.
On this page you can explore the recordings, hear Haefliger talking about the process of programme-building, and find details of future Perspectives programmes offered by Haefliger for performance in recital.
Multimedia Click on the link below to hear Andreas Haefliger discuss his Perspectives series with Sandy Burnett - an extract from the Intermusica podcast: 
Click on the link below to hear Andreas Haefliger performing the final movement of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata on Perpectives 3 on Avie:
Click on the link below to hear the Scherzo from Schubert's Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major D.960, also from Perspectives 3 on Avie:
Click on the link below to hear Andreas Haefliger and Marina Piccinini (flute) perform the second movement of Prokofiev's Flute Sonata in D major Op.94, taken from their duo disc, also on the Avie label:
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Perspectives 1
Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D537
Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible Mozart Piano Sonata No.17 in B flat major KV 570
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111
“Haefliger is superbly lucid and picturesque, his control exemplary.”
Gramophone, September 2004
“…a thoroughly enjoyable and thoughtfully planned piano recital.”
The Guardian, August 2004
“The figure in the title implies that Haefliger has embarked on a series of discs. I hope so… The freshness and thoughtfulness of the interpretations sell them convincingly.”
The Sunday Times, August 2004
Perspectives 2
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.22 in F major Op.54
Bartók Out of Doors Suite Sz.81 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor Op.90
Brahms Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5
“Beethoven Piano sonatas: the best interpretations. The world-renowned pianist Andreas Haefliger proves himself in a very powerful and elegant performance.”
Live Magazine Vienna, June 2007
"The fabulous Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger plays works by Bártok, Beethoven and Brahms under the title ‘Perspectives 2” (on 2 CDs). He is always coherent and technically excellent. Brahms sonata in F minor is especially worth a listen."
“Der ausgezeichnete Schweizer Pianist Andreas Haefliger spielt unter dem Titel “Perspectives 2” (auf zwei CD’s) Werke von Bártok, Beethoven, und Brahms. Stets stimmig, technisch exzellent. Vor allem die f-Moll-Sonate von Brahms lohnt das Hören.”
Wiener Kurier, May 2007
“Perspectives 2 reflects Haefliger’s thoughtfulness in programme-building, as well as his musicianship and selfless virtuosity. He conceives Beethoven’s Sonata No 27 on a large scale, with pronounced dynamic contrasts and rhetorical underpinnings... Haefliger colours the main theme’s decorative manifestation with exquisite shadings...
…His mastery in Bartók’s Out of Doors suite comes as no surprise: notice in the finale how he his animated left hand clarifies the music’s polyrhythmic momentum...moments abound where Haefliger gives in to Brahms's unbridled energy: listen to him gather steam en route to the finale’s coda and simply let things rip.”
Gramophone, June 2006
“…the Brahms Piano Sonata No.3, given a splendidly sonorous, magisterial performance of great distinction.”
Classic FM Magazine, May 2006
“A towering performance of Brahms’ massive F minor Sonata sounds as revolutionary as everything that has gone before. Quirky, tremendous and highly recommended.”
The Guardian, March 2006
Perspectives 3
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.15 in D major Op.28 'Pastoral'
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 'Appassionata' Schubert Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major D.960
"Listeners who've followed Andreas Haefliger's solid virtuosity and serious, thoughtful musicianship will find no surprises here...
Haefliger's innate affinity for Beethoven's Op 28 Sonata manifests itself via the pianist's relaxed tempi and ample tone. Taste and proportion govern his penchant for rhetorical broadenings and tenuti...
The Appassionata’s outer movements achieve a happy fusion of drama, cumulative sweep and textural clarity.”
Gramophone Magazine, June 2008
“Haefliger’s aim is to illuminate the individuality of these three works ‘by placing them in tonal, dramatic and historic relief’. Penetrating playing.”
Classic FM Magazine, June 2008
“The ultimate praise of Haefliger’s technical equipment might be that one is simply never aware of it; one hears only beautiful, fluent music-making, unimpeded by the physical. My avoidance of comparisons in this review is deliberate. It seems to me that, among the more interesting contemporary pianists assaying the Viennese classical canon, Andreas Haefliger is in a class all his own.”
International Record Review, April 2008
Recital Programmes
2008/9
JANACEK Sonata 1.X.1905 From the Street
BEETHOVEN Sonata in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
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BEETHOVEN Sonata Op.78 in F sharp major
BRAHMS Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.2
Summer 2009
MOZART Sonata in C KV 330
JANACEK Sonata 1.X.1905 From the Street
MOZART Sonata in A KV 331
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BRAHMS Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.2
2009/10
MOZART Sonata in C KV 330
WAGNER/LISZT Isolde's Liebestod
MOZART Sonata in A KV 331
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SCHUBERT Sonata in B flat major, D960
Links
Avie Records
Andreas Haefliger