Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz – Jean–Paul Liardet: The Piano Sonatas

“Jean-Paul Liardet, a comprehensive musician, composes works that are almost insane in their diversity. His language is decidedly bold, productive, and expressive. We undoubtedly sense a temperament.” – Pierre Hugli, Phart

Jean-Paul Liardet’s works are simply unique in their diversity. His musical language is bold, rich, and overwhelmingly expressive. The piano sonatas were written over a long period of 51 years between 1967 and 2018 and reveal the whole range of emotions, events, and influences that shape the composer’s musical world. The cycle is now being presented in its entirety for the first time by Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz.

Russian-born pianist and composer Olga Riazantceva-Schwarz is a multiple prize winner of international competitions. During her young career, she has played with numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Germany and abroad. She has appeared as a pianist at international music festivals such as Acht Brücken in Cologne, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Long Night of Music in Oldenburg and Bremen, Arts Birthday in Freiburg im Breisgau, the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, and Echo aus Montepulciano in Italy.

Immersive Sound Art aims to present outstanding productions in the completely new dimension of immersive audio formats. In these formats, additional spatial information enables a more natural representation of timbres and a sound envelopment similar to that experienced in live performances. The listener is more emotionally involved in the action and can experience the artist’s performance from a new perspective. The reference-quality physical product is manufactured on demand using a sustainable process and released in a numbered limited edition.

Tracklist:

PART 1

1. Sonata No. 2, “Seattle”
2. Sonata No. 4, “Swing Nostalgie”
3. Sonata No. 6, “Télomères”

PART 2

4. Sonata No. 1, “Classique”
5. Sonata No. 3, “Sarcastique”
6. Sonata No. 5, “Romantique”