Hummel / Preiss: 33 Hercher Variations
Hummel / Preiss: 33 Hercher Variations
Format: CD
Wanting to order from us over the holiday period but need some more information. We are here to help! Please see our Christmas Shipping page for more information.
On average, orders containing available-to-ship items are processed and dispatched within 1-2 business days, although this is not guaranteed.
Orders containing preorder items will ship as 1 fulfillment once all items in the order are available to ship.
Please note, Tower Records Merchandise and Exclusives are dispatched separately. On average, these items take 3-4 business days to dispatch, although this is not guaranteed.
The estimated shipping times that are displayed at checkout are from the point of dispatch.
See our shipping policy for more information.
We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item(s) to make a return.
For orders created between November 20th 2024 and December 31st 2024, we have extended our normal return period. For orders made between this period, customers have up to 60 days from the receipt of goods to return an item. Please see our Christmas Returns page for more information.
To be eligible for a return of an unwanted item, your item must be in the same condition that you received it and in its original packaging.
In the unfortunate situation that a product is damaged/faulty/incorrect, let us know and we will endeavor to correct any issue as soon as possible.
Please see our refund policy for more information.
Artist: Hummel / Preiss
Label: Tyxart
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4250702801344
Genre: Classical
At the suggestion of his friend and patron of the arts Roland F.O. Hercher, the composer Franz Hummel has written 33 Variations on a small waltz. It's substance is pieced together from casual sequences of letters and cryptic alphabet mutations drawn from the Christian and surnames "Roland F.O. Hercher and Sieglinde Pirzer", in order to create a suitably lyrical model, reminiscent of a quiet summer evening on Roland's terrace, that offers plenty of scope for variations. Although Hummel has always held a poor opinion of programme music, he found himself in a difficult situation: in this piano work, he wanted to characterize the two people linked in the theme in each single number and thus came into conflict with his often all too enthusiastically proclaimed rejection of extra-musical programmatic elements. "Fortunately, at the age of eighty, one is old enough to bend a few wizened rules of life from time to time with late adolescent satisfaction. Work on the composition becomes more and more pleasurable and the imagination increases, if one simply throws one's ideologies overboard." - says the composer. With an enthusiasm that is all his own, the talented 18-year-old piano virtuoso Christoph Preiss not only learned the "Hercher Variations" by heart in a very short time but also recorded them on album right away with wonderful effortlessness. The inspiration and accomplishment with which he presents the piece, that is anything but easy, is immediately convincing.
Tracks:
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
