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Burkard Schliessmann is an accomplished German classical pianist and a renowned scuba diver. Winner of the esteemed Goethe-Prize of Francfort/Main 2019, he is one of the compelling pianists and artists of the modern era. Critical recognition includes two Gold Medals ‘Awards of Excellence’ from the Global Music Awards, three Silver Medals for ‘Outstanding Achievement’, two Critics’ Choice Awards from the American Record Guide, two Recording of the Year Prizes from MusicWeb International and the prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship Award. He has also developed a considerable personal following over the years as an international concert artist giving performances of music by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Scriabin, and the Second Viennese School up to the Avantgarde.

This 3-CD / triple digital album features music by some of the great Romantic works in which he specialises. These include Busoni’s stunning Chaconne (after J S Bach’s Partita No 2) and Alban Berg’s youthful Sonata Piano Sonata, Op. 1, which are receiving their first release. The other tracks were previously issued (on CD only, not digitally) by Bayer and have been newly remastered. Burkard Schliessmann is a unique interpreter, never afraid to find a new expression and always searching for the heart of the music and the composer’s inspiration. On their initial release these recordings received many accolades: American Record Guide said: ‘The best pianist I know at entering the world and expressing the awareness of the German romantics. There is something personal and unique about Schliessmann’s Schumann. It does not sound like anyone else’s. He is better than any other pianist I have heard.’ High Performance Review said of his Scriabin: ‘This is the most imaginative playing one has heard yet – on the level of Richter, Michelangeli, Wild, Gould – the highest order of artistry.’ Highlights include Schumann’s expressive and thrilling Symphonic Études, Franz Liszt’s enigmatic Piano Sonata in B minor, and works by the innovative and controversial  Alexander Scriabin.