Simon Corinna

"A real treasure chest for adults too," wrote the press about Corinna Simon's first "piano for children" album. The Berlin pianist recorded an impressive kaleidoscope of special piano works that were explicitly intended for children. She has also put together a program for "Piano for Children 2" with fascinating piano pieces that great masters have composed for children and young people: from Bach (Praeludium) and Handel (Minuet & Sonatina) to Debussy (Children's Corner) and Tchaikovsky (Youth Album) to Ernest Bloch (Enfantines) and Béla Bartu00F3k (For children & microcosm). Lesser-known composers will also be there: there will be piano works by Zoltán Kodály (Children's Dances), Domenico Cimarosa (Sonata: Andantino), Muzio Clementi (Sonatine), Jacques Ibert (Histoires), Paul Juon (Lullaby) and Germaine Tailleferre (Fleurs de France) & Seule dans la forêt). "The music on this album should only be itself, it should stimulate our imagination, regardless of whether it is for children, adolescents or adults." Says Corinna Simon, "It should be like a treasure chest that you reach into without knowing exactly what to pull out of it next. " In general, the program put together by Corinna Simon is a real treasure trove, even for those familiar with the piano repertoire. For the Beethoven anniversary year, "Piano for Children 2" also presents the first movement of the piano sonata in D major by Ludwig van Beethoven - this early work without an opus number does not appear in the canon of 32 piano sonatas, but should not be underestimated.

Simon Corinna: Klavier Fur Kinder II [CD]