Ideal music to brush your teeth with. With similar words, in the late 1980s a journalist reacted to an
lp by organist
Jan Jongepier with harmonium pieces by
César Franck. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard released something similar, but with small dances, and waltzes by Franz Schubert. Not that this album will get many listeners dancing. For that, Aimard's approach is far too thoughtful and poetic. It
… is a conscious choice by a pianist who usually presents himself as a virtuoso. By his own admission, Aimard searches by Schubert for the intimate in our world, for the place of vulnerability, tenderness and secrecy. Aimard felt supported by an understanding recording team. He was also inspired by a special grand piano from the 1950s, once located in the Rudolfinum concert hall in Prague. A documentary was made about this album, under the title Three Days in Toblach - The Sound of Schubert. (HJ)more