祈願：巴哈、李斯特、拉威爾、梅湘、穆海爾 Invocation: Bach • Liszt • Ravel • Messiaen • Murail

"In the line of a large discography reflecting the diversity of his repertoire (featuring Schubert and Schumann alongside Janaček, Holliger, and Lachenmann), pianist Herbert Schuch has built the concept his new recording around the sound of bells. ‘Two things about them stimulate my imagination’, says the pianist: ‘the wonderful richness of the partials in large bells, and the chaotic-seeming rhythmic interference of a confused peal of bells, which generates constantly changing structures and patterns in the listener’s brain.’ So it is hardly surprising that Schuch should build a complete programme on the theme of ‘invocation – the call of bells’ and perform works that express in instrumental terms the emotional appeal conveyed by the sound of bells and their sublimated sacral character. ‘Invocation designates the points of contact between man and God: glorification and prayer, supplication, but also sorrow and death. The sound of bells for me is the magical medium by means of which we try to communicate with God.’"