Advantages: Two outstanding peices of chamber music for an unusual combination of instruments Disadvantages: On the surface quite contrasting works, listener must be openminded
procedures, deriving new and original ideas influenced by the chamber music of old masters such as Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann. Ligeti was influenced by the music of fellow Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, who once stated that "Every art has the right to strike its roots in the art of a previous age; it not only has the right to but it must stem from it". This makes the pairing of one of Ligeti's finest works with the Brahms Op.40 Trio a very appropriate one. Both outstanding chamber works in their own rights and certainly the two best pieces composed for this unusual combination invented by Brahms, a good recording is essential, but hard to find. There are not that many recordings in existence of these works due to the technical complexity for performers and even acclaimed recordings such as the CD by Perlman, Ashkenazy ...
Advantages: Mutter's eloquence and sensitivity in older recording are enhanced here. Disadvantages: None at all!
As a fantastically talented eighteen-year-old, Anne-Sophie Mutter already awed me with her sensitive and thoughtful eloquence in her 1981 recording of the Brahms violin concerto (with Herbert von Karajan directing the Berlin Philharmonic). However, there?s an even deeper understanding in Mutter?s reading of the Brahms piece on this newer disc.
This performance was taped live at the Lincoln Center?s Alice Tully Hall, New York City, in 1997. Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic in particularly inspired fashion. A difference of fifteen years separates the two recordings. In the time between, she married, had children, and then was widowed at a very young age.
When Mutter returned to her instrument, she would bring a greater strength, emotional depth and insight to her playing, lending a maturity and assuredness to her ...
Karin Lechner (Piano); Borika Van den Booren (Violin); Emmy Verhey (Violin); János Starker (Cello); György Pauk (Violin)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Choir; Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Date of Release
22/01/2007
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Brilliant Classics / RSK Entertainment Ltd
Pieces in Set
10
Genre(s)
Orchestral, Instrumental, Chamber, Vocal and choral
Stereo
Stereo
EAN
5028421931654
Catalogue Number
93165
Work 1
Work Title
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Excerpt(s)
1. Un poco sostenuto_Allegro 2. Andante sostenuto 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso 4. Adagio_Allegro non troppo ma con brio 5. Alternate movt 2 (initial performing version of movt 2)
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1855-76
Conductor
Jaap Van Zweden
Orchestra / Ensemble
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro non troppo 2. Adagio non troppo 3. Allegretto grazioso 4. Allegro con spirito
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1877
Conductor
Jaap Van Zweden
Orchestra / Ensemble
Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Choir
Work 3
Work Title
Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro con brio 2. Andante 3. Poco allegretto 4. Allegro
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1883
Conductor
Jaap Van Zweden
Orchestra / Ensemble
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro non troppo 2. Andante moderato 3. Allegro giocoso 4. Allegro energico e passionato
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1884-5
Conductor
Jaap Van Zweden
Orchestra / Ensemble
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Excerpt(s)
1. Maestoso 2. Adagio 3. Rondo (allegro non troppo)
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1854-58
Conductor
Eduardo Marturet
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Main Performer
Karin Lechner (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Karin Lechner
Work 6
Work Title
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83
1. Allegro non troppo 2. Adagio 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1878
Conductor
Eduardo Marturet
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Main Performer
Borika Van den Booren (Violin)
Opera Part(s)
Borika Van den Booren
Work 8
Work Title
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Vivace non troppo
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1887
Conductor
Arpád Joó
Orchestra / Ensemble
Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer
Emmy Verhey (Violin), János Starker (Cello)
Opera Part(s)
Emmy Verhey, János Starker
Work 9
Work Title
(16) Waltzes, Op. 39
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 1 in B 2. No. 2 in E 3. No. 3 in G sharp minor 4. No. 4 in E minor 5. No. 5 in E 6. No. 6 in C sharp 7. No. 7 in C sharp minor 8. No. 8 in B flat 9. No. 9 in D minor 10. No. 10 in G 11. No. 11 in B minor 12. No. 12 in E 13. No. 13 in B 14. No. 14 in G sharp minor 15. No. 15 in A flat 16. No. 16 in C sharp minor
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1865
Main Performer
Karin Lechner (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Karin Lechner
Work 10
Work Title
(4) Pieces, Op. 119
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 1, Intermezzo in B minor 2. No. 2, Intermezzo in E minor 3. No. 3, Intermezzo in C 4. No. 4, Rhapsody in E flat
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1892
Main Performer
Karin Lechner (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Karin Lechner
Work 11
Work Title
Trio for Horn/Viola, Violin and Piano in E flat, Op. 40
Excerpt(s)
1. Andante - Poco piů animato 2. Scherzo: Allegro - Molto meno Allegro 3. Adagio mesto 4. Finale: Allegro con brio
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
1865
Orchestra / Ensemble
Nash Ensemble Choir
Work 12
Work Title
Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34
Excerpt(s)
1. Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Un poco presto e con sentimento 4. Presto agitato
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
1886-88
Main Performer
György Pauk (Violin), Roger Vignoles (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
György Pauk, Roger Vignoles
Work 16
Work Title
(Ein) Deutsches Requiem, 'German Requiem', Op. 45
Excerpt(s)
1. Selig sind die da Leid tragen 2. Denn alles Fleisch 3. Herr, lehre doch mich 4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwelli 5. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit 6. Denn wir haben hie 7. Selig sind die Toten
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1857-68
Conductor
Helmut Koch
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Radio Chorus
Main Performer
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Soprano), Günther Leib (Bass)
Opera Part(s)
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Günther Leib
Work 17
Work Title
(21) Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
Excerpt(s)
1. G minor (orch Brahms) 2. D minor (orch Hallén) 10. F (orch Brahms) 4. F sharp minor (orch Juon) 5. G minor (orch Schmeling) 6. D (orch Schmeling) 7. F (orch Schmeling) 8. A minor (orch Gál) 9. E minor (orch Gál) 14. D minor (orch Parlow) 13. D (orch Parlow) 15. B flat (orch Parlow) 16. F minor (orch Dvorák) 17. F sharp minor (orch Dvorák) 18. D (orch Dvorák) 19. B minor (orch Dvorák) 21. E minor (orch Dvorák)
Composer
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre
Orchestral
Date Written
1852-69
Conductor
János Sándor
Orchestra / Ensemble
Györ Philharmonic Orchestra
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