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Max Reger Paul Hindemith Rudolf Hindemith Amar Quartet 1904 1927
Reger: String Trio No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77b The Amar Trio: Walter Caspar, violin Paul Hindemith, viola Rudolf Hindemith, cello Recorded c. 1927 for Deutsche Grammophon/Polydor, on 78-rpm matrices 71 bo through 76 bo, and issued as 66575 through 66577 (single-sided numbers B 29161 through B 29166). Reger's String Trio No. 1, first published in 1904, is in four movements: 1. Sostenuto; Allegro agitato (at 0:47) 2. Larghetto (at 7:35) 3. Scherzo: Vivace (at 14:19) 4. Allegro molto (at 16:39) This may well have been the first complete recording of a chamber work by Max Reger. At the same session. the Amar-Hindemith Trio recorded (on matrices 77/79 bo) the first two movements of Hindemith's own String Trio, Op. 34 - a recording left incomplete, but what exists was issued as Grammophon/Polydor 66573-B and 66574. This I have uploaded separately. Some may wonder why the ensemble is labelled "The Amar Trio" when nobody named Amar is in it. This is because the group consisted of three-fourths of the Amar Quartet, whose first violinist was Licco Amar, the one member of the quartet who is not on this recording! (Rudolf Hindemith, incidentally, was the composer's brother.)
Paul Hindemith Rudolf Hindemith Beethoven Reger Amar Quartet Beethoven Quartet 1924 1927
Hindemith: String Trio No. 1, Op. 34 (1924) (First and second movements only) The Amar Trio: Walter Caspar, violin Paul Hindemith, viola Rudolf Hindemith, cello Recorded c. 1927 in Germany, on Deutsche Grammophon 78-rpm matrices 77 bo through 79 bo. Issued in Germany as Grammophon 66573 and 66574 (single-sided numbers B 29158 through B 29160), and exported outside Germany on Polydor labels with the same numbers. The first movement (Toccata: Schnelle Halbe) occupies one side of 66573, the other side of which is the last side of the Amar Quartet's recording of Beethoven's Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (this is being uploaded separately). The second movement (Langsam) is contained on both sides of 66574; in this video, it begins at 4:16. It isn't known whether the remainder of the work, which has two additional movements, was recorded. My guess is that it was, but the sides rejected for issue due to technical deficiencies in the recording. This guess is based on the fact that there are instabilities of pitch on the last issued side, particularly at the beginning (I have corrected this as best I could in my transfer). The other known sides from this session, Reger's String Trio in A minor, Op. 77, were recorded first, on matrices 71 bo through 76 bo, and issued as 66575 through 66577. I have this set, too, and it has been uploaded separately. Some may wonder why the ensemble is labelled "The Amar Trio" when nobody named Amar is in it. This is because the group consisted of three-fourths of the Amar Quartet, whose first violinist was Licco Amar, the one member of the quartet who is not on this recording! (Rudolf Hindemith, incidentally, was the composer's brother.)
Paul Hindemith Rudolf Hindemith Amar Quartet 1927
Ruhige Viertel, Stets fliessend Licco Amar, 1st violin Walter Caspar, 2nd violin Paul Hindemith, viola Rudolf Hindemith Recorded 1927 Paul Hindemith, viola Rudolf Hindemith, cello Recorded 1927