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German composer (1833–1897)
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2024-03-12 12:40:00
Aimard/RSB/Popelka - Schoenberg and Mahler, 9 March 2024
[…] one to take it too literally as about the world; of all people, Schoenberg knew there was nothing sudden about the outbreak of hatred. Yet here, in this performance, these suggestions and their expressive implications proved almost suddenly precise. It is always good to re-learn something one thinks one knows. There was close to ideal clarity of texture, which certainly did not preclude weight, but rather proved the key to understanding it. Very much like Brahms, one might say. One could hear the extraordinary ear for orchestration, combinations of instruments sounding as if newly invented, not unlike one of Schoenberg’s Bach transcriptions. Ever-transforming in developing variation, the first section built subtly—and, as Schoenberg does so often, for those who care to listen, it danced too. As the mood darkened, increasing rhythmic angularity made its point in performance as well as work. Echoes of the Golden Calf scene from Moses und […]
2024-03-12 07:33:00
Upheaval: cellist Janne Fredens & pianist Søren Rastogi in music by four women composers from the years 1911 to 1918
[…] conventions of the day and to the general upheaval happing in Europe at the time. Released on the OUR Recordings label it features the husband and wife duo Janne Fredens (cello) and Søren Rastogi (piano).One of Holland's greatest pianists, Henriëtte Bosmans career was disrupted by the Nazi occupation and never quite got back on track. Her relatively early Sonata for Cello and piano is a large-scale serious work, a sweeping opening movement evoking memories of Brahms, followed by a wonderfully lyrically flowing second movement and then a quietly intense third. It is this third movement where we seem to firmly land in the 20th century. We end with a vigorous and forceful finale.Ten years older than Bosmans, Dora Pejačević was the daughter of a Croatian count and a mother who was an educated singer and pianist. Largely self-taught, she had completed a dozen large-scale chamber works whilst still in her […]
2024-03-09 05:08:42
Born in 1936, the Brazilian pianist Clara Sverner amassed a fairly extensive body of recordings, mostly released in her native country. American collectors may have encountered her 1995 Marco Polo release devoted to works by Glauco Velasquez (1884-1914), while various mixed recitals and a complete Mozart sonata cycle can be sourced via streaming. Even in […]
2024-03-08 00:00:00
Paavo Jarvi conducts
Carl Nielsen - Symphonies:1.01 - 1.04 Symphony No.1 in G minor, op.7 [33:58]1.05 - 1.08 Symphony No.2, op.16 'The Four Temperaments' [33:39]2.01 - 2.04 Symphony No.3, op.27 'Sinfonia espansiva' * [37'19]2.05 - 2.08 Symphony No.4, op.29 'The Inextinguishable' [35'00]3.01 - 3.04 Symphony No.5, op.50 [37'07]3.05 - 3.08 Symphony No.6 'Sinfonia Semplice' [33'18]Camilla Tilling- soprano, Michael Nagy- baritone *, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo JärviRCA 8875 17880-2 [recorded December 2009 to April 2013; issued 2015][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Grosser Saal, Alte Oper, Frankfurt and Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal, Kurhaus, Wiesbaden (Symphony No.1), GermanyRecording engineers: Christoph Classen, Rüdiger Orth, Udo Wüstendörfer, Wolfgang PackeiserJohannes Brahms - Symphonies:Disc 101 - 04 Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68 [46'04]05 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St. Anthony Chorale' [17'28]Sony/RCA 1907 586955-2 [issued 2018][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, no booklet]Disc 201 - 04 Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73 [43'46]05 […]
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