Béla Bartók's Sonatas (2) for violin and piano (1921-1922) reflect the influences of Schoenberg, Debussy, and Hungarian folk music, though not necessarily in that order and not always in a distinguishable way. Lusty and austere by turns, the Violin Sonata No. 1 has many violent, expressionist episodes, though these are ameliorated somewhat by ...
You can be sure that infants aren't fussy about their classical collections, but grownups may feel that Bach for My Baby is a bit much to give to their offspring, considering the sophistication of the performances, the substantial length of the selections, and the seriousness of the music. Assembled from EMI's back catalog, dating between 1965 and ...
Scottish composer Stuart MacRae wrote the four works collected on this CD while in his twenties. The diversely scored pieces are strongly influenced by the aesthetics of European modernism and most tend to be angst-ridden or prone to frenzy. They demonstrate great technical proficiency and are successfully evocative, but, except for certain ...
Virgin Classics' compilation of two of the three concertos by composer Antonin Dvorák provides listeners with a suitable, though incomplete, introduction to these works. Opening with the Op. 33 Piano Concerto -- arguably the least successful and least often performed of his concertos -- listeners are immediately treated to a wonderfully strong, ...
If you were expecting maybe another dull trudge through the expressionistic woods, guess again: unlike his symphonic works, Artur Schnabel's Sonatas for violin and piano and violin solo, while by no means lighthearted, are not without their tangible charms. The expressive harmonics in the Adagio and the soulful tunes of the Allegretto poco vivace, ...
As far as can be determined by perusing the international catalogs, this 2008 Decca disc contains post-modernist composer/conductor Pierre Boulez's first recording of a work by high classical composer/performer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Boulez's choice of repertoire is unusual to say the least: neither a symphony nor a piano concerto, but rather a ...
Whatever other expectations one may bring to any recording of Brahms' Violin Concerto, one expects the music to be good. After all, Brahms' Violin Concerto is one of the most popular and most durable of the great nineteenth century violin concertos, and no performance no matter how awful could possibly sink it. But Joachim's Violin Concerto is ...
With hundreds of recorded performances of Schubert's "Trout" Quintet available, what is it that distinguished this 2009 PentaTone disc from the rest? Partially the playing, partially the couplings, and partially the sound. Played by pianist Martin Helmchen, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, violist Antoine Tamestit, cellist Marie Elisabeth Hecker, and ...
Doubling as the artistic director of a chamber music festival held in the Heimbach Hydroelectric Power Station, pianist Lars Vogt returns to his instrument for this recording of Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2, one of the last works Schubert was to complete before his untimely death. Joined this time by Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff on violin and cello ...
If playing "name the composer" with this disc of works for cello, most listeners would be confounded. Is that scented melody by Fauré, that sensuous harmony by Ravel, that bluesy turn of phrase by Gershwin, that quirky rhythm by Hindemith, that glinting color by Stravinsky? Nope -- it's all by Arthur Honegger, and encountering this disc will no ...
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