Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Ferenc Kiss was born in Budapest in 1943. He studied first with his father, a concertmaster of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra, then at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest before finishing his studies with Sandor Vegh in Dusseldorf. His many appearances in concert venues all over the world as well as the variety of albums he has produced further attest to his successful career as an acclaimed soloist. On this release, he presents violin concertos by Fritz Leitermeyer and Dieter Acker. Fritz Leitermeyer’s Concerto for Violin and 21 Wind Instruments had its first performance in January 1964 with the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, Walter Weller, performing the solo part. The scoring is unusual, but the result is dazzling. Dieter Acker composed over 100 works during his life, including two solo concertos for violin, the first of which is included here. H. Leuchtmann wrote of Acker: “Never committed to a specific avant-garde style, Acker developed a very unique style of composition, which is conceived for clarity and comprehensibility, without getting into popular idioms… intensity touches and transmits itself directly.”

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The Budapest Trio was founded in 1980 by the Hungarian Ferenc Kiss, leader of the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, and soon gained international renowned. The violinist's partners, violist Tivadar Popa (also from Hungary) and cellist Peter Wopke, are themselves renowned soloists like Kiss. The three musicians are particularly interested in contemporary music; many works have been dedicated to them. Ferenc Kiss plays an Andrea Guarneri from 1671; Popa plays a Pressenda viola from 1831 and Wopke plays a Grancino cello from 1699. On this release, they present works by Mozart- the Divertimento No. 1 in B flat Major K 229, the Flute Quartet in D Major K 285, the Divertimento in E flat Major K 563, which Alfred Einstein called "The most accomplished and finest work which has ever been heard in this world."

The Berlin-born pianist Manfred Reuthe was just 17 years of age when he played Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Berlin Philharmonic. Later concert tours took him to South Korea, Japan and South Africa. Since 1973 Reuthe has spent a total of eight years working as a professor of piano in South Korea, and he taught at the Berlin Univ. Of the Arts for 15 years. Like this Bella Musica Chopin and Liszt CD, his recital programs are particularly centered around the virtuosic Romantic piano works of Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and von Weber, and the French impressionists Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen.

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The Budapest Trio was founded in 1980 by the Hungarian Ferenc Kiss, leader of the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, and soon gained international renown. The violinist’s partners, violist Tivadar Popa and cellist Peter Wopke, are themselves renowned soloists like Kiss. The three musicians are particularly interested in contemporary music; many works have been dedicated to them. Ferenc Kiss plays an Andrea Guameri from 1671; Popa plays a Pressenda viola from 1831 and Wopke plays a Grancino cello from 1699. On their new release, they perform works by Dieter Acker, Hubert Stuppner, Robert Wittinger, and Peter Sander.

Classical Music

Classical Music