Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Ulrich Beetz, Birgit Erichson and Gerrit Zitterbart, the three musicians of the Abegg Trio, are a faithful threesome: they have been playing together for thirty years and the constant motto of the ensemble has remained unchanged: authentic reproduction of musical works. This concept of "authenticity" has altered a little in the course of the years. In recent years the three musicians have become more ambitious in their choice of instruments. For example, Gerrit Zitterbart only plays on pianos which are from the time of the composition, here a pianoforte built in 1864 by Johann Baptist Streicher in Vienna. Ulrich Beetz and Birgit Erichson use gut strings for their instruments; and Stephan Katte blows Brahms' Horn Trio on a natural horn - just as Brahms expressly requested.

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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) composed his last symphony in two phases: two movements in each of the summers he spent in M�rzzuschlag, in 1884 and 1885. He completed the work in September of the second year. This Symphony in E minor is Brahms's longest and also the one with the strongest historical references. It was his last work in the genre and ends his extraordinary series of four strongly contrasting symphonies. He had said everything that the form permitted him to express. On this release, Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads the WDR Sinfonieorchester in the performance of this legendary work. Finnish conductor and violinist Jukka-Pekka Saraste studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula. In 1983, he cofounded the Avanti Chamber Orchestra, and in 2000 he founded the Ekenas Summer Concerts-Festival with the Finnish Chamber Orchestra. He became principal conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in 2008.

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Classical Music