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Hindemith: Complete Music for Cello & Piano / Aleandri, Farinelli
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Hindemith: Complete Music for Cello & Piano / Aleandri, Farinelli

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Composer
Paul Hindemith
Artist
Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 10, 2024
Catalog #
BRI96666
UPC
5028421966663

About

Within the extensive repertoire of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), music for cello and piano occupies a considerable position in terms of both quantity and quality. Hindemith was primarily a violist and conductor, but his wide-ranging interests led him to experiment with a great variety of instruments both as a composer and a player, making him a de facto multi-instrumentalist. Among his favorite instruments, the cello always occupied a special place in his activities, partly due to his collaboration with his brother Rudolf, an excellent cellist.

His original compositions for the specific duo of cello and piano are varied and numerous, offering a synthetic vision of the different stylistic instances of an author who never tired of rethinking and redefining his language. This recording brings together and offers the listener this entire wonderful portion of Hindemith’s catalogue.

The Drei Stücke Op. 8 (1917) are undoubtedly among the most important pieces of the composer’s youthful phase. The later Sonata Op. 11 No. 3, a composition of considerable constructive commitment and complex genesis, is recorded here for the first time in both versions: one from 1919 (lost piano parts reconstructed by Fazil Say), the other from 1921. The delicate and expressive Drei leichte Stücke ‘Cello in first position’, composed in April 1938, are intended for the didactic sphere, without renouncing the peculiarities of the harmonic language of the composer. The same can be said of the brief and melancholic Meditation, a transcription of a movement from Hindemith’s orchestral ballet Nobilissima Visione. More complex is A Frog he went a-courting. Despite its brevity, it is one of the finest pieces on this program. A dozen concise variations, framed by the initial exposition and the concluding return of the traditional English theme, present a wealth of instrumental, timbral, expressive, and dynamic solutions in a small, dense, brilliant display of Hindemith’s compositional mastery. Do not be deceived by the title Kleine Sonate (1942), which is small in size but not in terms of compositional complexity. The imposing Cello Sonata (1948) was written for Gregor Piatigorsky and premiered by him in New York in the year it was composed. Comparing this Sonata to the Sonata Op. 11 No. 3 conveys a sense of the stylistic evolution across some 30 years.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Pastorale 07:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Pastorale
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  2. 2 II. Moderately fast 06:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Moderately fast
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  3. 3 III. Passacaglia 09:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Passacaglia
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  4. 4 I. Breit 03:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Breit
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  5. 5 II. Lebhaft 02:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Lebhaft
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  6. 6 III. Langsam 04:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Langsam
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  7. 7 A Frog He Went A-Courting 05:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    A Frog He Went A-Courting
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  8. 8 Nobilissima visione: VIII. Meditation (version for cello and piano) 04:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nobilissima visione: VIII. Meditation (version for cello and piano)
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  9. 9 No. 1. Massig schnell, munter 01:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. Massig schnell, munter
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  10. 10 No. 2. Langsam 02:54
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Langsam
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  11. 11 No. 3. Lebhaft 02:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Lebhaft
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  12. 12 I. Massig schnelle Viertel (Mit Kraft) 09:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Massig schnelle Viertel (Mit Kraft)
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  13. 13 II. Langsam 05:33
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Langsam
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  14. 14 III. Sehr lebhaft 04:15
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Sehr lebhaft
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  15. 15 I. Lebhaftes Zeitmaß, munter und einfach vorzutragen 09:54
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Lebhaftes Zeitmaß, munter und einfach vorzutragen
    Duration
    09:54
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  16. 16 II. Im Schilf. Trauerzug und Bacchanale 09:45
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Im Schilf. Trauerzug und Bacchanale
    Duration
    09:45
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  17. 17 III. Schnelle Viertel, stets kraft - und schwungvoll 11:57
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Schnelle Viertel, stets kraft - und schwungvoll
    Duration
    11:57
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  18. 18 No. 1. Capriccio 02:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 1. Capriccio
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  19. 19 No. 2. Phantasiestuck 10:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 2. Phantasiestuck
    Duration
    10:02
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli
  20. 20 No. 3. Scherzo 11:23
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 3. Scherzo
    Duration
    11:23
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Umberto Aleandri, Filippo Farinelli