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Bruch: Concerto for 2 Pianos; Suite on Russian Themes / Bard, Matiakh, Staatskapelle Halle
Capriccio

Bruch: Concerto for 2 Pianos; Suite on Russian Themes / Bard, Matiakh, Staatskapelle Halle

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Details

Composer
BRUCH, MAX
Artist
M. Bard, R. Bard, Staatskapelle Halle, Matiakh
Format
CD
Label
Capriccio
Released
Oct 02, 2020
Catalog #
C5420
UPC
845221054209

About

100 years ago the composer Max Bruch died. His remarkably long life of 82 years covered a period in contemporary history that was determined by scientific progress and comprehensive industrialization, developments that also found expression in art. Shortly after the turn of the century the scandals concerning the compositions by Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg were already rocking the musical world, however, Bruch met the tide of events as stoically as a rock: conservative, patriotic and above all unconditionally beholden to Romanticism in music. The present program was recorded during a Max Bruch Jubilee Concert in Halle and focused besides the famous Suite on Russian Themes also on the rarely performed Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra.

REVIEWS:

This fine disc presents two Bruch rarities, composed towards the end of his life, both of which started out in other guises. The five-movement Suite on Russian Themes is an adaptation (with new material added) of his Songs and Dances Op. 79, originally for violin and piano. It is remarkable (even for a composer in his mid-60s) that music of such Mendelssohnian deftness and sparkle could have emerged during the first decade of the last century. But putting aside issues of chronology, those who delight in the charming rusticity of, say, the Scottish Fantasy, should find these well-crafted miniatures enchanting.

-- BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante sostenuto - 05:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto -
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Performer
    Mona Bard, Rica Bard
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  2. 2 II. Andante con moto - Allegro molto vivace 06:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto - Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Performer
    Mona Bard, Rica Bard
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  3. 3 III. Adagio ma non troppo 07:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Performer
    Mona Bard, Rica Bard
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  4. 4 IV. Andante - Allegro 08:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante - Allegro
    Duration
    08:10
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Performer
    Mona Bard, Rica Bard
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  5. 5 I. Andante sostenuto 03:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  6. 6 II. Adagio, ma non troppo lento - Vivace 04:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio, ma non troppo lento - Vivace
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  7. 7 III. Dance: Vivace ma non troppo 03:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Dance: Vivace ma non troppo
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  8. 8 IV. Adagio sostenuto 06:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh
  9. 9 V. Allegro energico, ma non troppo 03:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Allegro energico, ma non troppo
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Max Bruch
    Ensemble
    Staatskapelle Halle
    Conductor
    Ariane Matiakh