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Erik Then-Bergh: The Complete Electrola & Deutsche Grammophon Recordings
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Erik Then-Bergh: The Complete Electrola & Deutsche Grammophon Recordings

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Composer
BACH CHOPIN HANDEL
Artist
Erik Then-Bergh
Format
CD
Label
APR
Released
Jan 27, 2017
Catalog #
APR6021
UPC
5024709160211

About

Erik Then-Bergh (1916-1982) is almost forgotten today, content as he was to confine his career, the last twenty years of which were devoted to teaching, to Germany. But to hear this favorite of Furtwangler in his early recordings is to hear playing of the highest order- his combination of superlative technique at the service of deeply profound interpretation can only be compared with the very greatest of artists. We present here his almost complete 78rpm recordings, which were mostly made in Germany during the war and hence had littler international circulation. Then-Bergh was renowned as a Reger player and in this centenary year of Reger’s death, which is also the centenary of Then-Bergh’s birth, we include his stereo LP recording of the Reger Piano Concerto from 1958 which completes his Reger recordings. Perhaps this quote from ‘The Record Book’ (USA 1948) reviewing Beethoven’s Op101 still sums up Then-Bergh’s 78 recordings today: “The performance by a pianist of whom we know nothing, Erik Then-Bergh, is spectacularly fine, and is backed by some of the best reproduction of piano tone we have ever heard.”

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REVIEW:

Erik Then-Bergh was much respected as both pedagogue and performer. His stereo recording of Max Reger's Piano Concerto, with Hans Rosbaud conducting, is thought through from the first bar to the last. It has a naturalness to it that eluded even Rudolf Serkin's otherwise fine versions for Columbia. The solo piano Telemann-Reger Variations in particular are joyous, elegant, and crisply articulated. A highly desirable memorial collection overall to a much-undervalued pianist. Excellent transfers.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro 03:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  3. 2 II. Allemande 01:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  4. 3 III. Courante 01:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  5. 4 IV. Sarabande 02:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  6. 5 V. Gigue 00:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  7. 6 Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. F. Busoni for piano) 13:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (arr. F. Busoni for piano)
    Duration
    13:17
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  8. 7 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung 04:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  9. 8 II. Lebhaft. Marschmässig 05:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Lebhaft. Marschmässig
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  10. 9 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll 03:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  11. 10 IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit 06:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  12. 11 I. So rasch wir möglich 06:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. So rasch wir möglich
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  13. 12 II. Andantino 05:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  14. 13 III. Scherzo 01:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Scherzo
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  15. 14 IV. Rondo 06:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Rondo
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  16. 15 Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 07:58
    Track
    15
    Title
    Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1
    Duration
    07:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  17. 16 No. 2. Ziemlich langsam 02:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Ziemlich langsam
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  18. 17 No. 6. Langsam, schwermüthig 03:47
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 6. Langsam, schwermüthig
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1 No. 1 in E-Flat Major 03:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  21. 2 No. 4 in A Major 03:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 4 in A Major
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  22. 3 Theme - Variations 1-20 and 22-23 24:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Theme - Variations 1-20 and 22-23
    Duration
    24:12
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  23. 4 Chorale and Fugue 06:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    Chorale and Fugue
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
  24. 5 I. Allegro moderato 18:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    18:44
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Rosbaud
  25. 6 II. Largo con gran espressione 11:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Largo con gran espressione
    Duration
    11:12
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Rosbaud
  26. 7 III. Allegretto con spirito 10:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegretto con spirito
    Duration
    10:21
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Erik Then-Bergh
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Rosbaud