BIS
Schumann - Brahms: Sonatas And Songs
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- BRAHMS SCHUMANN
- Artist
- Poltera, Stott
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- Jan 03, 2020
- Catalog #
- BIS-2167
- UPC
- 7318599921679
About
During the eighteenth century the cello gradually emerged from the anonymity of the continuo group, and by the beginning of the Romantic era the instrument had become an indispensable tool for composers. Robert Schumann, who had himself taken cello lessons, was very fond of it, describing is as a 'beautiful instrument'; and Johannes Brahms, who acquired considerable skill as a cellist, praised it's 'masculine, serious character'. It is therefore to be hoped that neither composer would object to Christian Poltéra's sensitive adaptations of their works. Schumann and Brahms wrote three violin sonatas each, both choosing D minor as the key of one of them. These D minor works are the ones that Poltéra - together with Kathryn Stott, whose piano parts remain unchanged - offers on this disc. The two sonatas are separated by the movements that the two composers contributed to the collaborative 'F-A-E Sonata' - Schumann's Intermezzo and Brahms's Scherzo, and Poltéra and Stott close the disc with two songs - by Brahms and by Clara Schumann, the pianist and composer, and Robert's wife and Brahms's lifelong friend.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft 12:53
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
- Duration
- 12:53
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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2 II. Sehr lebhaft 04:19
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Sehr lebhaft
- Duration
- 04:19
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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3 III. Leise, einfach 05:19
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Leise, einfach
- Duration
- 05:19
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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4 IV. Bewegt 08:50
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Bewegt
- Duration
- 08:50
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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5 Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": II. Intermezzo, WoO 2 (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano) 02:46
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": II. Intermezzo, WoO 2 (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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6 Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": III. Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano) 05:27
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": III. Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)
- Duration
- 05:27
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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7 I. Allegro 07:50
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 07:50
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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8 II. Adagio 04:24
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 04:24
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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9 III. Un poco presto e con sentimento 02:48
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
- Duration
- 02:48
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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10 IV. Presto agitato 05:42
- Track
- 10
- Title
- IV. Presto agitato
- Duration
- 05:42
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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11 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1. Wie Melodien zieht es mir (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano) 01:40
- Track
- 11
- Title
- 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1. Wie Melodien zieht es mir (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)
- Duration
- 01:40
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott
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12 6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 2. Sie liebten sich beide (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano) 02:00
- Track
- 12
- Title
- 6 Lieder, Op. 13: No. 2. Sie liebten sich beide (arr. C. Poltéra for cello and piano)
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- Clara Schumann
- Performer
- Christian Poltéra, Kathryn Stott