Hindemith: Kammermusik Nos. 4-7, Vol. 2 / Christoph Eschenbach

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Ondine
Release Date
September 4, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HINDEMITH, PAUL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Kronberg Academy Soloists, Eschenbach
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 04, 2020
    • UPC
      0761195135723
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ODE 1357-2
    • LABEL
      Ondine
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Signal

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Waarts

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    2. II. Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Waarts

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    3. III. Nachtstück

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Waarts

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    4. IV. Lebhafte Viertel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Waarts

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    5. V. So schnell wie möglich

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Stephen Waarts

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    6. I. Schnelle Halbe

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy Ridout

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    7. II. Langsam

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy Ridout

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    8. III. Mässig schnell

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy Ridout

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    9. IV. Variante eines Militärmarsches

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy Ridout

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    10. Mässig schnell, majestätisch - Doppelt so schnell -

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Ziyu Shen

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    11. Langsam -

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Ziyu Shen

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    12. Variationen: Mässig schnell, bewegt - Lebhaft, wie früher

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Ziyu Shen

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    13. I. Nicht zu schnell

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Christian Schmitt

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    14. II. Sehr langsam und ganz ruhig

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Christian Schmitt

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach

    15. III. eighth note = 184

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Kronberg Academy Soloists, members Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Christian Schmitt

      Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach


The final volume of Paul Hindemith’s(1895–1963) youthful and fresh Kammermusik series from the 1920s includes Kammermusik Nos. 4–7 performed by Kronberg Academy Soloists and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra under a true Hindemith specialist, Christoph Eschenbach, who has won a Grammy for a previous Hindemith album on Ondine.

These four works by Hindemith can be considered as full-bodied concertos for violin, viola, viola d’amore and organ. These work feature four young talented soloists, Stephen Waarts, Rimothy Ridout, Ziyu Shenand Christian Schmitt. Hindemith’s Kammermusik No. 4 (‘Violin Concerto’) is scored for a larger orchestra than its three predecessors and includes 24 instrumentalists. Kammermusik No. 5 (‘Viola Concerto’) the composer premiered himself by playing the solo part. In total, Hindemith performed this work for 85 times during the next 11 years! In a letter, Hindemith described the viola d’amore as “the most beautiful thing that you can imagine in sound”. The composer fell in love with the instrument and wrote his Kammermusik No. 6 with this instrument in mind. Hindemith’s final Kammermusik (No. 7) was written to a commission by the Southwest German Radio: the premiere of this Organ Concerto was transmitted live in 1928. The radio broadcast had a decisive role in the composer’s choice of instrumentation.

REVIEWS:

As in Vol 1, Eschenbach relishes the music’s wild iconoclasm. Tempos are again lively and throughout he draws marvellous playing from the Kronberg Academy strings and Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra’s winds (the trumpet not least!) and percussion.

– Gramophone

Have I mentioned that these are some of Hindemith’s most wonderful pieces? They combine the brash gestures of his early, avant-garde period with the serious, neo-Baroque elements of his later music—one can hear him changing from 1922 to 1927 in these seven pieces—several of the slow movements approach the meditative depths of his “Mathis der Maler” Symphony. I still recommend the Chailly set as a first choice, but Hindemith fanciers will want this one too.

– Fanfare