Anton Urspruch: Piano Concerto Op. 9 & Symphony Op. 14

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Whereas Brahms gives you a clear route map and sends you down the street singing, Urspruch meanders and, to be frank, stops well short of genius. The Scherzo is the best movement, while the vigorous... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2018 More…

Release Date: 29th Mar 2018
Catalogue No: 555194-2
Label: CPO
Length: 92 minutes

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Urspruch: Piano Concerto, Op. 9

Work length41:35

Album only

Oliver Triendl (piano)
North West German Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch
Recorded: 16-19 March 2009
Recording Venue: Herford, Schützenhof, Germany

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length22:09

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II. Andante - Lento e mesto

Track length6:47

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$1.30

III. Allegro - Tempo giusto

Track length12:39

$3.00

$3.85

Urspruch: Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 14

Work length50:35

$13.00

$16.75

North West German Philharmonic Orchestra
Marcus Bosch
Recorded: 12-16 December 2006
Recording Venue: Herford, Schützenhof, Germany

I. Allegro moderato e tranquillo

Track length15:24

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$5.15

II. Adagio espressivo

Track length13:06

$3.00

$3.85

III Scherzo

Track length7:00

$2.00

$2.60

IV. Allegro. Tempo ordinario

Track length15:05

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$5.15

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During his lifetime Anton Urspruch was an internationally highly regarded German representative of late romanticism. After his early death, however, he unfortunately was quickly forgotten. Apart from choral orchestral compositions and two pieces for violin and orchestra, Urspruch wrote only one symphony and one piano concerto, both of which, however, met with great recognition. The Piano Concerto op. 9, composed shortly prior to the symphony and in the same key of E flat major, has astonishingly little to do with Liszt and much to do with Brahms. Although the piano part is properly virtuosic and demands eminent talent on a thoroughly Lisztian level, the ambitiously designed work is actually more a symphony for piano and orchestra.

The instrumentation of his symphony is in principle of classical character and often pleasurably sonorous and also shares a certain predilection for the oboe with its model, and he too combines Beethovian texture and its frequent shifts of tempo with romantic emotion. The themes are oscillating and reflective, exhibit staying power, and intensify to dramatic upswings. A marvellous rediscovery!

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June 2018

Whereas Brahms gives you a clear route map and sends you down the street singing, Urspruch meanders and, to be frank, stops well short of genius. The Scherzo is the best movement, while the vigorous finale, with its nods to Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann, is the most arresting.

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