Brahms: Double Concerto & Clara Schumann: Piano Trio

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The finale [of the Brahms] is the most successful part of the performance, with buoyancy in the Hungarian-flavoured rondo theme, and contrast projected but not overdone in the episodes...Clara... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 4th Nov 2022
Catalogue No: 19658741102
Label: Sony
Length: 60 minutes

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Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Work length35:15

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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pablo Ferrández
Manfred Honeck

I. Allegro

Track length18:23

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II. Andante

Track length8:03

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$1.70

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III. Vivace non troppo

Track length8:49

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Schumann, Clara: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Work length25:29

$5.20

$6.80

$8.00

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pablo Ferrández, Lambert Orkis (piano)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:40

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II. Scherzo - Tempo di menuetto - Trio

Track length4:29

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III. Andante

Track length4:17

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$1.70

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IV. Allegretto

Track length7:03

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An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers for this major new concerto release on Sony Classical. First joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández – a musical team for many years, united by friendship, inspiration and mentorship, is now available as a double vinyl LP and single CD.

The album includes Brahms’s Double Concerto (live recording, Prague, January 2022) with the Czech Philharmonic and conductor Manfred Honeck. The Concerto is a chamber work with symphonic impact: a piece built on confrontation at whose heart lies the most beautiful expression of love from musicians entwined in an embrace.

Another piece on the album is Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio (studio recording, September 2021) with pianist, long-term collaborator, and friend Lambert Orkis, which is the first recording of this piece by a major artist. For Anne-Sophie Mutter diversity also played an important role in the repertoire selection to also highlight a female composer neglected by music history. Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio of 1846 is one of her finest works – a piece full of turbulence, complexity and deep longing that brought Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis to unprecedented depths of musical conversation.

According to Anne-Sophie Mutter Brahms and Clara Schumann go hand in hand. “Both adored each other artistically and Johannes Brahms often asked her advice”. Their human and artistic relationship tied them together and inspired them.

Anne-Sophie Mutter discovered the Spanish cellist’s extraordinary talent early on. Described by her as “someone truly special” the world star violinist invited him in 2018 into her foundation and circle of “Mutter’s Virtuosi”, young talents she supports and tours with. Since then, Pablo Ferrández has made himself a name on his own, developed into a sought-after, award-winning soloist home at the world’s most prestigious concert halls.

As one of the greats of the classical music world since her childhood collaborations with Hebert von Karajan, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter needs no introduction. Alongside her superlative musicianship and standing, she has always sought to help and support new generations of string players – and to advance her own ability to communicate through the violin.

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Christmas 2022

The finale [of the Brahms] is the most successful part of the performance, with buoyancy in the Hungarian-flavoured rondo theme, and contrast projected but not overdone in the episodes...Clara Schumann has a better ride...There’s an urgency to the turbulent first movement, generating excitement but allowing for plenty of felicitous touches in phrasing and attack.

March/April 2023

[Double Concerto] they make a spectacular pair of soloists once you adapt to such an ardent rhapsodic style...The unanimity of tone and phrasing being achieved is startling. I was willing to be thrilled, and that’s what happened.

Brahms: Double Concerto & Clara Schumann: Piano Trio

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