Berthold Damcke: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Chamber Works

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There is great give-and-take between the players [in Piano Trio No. 2], with pianist Michael Schäfer having lion’s share as the strings play with grace and energy... The minuetto [in Piano Trio... — The Strad, January 2023 More…

Release Date: 4th Nov 2022
Catalogue No: 555521-2
Label: CPO
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Damcke: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 48

Work length34:50

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Ilona Then-Bergh (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Michael Schafer (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length9:20

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II. Scherzo. Allegro molto

Track length6:33

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III. Andante

Track length9:55

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IV. Allegro vivace

Track length9:02

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Damcke: La demande, Op. 16

Work length6:29

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Michael Schafer (piano)

Damcke: Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 43

Work length25:14

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Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Michael Schafer (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length8:30

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II. Andante

Track length8:15

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III. Allegro molto vivace

Track length8:29

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Damcke: Piano Trio No. 1 in E Major, Op. 42

Work length29:30

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Ilona Then-Bergh (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Michael Schafer (piano)

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length7:53

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II. Minuetto

Track length4:53

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III. Larghetto espressivo

Track length8:32

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IV. Finale. Allegro molto vivace

Track length8:12

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Damcke: La veillée, Op. 38

Work length4:48

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Ilona Then-Bergh (violin), Michael Schafer (piano)

Damcke: Les saisons, Op. 30

Work length16:05

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Michael Schafer (piano)

I. En printemps

Track length3:08

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II. Une nuit d'eté

Track length3:52

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III. Chant d'automne

Track length3:04

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IV. En hiver

Track length6:01

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Damcke: 2 Morceaux de salon, Op. 39 (Version for Cello & Piano)

Work length11:10

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Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Michael Schafer (piano)

No. 1, Chant d'amour

Track length5:34

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No. 2, Berceuse

Track length5:36

$1.00

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First the discovery of his works in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, then the new edition of the chamber music works in the Kammermusikverlag from 2020 and finally the contact to the three performers who were very interested in recording these works. Thus, with these first recordings, some 160 years after the composition of these works, one can finally get a listening impression of the chamber music of Berthold Damcke: a German composer, pianist, conductor, music educator and critic, and newspaper correspondent. Born in Hanover, he studied theology and later music in Frankfurt am Main. In 1845 Damcke went to St. Petersburg. From 1859 he lived and worked in Paris, where he was a correspondent, among other things. The 2 piano trios at the center of this production are works that were very much heard in Paris at the time, or in its salons. The Revue et Gazette described the music as "the best chamber music". Liszt spoke of Damcke as one of the most sought-after composition teachers in Paris. Berlioz called him a "great musician, an artist." The recorded works are well worth rediscovering and performing.

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January 2023

There is great give-and-take between the players [in Piano Trio No. 2], with pianist Michael Schäfer having lion’s share as the strings play with grace and energy... The minuetto [in Piano Trio No. 1] has debonair opening, played with gentle and mellifluous sensitivity by cellist Wen-Sinn Yang.

Berthold Damcke: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Chamber Works

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