Viennese Transfigurations: Berg, Zemlinsky & Wally | Haenssler Classic HC22046

Viennese Transfigurations: Berg, Zemlinsky & Wally

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Label: Haenssler Classic

Cat No: HC22046

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 7th April 2023

Contents

Artists

Maxim Brilinsky (violin)
Stefan Neubauer (clarinet)
Bartosz Sikorski (double bass)
Johannes Piirto (piano)

Works

Berg, Alban

Chamber Concerto
» II Adagio (arr. Berg for violin, clarinet and piano)
Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (arr. Maxim Brilinsky)

Wally, Thomas

transfigurations (version for violin, clarinet, double bass and piano)

Zemlinsky, Alexander von

Cymbeline: Incidental Music
» Pieces (2) (arr. Maxim Brilinsky)

Artists

Maxim Brilinsky (violin)
Stefan Neubauer (clarinet)
Bartosz Sikorski (double bass)
Johannes Piirto (piano)

About

Three Vienna-born composers and four elective Viennese performers come together in four challenging and deeply layered compositions that span 120 years of Viennese musical history. The significance and impact of the works, however, radiate far beyond Vienna itself.

At the same time, the live recording also reflects a moment in contemporary history, as the concert, originally planned to take place before a live audience, eventually took place on 17 May 2021 solely as a streaming event at Vienna's Arnold Schoenberg Centre, due to the restrictions enforced by the COVID 19 pandemic.

The title of this recording, Viennese Transfigurations, is ambiguous. Three pieces are arrangements of earlier compositions for a quartet with the rather unusual line-up of violin, piano, clarinet and double bass, while the other was written for a trio of clarinet, violin and piano. Two arrangements are by the composers themselves, and two are by violinist Maxim Brilinsky. Each of the works has the facility to arouse the curiosity of the listeners right from the beginning, and all end softly.

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