Herman Krebbers Edition
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4844651
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 15
Release Date: 22nd September 2023
Contents
Works
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV1043St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Symphony no.3
Duos (44) for two violins, Sz98
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123
Romance no.2 in F major for violin and orchestra, op.50
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Adagio and Rondeau in C minor, K617
Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Oboe Quintet in C minor, K406
Violin Concerto no.2 in D major, K211
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major, K218
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.6
Tzigane
Scheherazade, op.35
Danse macabre, op.40
Havanaise, op.83
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.28
Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Don Juan, op.20
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40
Romance for violin and strings, op.26
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42
Violin Concerto no.4 in D minor, op.31
Violin Concerto no.22 in A minor, G97
Artists
Herman Krebbers (violin)Marga Hoffgen (contralto)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Theo Olof (violin)
Judith De Munk-Gero (viola)
Karl Schouten (viola)
Jean Decroos (cello)
Tibor de Machula (cello)
Concertgebouworkest
Het Residentie Orkest
Conductors
Leonard BernsteinArpad Gerecz
Bernard Haitink
Eugen Jochum
Hein Jordans
Anton Kersjes
Kirill Kondrashin
Willem van Otterloo
Libor Pesek
Henk Spruit
David Zinman
Works
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV1043St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Symphony no.3
Duos (44) for two violins, Sz98
Missa solemnis in D major, op.123
Romance no.2 in F major for violin and orchestra, op.50
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Adagio and Rondeau in C minor, K617
Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Oboe Quintet in C minor, K406
Violin Concerto no.2 in D major, K211
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major, K218
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.6
Tzigane
Scheherazade, op.35
Danse macabre, op.40
Havanaise, op.83
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.28
Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Don Juan, op.20
Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40
Romance for violin and strings, op.26
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42
Violin Concerto no.4 in D minor, op.31
Violin Concerto no.22 in A minor, G97
Artists
Herman Krebbers (violin)Marga Hoffgen (contralto)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Theo Olof (violin)
Judith De Munk-Gero (viola)
Karl Schouten (viola)
Jean Decroos (cello)
Tibor de Machula (cello)
Concertgebouworkest
Het Residentie Orkest
Conductors
Leonard BernsteinArpad Gerecz
Bernard Haitink
Eugen Jochum
Hein Jordans
Anton Kersjes
Kirill Kondrashin
Willem van Otterloo
Libor Pesek
Henk Spruit
David Zinman
About
Around this time, Philips also recorded Krebbers in duo-violin repertoire with his fellow student and lifelong friend Theo Olof. The albums of Bartók Duos and the Double Concertos by Bach and Henk Badings are among several recordings in the collection receiving their first international appearance on CD in this collection, which also includes recordings of the Bruch and Dvořák concertos made in 1973, on the occasion of Krebbers's 40th anniversary as a soloist.
In 1962 Krebbers became leader of the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink, and went on to make celebrated second recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms concertos, as well as the taxing peaks of the 'concertmaster' repertoire, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben. The box also include the Benedictus from Beethoven's Missa solemnis, with its long and sublime solo-violin part, in two Concertgebouw recordings made in the 70s with Eugen Jochum and Leonard Bernstein, as well as 'Erbarme dich' from Bach's Matthäus-Passion also with Jochum. Krebbers brought to these parts a soloistic finesse and temperament which was central to the success of the interpretations as a whole.
Krebbers's parallel career as a chamber musician is represented by a Philips collection of Mozart, including the Oboe Quartet with Heinz Holliger. Further rarities in the set include a second, Swiss-made Bach 'Double' Concerto with Arthur Grumiaux, and a Dutch radio recording of Brahms's Double Concerto with the Concertgebouw's longstanding principal cellist, Tibor de Machula.
More than 40 years on from Krebbers's premature retirement after a boating accident, the aristocratic poise and golden warmth of tone to his playing retains its appeal. This comprehensive tribute features a survey of the violinist's career, and valuable behind-the-scenes insights into many of these recordings, by the Dutch writer Niek Nelissen.
"Herman Krebbers can hold centre stage very well. He plays Brahms with utterly luminescent tone, an aristocratic confidence in the face of technical hurdles, and a terraced shaping of phrases and dynamics that freshly confronts expressive meanings." - High Fidelity, April 1980 (Brahms - Haitink)
"The most satisfactory, natural, and realistic-sounding of all versions ... also the most magisterial, lucid, and illuminating interpretation, with the finest solo-violin playing by Herman Krebbers." - High Fidelity, June 1981 (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra)
"Certainly no violinist has ever realized the solo passages as graciously and as free from any taint of sentimentality as Herman Krebbers ... one of the Himalayan peaks of the all- time worldwide discography." - High Fidelity, December 1974 (R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra)
"An expansive, voluptuous, finely detailed approach ... [Krebbers] is absolutely attuned to this concept in his eloquent solos, his colleagues are all on top form, and everything fairly glows." - Stereo Review, December 1980 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade)
"Krebbers is ideally suited to the Bruch concerto: he has a first-rate technique, his tone is of the sweetest and in particular he can spin out a fine pianissimo without losing body or quality." - Gramophone
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