Bruch - Symphonies, Concerto for 2 Pianos, etc | EMI - Gemini 2643562

Bruch - Symphonies, Concerto for 2 Pianos, etc

Label: EMI - Gemini

Cat No: 2643562

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 2nd March 2009

Contents

Artists

Nathan Twining (piano)
Martin Berkofsky (piano)
Gurzenich-Orchester Kolner Philharmoniker
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

James Conlon
Antal Dorati

Works

Bruch, Max

Concerto for 2 Pianos in A flat minor, op.88a
Klavierstucke (2), op.14
Klavierstucke (6), op.12
Symphony no.1 in E flat major, op.28
Symphony no.2 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.3 in E major, op.51

Artists

Nathan Twining (piano)
Martin Berkofsky (piano)
Gurzenich-Orchester Kolner Philharmoniker
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

James Conlon
Antal Dorati

About

Max Bruch (1838-1920) was born in Cologne and is remembered mostly for his first Violin Concerto, written in 1868, and his Scottish Fantasy, also for Violin and orchestra, dating from 1880. His music, whilst it has echoes of Mendelssohn and Schumann, foreshadows Bruckner and the late German Romantics. It is therefore most useful to have a collection of his three symphonies to help us assess of the development of the Symphony in the later half of the nineteenth century.

The first dates from the same year as the famous Violin Concerto and was dedicated to Brahms, who was Bruch’s elder by five years, the second from four years later. The last had its premiere in 1882 in New York whilst the composer was nearing the end of an unhappy three years as music director of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society.

This set is completed by recordings making their first appearance on CD: the Concerto for two pianos which is believed to date from 1911 and two sets of piano works dating from when Bruch was in his early twenties.

CD1
- Symphony No.1 in E flat, Op.28
- Symphony No.2 in F minor, Op.36
Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker conducted by James Conlon
Recorded: IX.1992 (op.28) & III.1993 (op.36), Köln, Philharmonie

CD2
- Symphony No.3 in E, Op.51
Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker conducted by James Conlon
Recorded: VII.1993, Köln, Philharmonie

- Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, Op.88a
Nathan Twining (piano) & Martin Berkofsky (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati
Recorded: 23.XI.1973, Kingsway Hall, London

- Sechs Klavierstücke, Op.12
- Zwei Klavierstücke, Op.14
Martin Berkofsky (piano)
Recorded: 31.I & 1.II.1974, Los Angeles

Total Duration 78.40

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