Composer: Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Performer: Daniel Müller-Schott, Herbert Schuch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orfeo
Catalogue: C240221
Release: 2022
Size: 1.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
01. I. Allegro agitato
02. II. Andante molto tranquillo
03. III. Allegro
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45 (Transcr. D. Müller-Schott for Cello & Piano)
04. I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
05. II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza
06. III. Allegro animato
07. Intermezzo in A Minor, Eg 115
5 Songs, Op. 26 (Transcr. D. Müller-Schott for Cello & Piano)
08. No. 3, Den ærgjerrige. Allegro agitato
6 Songs, Op. 4 (Transcr. D. Müller-Schott for Cello & Piano)
09. No. 1, Den forældreløse. Andante moderato e doloroso
5 Songs, Op. 70 (Transcr. D. Müller-Schott for Cello & Piano)
10. No. 2, Jeg lever et liv i længsel. Allegro molto agitato
5 Songs, Op. 69 (Transcr. D. Müller-Schott for Cello & Piano)
11. No. 3, Ved moders grav. Lento funebre
6 Romances, Op. 39 (Transcr. D. Müller-Schott for Cello & Piano)
12. No. 2, Dulgt kjærlighed. Lento
Edvard Grieg, arguably the most popular composer ever to emerge from the Scandinavian peninsula, made substantial contributions to the chamber music canon with his Violin Sonatas rather than with his works for cello: only one Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 36 was written for this line-up.
Daniel Müller-Schott, always driven to expand the musical repertoire for his instrument and with a keen sense of transcriptions, for this all-Grieg album – which is his 20th album on the label Orfeo – hence transcribed and recorded for the first time the Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 45 No. 3, for the cello.
Accompanied by his long-standing duo-partner Herbert Schuch on piano, the short Intermezzo in A minor (EG 115) guides us to the second part of the album, where the duo presents selected songs of various characters transcribed for cello and piano.