Composer: Adolf Busch
Performer: Yasushi Ideue, Bettina Beigelbeck, Busch Kollegium Karlsruhe
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0085
Release: 2013
Size: 351 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Duet No. 1 for Violin and Clarinet in B-Flat Major, Op. 26a
01. I. Introduzione. Vivace ma non troppo
02. II. Tema con variazioni. Tempo di Menuetto
03. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Suite in F Major, Op. 62a
04. I. Praeludium. Molto adagio
05. II. Fuge
06. III. Andante tranquillo ma sempre un poco grazioso
07. IV. Scherzo. Vivace assai
08. V. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Seven Bagatelles, Op. 53a
09. No. 1. Adagio e espressivo
10. No. 2. Allegro comodo e un poco scherzando
11. No. 3. Vivace assai
12. No. 4. Tranquillo
13. No. 5. Molto adagio
14. No. 6. Moderato, ma con spirito e scherzando
15. No. 7. Grazioso e capriccioso, ma non tropo presto
Serenade in A Major, Op. 53b
16. I. Allegro con spirito ma non troppo presto
17. II. Larghetto
18. III. Intermezzo. Andante sostenuto
19. IV. Allegretto amabile e grazioso
20. Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 53c
21. Romanze, Op. 53d
22. Humoreske in A Major, BoO 15
Adolf Busch (1891–1952) enjoys a reputation as one of the greatest of all violinists: his recordings of Beethoven with the Busch Quartet have never been surpassed. By contrast, Busch as a creative figure is almost unknown, but he was also one of the major composers of his day, equally natural as contrapuntist and melodist, with a style that owed much to his boyhood idol, Max Reger.
Part of the neglect is Busch’s own fault: always a man of principle, he sacrificed his career as both violinist and composer with his dignified refusal to perform or be performed in Nazi Germany.
This CD of his lyrical writing for clarinet, the first in a series of recordings of Busch’s light-filled chamber music, is part of the rediscovery of one of the leading musicians of his day.