Composer: Alban Berg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schönberg, Alexander von Zemlinsky
Performer: Eric Le Sage, Zvi Plesser, Daishin Kashimoto, Paul Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA588
Release: 2020
Size: 1.85 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Korngold: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 1
01. I. Allegro non troppo, con espressione
02. II. Scherzo (Allegro)
03. III. Larghetto
04. IV. Finale (Allegro molto e energico)
Zemlinsky: Trio in D Minor for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Op. 3
05. I. Allegro ma non troppo
06. II. Andante
07. III. Allegro
CD 02
01. Mahler: Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
02. Mahler: Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (Kindertotenlieder)
03. Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
04. I. Mäßig
05. II. Sehr Langsam
06. III. Sehr Rasch
07. IV. Langsam
08. Berg: Adagio – 2nd movement of the Chamber Concert
09. Schönberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9
Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Zvi Plesser and Éric Le Sage, who have been close musical partners for years, joined forces once again at the Salon de Provence Chamber Music Festival to record this programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century. The most famous and innovative of these are represented: Schoenberg with his Kammersymphonie no.1, Mahler with two lieder transcribed for flute and piano, Zemlinsky’s Clarinet Trio and several pieces by Berg. A programme that encapsulates both the exhaustion of a bygone Romantic age and the avant-garde promises of a modern world still to be built.