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Keymer: Max Bruch – Piano Works (FLAC)

Keymer: Max Bruch - Piano Works (FLAC)

Composer: Max Bruch
Performer: Christof Keymer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555258-2
Release: 2021
Size: 286 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Schwedische Tänze, Op. 63 Heft I
01. No. 1, Einleitung. Langsam. Sehr mäßig
02. No. 2, Ruhig bewegt
03. No. 3, Frisch
04. No. 4, Langsam, nicht schleppend
05. No. 5, Ziemlich schnell
06. No. 6, Langsam, nicht schleppend
07. No. 7, Lebhaft

Schwedische Tänze Op. 63, Heft II
08. No. 8, Sehr mäßig
09. No. 9, Lebhaft
10. No. 10, Frisch, nicht zu schnell
11. No. 11, Sehr mäßig
12. No. 12, Langsam, nicht schleppend
13. No. 13, Sehr mäßig. Schnell
14. No. 14, Gehend, ruhig bewegt
15. No. 15, Sehr mäßig

2 Klavierstücke, Op. 14
16. No. 1, Romanze
17. No. 2, Phantasiestück

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
18. II. Adagio (Version for Piano)

Die Loreley, Op. 16
19. Einleitung (Version for Piano)

6 Klavierstucke, Op. 12
20. No. 1, Andante sostenuto
21. No. 2, Andante con moto
22. No. 3, Impromptu. Allegretto
23. No. 4, Moderato
24. No. 5, Walzer. Grazioso
25. No. 6, Andante con larghezza

Achilleus, Op. 50 (Version for Piano)
26. Erste Fanfare
27. Ringkämpfer
28. Zweite Fanfare
29. Wagenrennen
30. Dritte Fanfare
31. Die Sieger

Over the course of his life Max Bruch often made uncomplimentary remarks about the piano as an instrument – even though he himself was an outstanding and successful pianist. On the whole it was not until his later years that increasing occupation with the piano could be observed in his compositions. His late chamber music with the piano and the Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra may be understood as a return to this instrument. The selection of piano works recorded here by the pianist Christof Keymer demonstrates beyond any doubt Bruch’s mastery in the compositional treatment of the piano and its special resources. Here we find a cosmos of romantic emotional worlds that in Bruch’s hands produce original, unique tones. This very personal treatment of piano sound, melodic invention, and melodic leading shows us Bruch as a great composer personality. The transcriptions almost incidentally reveal his great command of the tonal transformation of the originals, while many virtuoso elements in turn have a signature that is very much Bruch’s own. All the piano works have in common Bruch’s love of melody, which was his creed as a composer.

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