Composer: Max Bruch
Performer: Philon Trio, David Dias da Silva, Adam Newman, Camilla Köhnken
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Release: 2020
Size: 572 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
8 Pieces, Op. 83
01. I. Andante
02. II. Allegro con moto
03. III. Andante con moto – Andante
04. IV. Allegro agitato
05. V. Rumänische Melodie (Andante)
06. VI. Nachtgesang (Andante con moto)
07. VII. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo
08. VIII. Moderato
Founded at the Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel, Switzerland, Philon Trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of David Dias da Silva on clarinet, Adam Newman on viola, and Camilla Köhnken on piano. It’s in the context of a residency at Canada’s Banff Center for Arts and Creativity that they recorded the excellent work 8 Pieces, Op. 83 by the German composer Max Bruch. Bruch was 72 in 1910 when he composed Acht Stücke Op. 83 for his son, Max Felix, already a professional clarinetist. Written in a late but conservative Romantic style, far removed from the language of Bruch’s contemporaries Stravinsky, Bartók, and Schoenberg, this work is deep, intense, passionate and intimate.