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Brahms, Schubert in Bloomington, MN
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This 2024 release by pianist
Jean-Jacques Kantorow
, which made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of that year, completes a cycle of the three
Brahms
piano sonatas; the
C major
piece heard here, although designated as
Op. 1
, was not the first one composed, but all were early works. In the motivic fecundity of its opening material, it is very much
, but it has a big, public-facing quality not heard much elsewhere in
' piano music except in the two concertos.
was clearly trying to make a splash with this ambitious four-movement work, and
Kantorow
captures the excitement and the impression it made on
Schumann
and others. Hear the way he brings off the rhythmic exuberance of the finale. Throughout,
has made excellent choices in filling out his
programs, and so it is here.
Schubert
's
Fantasy in C major, D. 760 ("Wanderer Fantasy")
, is not an early work, but it is once again a piece on a large canvas and one of the most Beethovenian things
ever composed. It is as if -- having written most of his music for a small circle of cognoscenti -- the composer sensed that he was on the verge of public success.
plays up the tumultuous rhythmic accents that occur at various places in the work, especially in the Presto third movement; in that movement, hear the subtle treatment of the point where the Viennese-melody second theme emerges out of the rhythmic thicket. For an intermezzo, there are some wonderfully charismatic readings of
Liszt
transcriptions of
songs; listen to
Am Meer
, and one will be put in mind of what it must have been like to hear
himself in lyrical mode. The sound here is a well-executed mix of studio and live recordings, all from the Salle de Musique in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and it meshes well with what is, in all respects, an impressive performance. ~ James Manheim
Jean-Jacques Kantorow
, which made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of that year, completes a cycle of the three
Brahms
piano sonatas; the
C major
piece heard here, although designated as
Op. 1
, was not the first one composed, but all were early works. In the motivic fecundity of its opening material, it is very much
, but it has a big, public-facing quality not heard much elsewhere in
' piano music except in the two concertos.
was clearly trying to make a splash with this ambitious four-movement work, and
Kantorow
captures the excitement and the impression it made on
Schumann
and others. Hear the way he brings off the rhythmic exuberance of the finale. Throughout,
has made excellent choices in filling out his
programs, and so it is here.
Schubert
's
Fantasy in C major, D. 760 ("Wanderer Fantasy")
, is not an early work, but it is once again a piece on a large canvas and one of the most Beethovenian things
ever composed. It is as if -- having written most of his music for a small circle of cognoscenti -- the composer sensed that he was on the verge of public success.
plays up the tumultuous rhythmic accents that occur at various places in the work, especially in the Presto third movement; in that movement, hear the subtle treatment of the point where the Viennese-melody second theme emerges out of the rhythmic thicket. For an intermezzo, there are some wonderfully charismatic readings of
Liszt
transcriptions of
songs; listen to
Am Meer
, and one will be put in mind of what it must have been like to hear
himself in lyrical mode. The sound here is a well-executed mix of studio and live recordings, all from the Salle de Musique in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and it meshes well with what is, in all respects, an impressive performance. ~ James Manheim
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