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Martin Fröst plays Brahms

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Catalogue numberBIS-2063 SACD
Release date2014-05-01
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000Hz/44100Hz
Total time78:55

Janine Jansen appears courtesy of Decca Classics

Track 1-10 96000Hz, Track 11-14 44100Hz

“Audiophiles Highlight des Monats”, Stereo
5 diapasons, Diapason

“You will not find another artist who plays these works with any more secure technique, honeyed tone, seamless phrasing, and sheer musical eloquence than Martin Fröst, and his ensemble partners in this enterprise are his coequals in every way. ... Urgently recommended.” Fanfare

Johannes Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet is core repertoire, not just for clarinettists but also in the entire chamber music genre. As such, it has been on Martin Fröst’s ‘to-be-recorded list’ for a long time, and when he gathered a dream-team of string players for a concert in Stockholm in February 2013, it was the perfect opportunity for BIS to organize a recording session. Brahms’s Quintet was written in 1891 by a composer who only a year previously had renounced composing, but whose creative urge had been reawakened by his encounter with the leading clarinettist of the time, Richard Mühlfeld. Some 120 years later, Fröst – one of today’s most highly regarded musicians and the recipient of the 2014 Sonning Prize – steps into Mühlfeld’s shoes, in the company of Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov and Torleif Thedéen. As a complement to this substantial work – with a duration of almost 35 minutes – Martin Fröst has transcribed six much-loved songs by Brahms, performing them with his chamber music partner of long standing, the eminent pianist Roland Pöntinen. The songs, composed between 1866-1886, range from high lyricism (Die Mainacht) to bitter-sweet nostalgia (Wie Melodien…), via the humourous Vergebliches Ständchen. To these new recordings has been added a substantial ‘bonus’ – Martin Fröst’s performance with Pöntinen and Thedéen of the Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, which Brahms composed for Mühlfeld in the same year as the quintet. Originally released in 2005, the recording of the Trio received a warm welcome, including an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, as well as a ‘Disc of the Month’ on website ClassicsToday.com.
 
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  Composer: Brahms, Johannes
  Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 37:24
01 I. Allegro 12:37 $ 3.03 USD
02 II. Adagio – Più lento 11:08 $ 2.67 USD
03 III. Andantino – Presto non assai, ma con sentimento 04:34 $ 1.10 USD
04 IV. Con moto 09:05 $ 2.18 USD
 
  Six Songs, transcribed by Martin Fröst for clarinet and piano 15:17
05 Die Mainacht, Op.43 No.2 03:32 $ 0.85 USD
06 Mädchenlied, Op.107 No.5 01:31 $ 0.36 USD
07 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op.105 No.2 03:12 $ 0.77 USD
08 Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op.105 No.1 02:09 $ 0.52 USD
09 Vergebliches Ständchen, Op.84 No.4 01:31 $ 0.36 USD
10 Feldeinsamkeit, Op.86 No.2 03:22 $ 0.81 USD
 
  Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Piano and Cello, Op.114 24:16
11 I. Allegro 07:48 $ 1.87 USD
12 II. Adagio 07:39 $ 1.84 USD
13 III. Andantino grazioso 04:24 $ 1.06 USD
14 IV. Allegro 04:25 $ 1.06 USD
 
  Album total 78:55
ComposerBrahms, Johannes
ClarinetFröst, Martin
ViolinBrovtsyn, Boris
Jansen, Janine
ViolaRysanov, Maxim
CelloThedéen, Torleif
PianoPöntinen, Roland

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