Braunfels: Don Juan, Op. 34

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The performances make up in panache for what they lack in finesse. Markus L Frank drives both works hard, and the energy of Don Juan is particularly infectious. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016

Release Date: 31st Dec 2015
Catalogue No: C5250
Label: Capriccio
Length: 50 minutes

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Braunfels: Don Juan, Op. 34

Work length33:54

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Philharmonisches Orchester Theaters Altenburg-Gera
Markus L. Frank

I. Introduction & Theme

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II. Var. 1

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III. Var. 2

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IV. Var. 3

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V. Var. 4

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VI. Var. 5

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VII. Var. 6

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VIII. Var. 7

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Braunfels: Symphonic Variations on an Old French Nursery Song, Op. 15

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Philharmonisches Orchester Theaters Altenburg-Gera
Markus L. Frank

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Walter Braunfels was applauded as a pioneering representative of New Music. Leading conductors such as Hans Pfitzner, Ernst von Schuch, Bruno Walter, Arthur Nikisch and Wilhelm Furtwängler performed his orchestral works in major cities. But following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, as a 'half-Jew', even Braunfels lost all of his positions and was banned from either performing or having his works performed; his name was systematically deleted from musical literature and reference works. Written in a classicromantic style, Braunfels' 7-movement phantasmagoria “Don Juan” incorporates variations on themes and motifs from Mozart's opera “Don Giovanni”, which was premièred in 1787. He thus deliberately placed himself in the German classical-romantic traditions, which he sought to transfer to his 20th-century resources in compositional style. The work was premièred in 1924, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler.

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February 2016

The performances make up in panache for what they lack in finesse. Markus L Frank drives both works hard, and the energy of Don Juan is particularly infectious.

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