Walter Braunfels Vol. 1: World premiere recordings, recorded at Watford Colosseum, 15-17 April 2013

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Braunfels's style is big, Brahmsian and agreeable. The Concerto (1910) is fresh and lively, but the Schottische Phantasie (1932-33) is generally brooding. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Dec 2013
Catalogue No: CDLX7304
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch
Length: 75 minutes

Braunfels: Piano Concerto, Op. 21

Work length32:01

$5.50

$7.70

BBC Concert Orchestra

I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Cadenza

Track length12:56

$2.00

$2.80

II. Adagio

Track length7:52

$1.50

$2.10

III. Allegro

Track length11:13

$2.00

$2.80

Braunfels: Ariels Gesang, Op.18

Work length10:08

$1.50

$2.10

BBC Concert Orchestra
Johannes Wildner

Braunfels: Schottische Phantasie for Viola & Orchestra, Op. 47: Doppelt So Rasch - Allegretto Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Molto - Cadenza - Lebhaft

Work length33:19

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BBC Concert Orchestra

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German composer Walter Braunfels built a considerable reputation before the 1930s as composer, pianist and teacher. Since his death in 1954 his operas have been heard again, and Dutton Epoch now presents world premiere recordings of two remarkable concertos, for piano and viola. These are considerable discoveries: the Piano Concerto, Op.21, first performed in 1911, is notable for its sweeping cantilenas, vivid expression and orchestral colour. Victor Sangiorgio is authoritative in the demanding solo part. Over twenty years later came the Schottische Phantasie for Viola & Orchestra, Op.47, a large-scale viola concerto eloquently played by Sarah-Jane Bradley. The programme is completed by the Shakespeare-inspired miniature tone poem Ariels Gesang, Op.18.

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July 2014

Braunfels's style is big, Brahmsian and agreeable. The Concerto (1910) is fresh and lively, but the Schottische Phantasie (1932-33) is generally brooding.

May 2014

The present coupling...will delight readers attracted by expertly crafted late-Romantic fare, without dispelling the suspicion that Braunfels might have been a more interesting composer had he been prepared to admit a modicum of 'degeneracy'.

Walter Braunfels Vol. 1

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