Gernsheim: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4

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Release Date: 9th Jul 2012
Catalogue No: 94403
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Gernsheim: Introduction & Allegro appassionato, Op. 38

Work length11:29

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

Gernsheim: Violin Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4

Work length17:22

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

I. Andante con moto - Più lento

Track length6:16

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II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length5:28

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III. Allegro

Track length5:38

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Gernsheim: Violin Sonata No. 2 in C, Op.50

Work length26:37

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

I. Allegro moderato

Track length11:51

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II. Andante sostenuto

Track length7:44

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III. Allegro energico

Track length7:02

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Gernsheim: Fantasiestück, Op. 33

Work length11:09

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

Gernsheim: Violin Sonata No. 4 in G, Op. 85

Work length27:18

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

I. Allegro moderato assai

Track length11:31

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II. Andantino dolente

Track length9:29

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III. Allegro con brio

Track length6:18

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Gernsheim: Violin Sonata No. 3 in F, Op. 64

Work length32:32

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:24

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II. Allegro agitato

Track length6:31

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III. Andante molto espressivo

Track length9:30

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IV. Moderato e sempre cantabile

Track length8:07

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Gernsheim: Andante

Work length6:33

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Stefan Kirpal, Andreas Kirpal

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The music of the German composer, conductor, performer and musical director, Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), unlike his more successful contemporaries, Camille Saint-Saëns and Max Bruch, has never achieved the popularity that its quality merits. Although his compositions display the intelligence, discipline and complexity of his great friend and inspiration, Johannes Brahms, Gernsheim’s music fell out of fashion after his death, as avant-garde composers ushered in a new style that overshadowed his Romantic masterpieces.

However, as this excellent new recording of music for violin and piano demonstrates, Gernsheim’s decline in popularity is even more surprising when his music is considered. Spanning his entire musical career, the 2-disc set traverses youthful promise (the early Andante, composed when he was just 14 years old), energetic virtuosity (Introduction and Allegro appassionato), yearning beauty (Violin Sonata No.1), and mature, masterful control of artistic means (Violin Sonata No.4).

All the while, Gernsheim’s skill as both a violinist and a virtuoso pianist can be felt, given ample expression by the duo of brothers Stefan and Andreas Kirpal, whose perfectly matched techniques and timbres combine to create a recording of finesse and polish.

Gernsheim: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4

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