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Max Mandel (viola) Amelia Trio These youthful chamber works by Richard Strauss, not widely represented on disc, are filled with sparkling inventiveness and lyricism. Written at the age of thirteen, his charming Piano Trio No. 1 follows the models of Mozart and Beethoven, and the Piano Trio No. 2 of a year later ventures beyond these sophisticated foundations. Described by The Strad as ‘exemplary’, the award-winning Amelia Piano Trio is one of the most sought after ensembles of its generation. The Trio’s recording of works by John Harbison (8559243) was hailed for ‘performances as fantastic as the compositions themselves’ (allmusic.com). “A fascinating collection that casts light on Richard Strauss's early wunderkind period” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 **** “these are mainly the works of a young teenage boy...this CD will appeal to anyone looking in an unusual place for something tuneful and undemanding...
[the Amelia Trio] perform beautifully, with considerable style and great respect for Strauss's youth” MusicWeb International, January 2012 “ The Trios take Viennese classics as their models: the First, in A, sounds like Haydn until it reaches its finale, a swanky pastorale of considerable originality. The more homogeneous Second steers closer to Schubert, echoing his melodic beauty...Nice performances from the Amelia Trio” The Guardian, 13th October 2011 *** | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Strauss, R: | Festmarsch Ständchen in G major for piano quartet, Av 168 Arabischer Tanz Liebesliedchen, Op. 96 No. 1 Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 Das Schloß am Meere AV 92 Hochzeitpräludium AV 108 Enoch Arden Op. 38 Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 version for horn and piano Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, AV132 version for horn and two pianos Andante for Horn and Piano in C major Serenade in E flat major for Winds, Op. 7 version for piano Fugue for Piano, Op. 81 Gavotte for Piano Aus Italien, Op. 16 version for piano four hands Suite in B flat major, Op. 4 version for piano four hands Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8 version for violin and piano Allegretto in E Major, AV 149 Study in G Major, AV 141 "Daphne" Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18 Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6 Romance for cello & orchestra in F major, Op. 75 Variations on a Bavarian folksong (for string trio), TrV 109 Quartettsatz Es-Dur, AV211 String Quartet in A major, Op. 2 Five Piano Pieces Op. 3 Stimmungsbilder Op. 9 Piano Sonata Op. 5 Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 version for piano four hands Serenade in E flat major for Winds, Op. 7 version for piano four hands Parade-Marsch für Kavallerie No. 2, Op. 98 De Brandenburgsche Mars, AV 99 Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85 Piano Trio No. 1 in A major, AV 37 Romance for Clarinet and Orchestra, AV 61 version for clarinet and piano Romance for cello and piano in F Major, AV 75 Introduction, Theme and Variations for Horn and Piano, AV52 Piano Trio No. 2 in D major, AV 53 Königsmarsch in E flat, AV100 Parade-Marsch für Kavallerie No. 1, Op. 98 |
Richard Strauss was supremely a composer for the orchestra, and of opera and songs, but in his earlier years he wrote a large amount of chamber music. The young Strauss was heavily influenced by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, and it was only later that he fell under the spell of Wagner and composed the operas and programme music for which he is best known. This splendid 9-CD set of Richard Strauss’ complete chamber music encompasses a huge range of genres for a variety of instruments. Strauss’ chamber output includes solo works and miniatures, duets, trios and quartets through to concertos, symphonies and melodrama, a once-popular genre that married music with the speaking voice. Early works of note include the mellifluous String Quartet in A Op.2, some of whose themes are modelled on Mozart, and the joyous Serenade in E flat, heard here as a piano solo, already exhibiting the lush textures that were typical of the composer. The Fugue for piano, demonstrates Strauss’ increasing command of intricate counterpoint. Another major work is the Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.11, the first concerto with which Strauss really made his mark, and where his genius is really starting show with its bravura and freedom from traditional formal constraints. With his last major chamber work, the Violin Sonata in E flat, we can almost find the mature Strauss. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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