NEW ON NAXOS | FEBRUARY 2024
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
Antoine BOHRER (1783–1852) Max BOHRER (1785–1867) Grande symphonie militaire 1 Violin Concerto 2 • Cello Concerto 3 Friedemann Eichhorn, Violin 1,2 • Alexander Hülshoff, Cello 1,3 Jena Philharmonic Orchestra • Nicolás Pasquet
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The Bohrer family produced a succession of distinguished musicians of whom the brothers Antoine, a violinist who studied with Rodolphe Kreutzer in Paris, and cellist Max were the most eminent. Their string quartet promoted Beethoven’s works and was much admired by Berlioz, who praised Antoine. They co-composed several works including the imposing Grande symphonie militaire included here, boldly virtuosic and laced with memorable themes. Antoine Bohrer’s Violin Concerto in E minor shares elements familiar from Paganini and is enhanced by Antoine’s sense of lyricism. Max’s Cello Concerto No. 1 , though economically scored, shows how quickly the cello had progressed as a solo instrument in the early 19th century. Key Features: • Violinist Friedemann Eichhorn ’s Naxos recordings of Pierre Rode’s violin concertos with conductor Nicolás Pasquet have received high critical praise. ‘Friedemann Eichhorn deserves much credit and gratitude for having taken on a project that no other violinist has been willing to touch, and to acquit himself with such glory in works that test the player to the limits. What amazes me about these performances is not that Eichhorn manages to play all of the notes at tempo, in time, and in tune, but that he does so with exceptional beauty of tone’ ( Fanfare on 8.573474). • He has also recorded Friedrich Valentin Hermann’s violin works on 8.572066. This album also contained works by Johann Paul Eichhorn where the violinist is joined by the cellist on the current album, Alexander Hülshoff . Of this album: ‘Naxos’ vividly recorded (close, with a minimum of obscuring reverberation) programme should appeal to those who delight in surfing the violin’s repertoire, to those who enjoy this kind of predominantly lightweight fare, and to those who simply wish to be astonished. Strongly recommended to them, but generally recommended to everyone else as well’ ( Fanfare ). • Eichhorn and Hülshoff also star in a violin-cello disc of music by Servais and other French works on 8.572188; this won a Fanfare Want List accolade: ‘Hülshoff and Eichhorn brilliantly capture this notion with their impeccable sense of balance, pristine and polished intonation… Their performance together is one that listeners will undoubtedly enjoy for both technical and musical merits’ ( AllMusic.com ).
8.574048 Release Date: 23 Feb 2024
Companion Titles – Other recordings featuring Friedemann Eichhorn and Nicolás Pasquet
8.573474
8.573054
8.572755
8.570767
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Béla BARTÓK (1881–1945) Piano Music, Vol. 9 Piano Sonata, Op. 19 Béla BARTÓK Sándor RESCHOFSKY (1887–1972) Zongoraiskola (‘Piano Method’) Goran Filipec, Piano
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Two important works dominate volume nine of this series. The first is Bartók’s substantial and ambitious late- Romantic Piano Sonata, Op. 19 , a very early work, composed when he was around 17 before his studies in Budapest. It was long considered lost and is heard in Goran Filipec’s performing edition, prepared from the manuscript. Zongoraiskola or ‘Piano Method’ was devised in collaboration with composer, pianist and teacher Sándor Reschofsky who contributed the exercises. Bartók’s 48 original pieces are perfectly formed and charmingly refined, allowing him an opportunity to explore his ideas of piano pedagogy. Key Features: • The performer on this volume is Goran Filipec whose album Paganini Studies (8.573458) was awarded the International Grand Prix du Disque F. Liszt by the Ferenc Liszt Society of Budapest. • He is well-known for his Grand Piano recordings: ‘Filipec is an exciting prospect and his programme is most valuable. What a pleasant change from the Brahms Variations are the Hambourg and Friedman Variations on the ubiquitous A minor Caprice’ ( Gramophone on GP769). • He has recorded four volumes in the Liszt Complete Piano Music series for Naxos. He has also recorded List’s Hungarian Rhapsody in his own performing edition on 8.573866: ‘Filipec’s up-tempo performances of the barn-burners – the Fantasia , the Rhapsodie espagnole , and Totentanz – have all the fire that the music calls for (glissandos, which Liszt hardly underutilises in this repertoire, are especially searing)’ ( Fanfare ). • The first seven volumes in this series were played by the late Jenő Jandó, one of the world’s most recorded and admired pianists. Volume 8 was played by Fülöp Ránki.
8.574420 Release Date: 23 Feb 2024
Companion Titles – Previous releases in the series
8.574340
8.573224
8.572376
8.557821-22
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