Mirijam Contzen & Herbert Schuch - Zemlinsky, A. Von: Serenade in A Major - Brahms, J.: Violin Sonata No. 3 - Schubert, F.: Fantasy, Op. 159 (2007)

Tracklist

01. Serenade in A Major: I. Massig
02. Serenade in A Major: II. Langsam, mit grossem ausdruck
03. Serenade in A Major: III. Sehr schnell und leicht
04. Serenade in A Major: IV. Massiges Walzertempo
05. Serenade in A Major: V. Schnell
06. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934
07. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro
08. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio
09. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
10. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato



Each of these two instrumentalists has a highly successful solo career; together, however, they maintain a violin/piano duo that fascinates listeners with meticulously worked-out, highly intense interpretations. For their first CD together, Mirijam Contzen and Herbert Schuch have selected works of composers who resided in 19th century Vienna. Schubert, Brahms and Zemlinsky represent three different generations of Viennese musical life, each with its own distinctive character. Schubert’s great C Major Fantasie is hardly ever heard in as concentrated and masterful a version; seldom is the work’s musical substance formulated as urgently as by this duo, which plays so well together. Zemlinsky’s charming, early “Serenade” is a true rarity of the chamber music repertoire, and certainly unknown by most listeners.

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