Lydia Artymiw - Lydia Artymiw Plays Brahms (2013)

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Artist: Lydia Artymiw
Title: Lydia Artymiw Plays Brahms
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 54:21
Total Size: 167 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Sarabande in B Minor, WoO 5 posth. (03:01)
2. I. Sarabande In A Minor, WoO Posthum 5, No. 1 (02:35)
3. II. Gavotte I In A Minor, WoO Posthum 3, No. 1 (01:15)
4. III. Gavotte II In A Major, WoO Posthum 3, No. 2 (01:55)
5. IV. Gigue In A Minor, WoO Posthum 4, No. 1 (02:10)
6. No. 4. Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (02:37)
7. No. 5. Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele (02:12)
8. No. 8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (03:43)
9. No. 9. Herzlich tut mich verlangen (01:17)
10. No. 10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen (02:47)
11. No. 11. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (03:27)
12. 25 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (27:17)

A fascinating disc that underlines the impact that his study of baroque music had on Brahms. The five dances in baroque forms that open the recital are already filled with melodic and pianistic ideas that Brahms would later exploit (spot which two chamber works Brahms re-used themes in!). And the Busoni transcriptions of six of the chorale preludes, which Brahms wrote in the year of his death – hark back to the same forms. In between are the Handel variations, played with a lucidity and lyricism that make the connections to the music of an earlier age all the clearer. In short, not just a highly entertaining disc, but one that gives a fascinating insight into Brahms as a composer.

R Conroy

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