Hamburg Chamber Players, Amadeus Chamber Musicians - Ferdinand Thieriot: Chamber Music, Vol. 1-3 (2012-2024) [Hi-Res]

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Ferdinand Thieriot: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
01. Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 20: I. Allegro con spirito
02. Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 20: II. Adagio
03. Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 20: III. Scherzo
04. Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 20: IV. Allegro con moto
05. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Theme
06. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 1
07. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 2
08. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 3
09. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 4
10. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 5
11. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 6
12. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 7
13. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 8
14. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 9
15. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 10
16. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 11
17. Theme and Variations, Op. 29: Variation 12
18. String Sextet in D Major: I. Allegro non troppo
19. String Sextet in D Major: II. Intermezzo
20. String Sextet in D Major: III. Adagio non troppo
21. String Sextet in D Major: IV. Allegro vivace

This is the first of a series of recordings that the Hamburg Chamber Players will be making for Toccata Classics, focussing on chamber music by neglected German Romantics. Ferdinand Thieriot (1836–1919) was, like Johannes Brahms, a student of Eduard Marxsen in Hamburg. Brahms remained a friend in later years – and indeed Thieriot’s music has a Brahmsian warmth and richness and overflows with memorable melodies. Thieriot’s music, the chamber works especially, was popular during his own lifetime but since his death in 1919 it has been totally forgotten – not least because the archives containing his manuscripts were taken to Leningrad after the Second World War. There the String Sextet was one of a number of manuscripts found floating in a flooded basement – it was lucky to survive. All three works here – the Piano Quintet, String Sextet and Theme and Variations for the unusual combination of two cellos and piano – are receiving their first recordings.

Ferdinand Thieriot: Chamber Music, Vol. 2
01. Quintet in G Major for Two Violins, Viola and Two Cellos: I. Allegro
02. Quintet in G Major for Two Violins, Viola and Two Cellos: II. Lento
03. Quintet in G Major for Two Violins, Viola and Two Cellos: III. Presto
04. Quintet in G Major for Two Violins, Viola and Two Cellos: IV. Allegro non troppo
05. 2 Adagios for Viola or Violoncello and Organ, Op. 41: No. 1, Adagio molto mesto
06. 2 Adagios for Viola or Violoncello and Organ, Op. 41: No. 2, Adagio ma non troppo
07. Four Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 28: No. 1, Quasi Andante
08. Four Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 28: No. 2, Tempo moderato
09. Four Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 28: No. 3, Andante           
10. Four Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 28: No. 4, Allegro
11. Larghetto for Viola and Organ
12. Suite for Three Cellos: I. Allegro giocoso
13. Suite for Three Cellos: II. Molto lento
14. Suite for Three Cellos: III. Tempo di Menuetto
15. Suite for Three Cellos: IV. Choral. Poco adagio

The Hamburg-born Ferdinand Thieriot (1838–1919) not only shared a teacher – Eduard Marxsen – with Brahms; both composers use a very similar musical language, one which is richly melodic and effortlessly contrapuntal. The musicologist Wilhelm Altmann wrote that ‘Thieriot’s chamber music is without exception noble and pure. He writes with perfect command of form and expression’ – as the works on this second Toccata Classics volume prove, in their exquisite balance of depth and beauty.

Ferdinand Thieriot: Chamber Music, Vol. 3
01. Piano Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: I. Allegro
02. Piano Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: II. Menuett, tempo moderato
03. Piano Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: III. Adagio
04. Piano Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: IV. Allegro con brio
05. Piano Quartet No. 4 in F Major: I. Allegro moderato
06. Piano Quartet No. 4 in F Major: II. Adagio
07. Piano Quartet No. 4 in F Major: III. Scherzo. Molto allegro
08. Piano Quartet No. 4 in F Major: IV. Grave - Allegro

The Hamburg-born Ferdinand Thieriot (1838–1919) not only shared a teacher – Eduard Marxsen – with Brahms; both composers use a very similar musical language, one which is richly melodic and effortlessly contrapuntal. The musicologist Wilhelm Altmann wrote that ‘Thieriot's chamber music is without exception noble and pure. He writes with perfect command of form and expression’ – as the works on this second Toccata Classics volume prove, in their exquisite balance of depth and beauty.

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