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Gal / Kertesz / Briggs- Chamber Music 3 (CD)

SKU: 5060113444332
¥146.00
the album cover for Gal / Kertesz / Briggs - Chamber Music 3
the album cover for Gal / Kertesz / Briggs - Chamber Music 3

These five works, from three different stages of Hans Gál's long life (1890-1987), all show his consummate craftsmanship but are otherwise quite different in character. The passionate Piano Quartet (1914), downstream from Brahms and Dvorák, brings the grand gestures of Romanticism into the early twentieth century. The 1935 Sonatina in F major for violin and piano, recently rediscovered, and the three Sonatinas from 1956 put a premium on textural clarity and lyrical approachability; here the contrapuntal ingenuity, ceaseless thematic development, harmonic freedom and rhythmic unpredictability of Gál's language animate the music from within. Newcastle-born pianist Sarah Beth Briggs was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition at the age of eleven and studied with Denis Matthews and Edith Fischer. Katalin Kertesz is the leader of the Kertesz Quartet, with which she recently recorded the four string quartets by the nineteenth century Czech composer heinrich Wenzel Veit. Nichola Blakey, viola, enjoys a busy freelance career, giving performances across the UK. Cressida Nash, cello, is a founding member of Musicians South West.

Tracklist:

  1. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro Energico Un Poco Sostenuto
  2. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: II. Andante Con Moto
  3. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: III. Agitato
  4. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro Vivace
  5. Violin Sonatina No. 1 In G Major, Op. 71 No. 1: I. Allegretto
  6. Violin Sonatina No. 1 In G Major, Op. 71 No. 1: II. Tema Con Variazioni
  7. Violin Sonatina No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2: I. Allegro
  8. Violin Sonatina No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2: II. Cavatina
  9. Violin Sonatina No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2: III. Alla Marcia
  10. Violin Sonatina No. 3 In F Major, Op. 71 No. 3: I. Andantino
  11. Violin Sonatina No. 3 In F Major, Op. 71 No. 3: II. Alla Serenata
  12. Violin Sonatina No. 3 In F Major, Op. 71 No. 3: III. Rondo
  13. Violin Sonatina In F Major: I. Allegro Moderato
  14. Violin Sonatina In F Major: II. Lento Cantabile
  15. Violin Sonatina In F Major: III. Allegretto Giocoso
Format: New CD/Classical

Gal / Kertesz / Briggs- Chamber Music 3 (CD)

SKU: 5060113444332
¥146.00

Release Date: 04.20.2018

 
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These five works, from three different stages of Hans Gál's long life (1890-1987), all show his consummate craftsmanship but are otherwise quite different in character. The passionate Piano Quartet (1914), downstream from Brahms and Dvorák, brings the grand gestures of Romanticism into the early twentieth century. The 1935 Sonatina in F major for violin and piano, recently rediscovered, and the three Sonatinas from 1956 put a premium on textural clarity and lyrical approachability; here the contrapuntal ingenuity, ceaseless thematic development, harmonic freedom and rhythmic unpredictability of Gál's language animate the music from within. Newcastle-born pianist Sarah Beth Briggs was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition at the age of eleven and studied with Denis Matthews and Edith Fischer. Katalin Kertesz is the leader of the Kertesz Quartet, with which she recently recorded the four string quartets by the nineteenth century Czech composer heinrich Wenzel Veit. Nichola Blakey, viola, enjoys a busy freelance career, giving performances across the UK. Cressida Nash, cello, is a founding member of Musicians South West.

Tracklist:

  1. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro Energico Un Poco Sostenuto
  2. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: II. Andante Con Moto
  3. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: III. Agitato
  4. Piano Quartet In B-Flat Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro Vivace
  5. Violin Sonatina No. 1 In G Major, Op. 71 No. 1: I. Allegretto
  6. Violin Sonatina No. 1 In G Major, Op. 71 No. 1: II. Tema Con Variazioni
  7. Violin Sonatina No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2: I. Allegro
  8. Violin Sonatina No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2: II. Cavatina
  9. Violin Sonatina No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 2: III. Alla Marcia
  10. Violin Sonatina No. 3 In F Major, Op. 71 No. 3: I. Andantino
  11. Violin Sonatina No. 3 In F Major, Op. 71 No. 3: II. Alla Serenata
  12. Violin Sonatina No. 3 In F Major, Op. 71 No. 3: III. Rondo
  13. Violin Sonatina In F Major: I. Allegro Moderato
  14. Violin Sonatina In F Major: II. Lento Cantabile
  15. Violin Sonatina In F Major: III. Allegretto Giocoso