℗ 2023 Meridian Records
Released | 2023 |
Duration | 1h 08m 06s |
Record Label | Meridian Records |
Catalogue No. | CDE85666 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano Op. 120 & Op. 7
Dorothea Vogel, John Thwaites
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2
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1.1
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I. Allegro amabile
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
8:33 | |||
1.2
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II. Allegro appassionato
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
5:09 | |||
1.3
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III. Andante con moto - Allegro non troppo
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
7:11 | |||
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1
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1.4
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I. Allegro appassionato
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
7:36 | |||
1.5
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II. Andante, un poco Adagio
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
4:37 | |||
1.6
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III. Allegretto grazioso
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
4:25 | |||
1.7
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IV. Vivace
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
5:42 | |||
Violin Sonata G Major, Op. 78
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1.8
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I. Vivace ma non troppo (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Riebl/Vogel)
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
9:48 | |||
1.9
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II. Adagio (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Riebl/Vogel)
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
6:56 | |||
1.10
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III. Allegro molto moderato (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Riebl/Vogel)
Johannes Brahms; BRAHMS; Dorothea Vogel; John Thwaites |
8:09 |
Why another recording of the Brahms Sonatas?
In his book After the Golden Age, Kenneth Hamilton takes a swipe at half-baked approaches to Historically Informed Performance Practice:
"Some modern players of nineteenth-century pianos seem to feel uncomfortable with certain performance practices associated with the era. It is surprising how many award themselves a gold star for using historical instruments on recordings (sometimes chronologically bizarre ones) but steadfastly ignore the improvisation, unmarked arpeggiation of chords, and tempo flexibility that was such an important feature of much romantic performance practice."
A similar swipe at string players might award only muted approbation for the use of gut strings if divorced from a varied use of vibrato and bow vibrato coupled to an enthusiastic embracing of vocal portamenti.
Dorothea Vogel and John Thwaites adopt a radically revisionist tone in these recordings, believing that both piano and string playing in the closing decades of the nineteenth century differed significantly from today's norms. They are indebted to the work of Professor Emeritus Clive Brown and the work that he and his colleagues have done for the Bärenreiter Brahms edition.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Meridian Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.64 -3.22 to -1.13 | -24.66 -26.39 to -21.94 | -21.66 -23.50 to -19.20 | 14 13 to 15 | |
1 | I. Allegro amabile | -1.57 | -26.39 | -23.5 | 15 |
2 | II. Allegro appassionato | -1.52 | -25.29 | -22.4 | 14 |
3 | III. Andante con moto - Allegro non troppo | -1.83 | -24.42 | -21.3 | 14 |
4 | I. Allegro appassionato | -1.32 | -24.89 | -21.8 | 15 |
5 | II. Andante, un poco Adagio | -1.13 | -24.13 | -21.0 | 15 |
6 | III. Allegretto grazioso | -1.34 | -21.94 | -19.2 | 13 |
7 | IV. Vivace | -1.46 | -24.93 | -21.7 | 14 |
8 | I. Vivace ma non troppo (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Riebl/Vogel) | -3.22 | -25.72 | -22.7 | 14 |
9 | II. Adagio (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Riebl/Vogel) | -1.66 | -26.36 | -23.4 | 14 |
10 | III. Allegro molto moderato (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Riebl/Vogel) | -1.35 | -22.51 | -19.6 | 14 |