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Sunday, January 27, 2019

Paul Hindemith - Kammermusik (Riccardo Chailly)


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Composer: Paul Hindemith

CD1:
  • (01) Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 24 No. 1 (for 12 instruments)
  • (05) Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24 No. 2 (for wind quintet)
  • (10) Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36 No. 1 (Piano Concerto)
  • (14) Kammermusik No. 3, Op. 36 No. 2 (Cello Concerto)
CD2:
  • (01) Kammermusik No. 4, Op. 36 No. 3 (Violin Concerto)
  • (06) Kammermusik No. 5, Op. 36 No. 4 (Viola Concerto)
  • (10) Kammermusik No. 6, Op. 46 No. 1 (Concerto for for viola d'amore & chamber orchestra)
  • (14) Kammermusik No. 7, Op. 46 No. 2 (Concerto for for organ & chamber orchestra)

Ronald Brautigam, piano
Lynn Harrell, cello
Konstanty Kulka, violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Norbert Blume, viola d'amore
Leo van Doeselaar, organ

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Date: 1992/2003
Label: Decca
https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4737222


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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

For those of you who missed this remarkable set the first time around, I offer this Brief History of Hindemith's Kammermusik 1-7 on CD. First, back in ancient times, there was a terrific set of LPs (on what then was Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) featuring performances by Ensemble 13 Baden-Baden. It was never released on CD--despite the fact that it has by far the best sounding siren at the conclusion of Kammermusik 1--and it always was very difficult to find in any but the most hard-core classical shops. It was not until the 1990s that the new technology caught up with these inventive, witty, caustic, and always entertaining works with the release of all seven, variously performed by Ensemble Modern (RCA), Concerto Amsterdam (Teldec), and the present set on Decca. Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic followed a bit later with two single discs issued by a seemingly embarrassed EMI with as little fanfare as humanly possible.

Now this being modern music, and these being "major" labels, it goes without saying that these recordings had a shelf-life of about 15 minutes, assuming that they were ever made available here in the USA. Riccardo Chailly's set was, and by general consent it is considered to be the finest of the lot. Of course it helps to have the likes of pianist Ronald Brautigam, cellist Lynn Harrell, violinist Konstanty Kulka, and violist Kim Kashkashian to do the solo turns; but the real stars of the show are the wonderfully gifted and cultured musicians of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, who make Hindemith's most gawky counterpoint and acerbic harmony sound inevitable, graceful, and fluent.

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/hindemith-kammermusik
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Oct03/Paul_HINDEMITH_kammer.htm
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/l/lon73722a.php
https://www.amazon.com/Hindemith-Kammermusik-Concertos-Nos-Chailly/dp/B00008MLTZ

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Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. Hindemith is among the most significant German composers of his time. His early works are in a late romantic idiom, and he later produced expressionist works, before developing his neoclassical style in the 1920s. Notable compositions include his song cycle Das Marienleben (1923) and opera Mathis der Maler (1938). Hindemith's most popular work, both on record and in the concert hall, is probably the Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, written in 1943.

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Riccardo Chailly (born 20 February 1953 in Milan) is an Italian conductor. He studied with Franco Ferrara and became assistant conductor to Claudio Abbado at La Scala at the age of 20. Chailly started his career as an opera conductor and gradually extended his repertoire to encompass symphonic music. He was chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1982-88), the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1988-2004), and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (2005-16). He is currently music director of La Scala (2015-) and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2016-). Chailly has an exclusive recording contract with Decca.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Chailly

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