Various Composers - Vienne 1900 (Various Artists)

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CD1:

• (01) Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Piano Trio, Op. 1
• (05) Alexander Zemlinsky - Clarinet Trio in D minor, Op. 3

CD2:

• (01) Gustav Mahler - Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen
• (02) Gustav Mahler - Kindertotenlieder: Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur Ausgegangen
• (03) Alban Berg - Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 1
• (04) Alban Berg - Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier, Op. 5
• (08) Alban Berg - Kammerkonzert: Adagio
• (09) Arnold Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9 (arr. Anton Webern)

Daishin Kashimoto, violin

Emmanuel Pahud, flute

Paul Meyer, clarinet

Zvi Plesser, cello

Éric Le Sage, piano

Date: 2020

Label: Alpha

https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/vienne-1900-alpha588

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Review

The ‘Vienna 1900’ label needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, but the half-dozen composers represented here share the same Zeitgeist, and their lives were all interconnected. It was Mahler who recognised Korngold’s astonishingly precocious talent, and recommended him to be sent to study with Schoenberg’s brother-in-law, Zemlinsky. It’s almost impossible to believe that Korngold was only 12 years old when he composed his Piano Trio. It would be one thing if the music were merely derivative, but in fact its intensely chromatic style and its impassioned, febrile atmosphere are far in advance of anything to be found in Zemlinsky’s more restrained Clarinet Trio, composed in the year before Brahms died. Zemlinsky’s piece is ultimately the more satisfying, but the Korngold is well worth hearing, despite its undeniably weak finale.

Mahler is symbolically represented by two songs arranged for flute and piano. Much more substantial are the Berg items: the early single-movement Piano Sonata, the aphoristic Pieces for clarinet and piano Op. 5 and the composer’s own arrangement for clarinet, violin and piano of the slow movement from his Chamber Concerto. Webern’s transcription of the First Chamber Symphony by Schoenberg was made to supply additional repertoire for the latter’s five-piece Pierrot lunaire ensemble when he took the piece on tour. It’s skilfully done, but one sorely misses the sound of the horns which are such a vital ingredient of the original scoring. As you would expect from such a distinguished line-up of soloists, the performances are all first rate. An enterprising and rewarding venture.

-- Misha Donat, BBC Music Magazine

More reviews:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/vienne-1900-mw0003386659

https://theclassicreview.com/album-reviews/review-vienna-1900-le-sage-plesser-kashimoto-meyer-pahud/

https://www.amazon.com/Vienne-1900-Emmanuel-Pahud/dp/B088V7YL6H

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Emmanuel Pahud (born 27 January 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Franco-Swiss flute player. Classically trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, he leapt into the international orchestral and solo music scene when he joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992, and now shared the position of principal flutist. He plays in diverse music genres, whether baroque, jazz, contemporary, classical, orchestral, or chamber music. Though an enthusiastic consumer and commissioner of new music, the Berlin-based flutist is most known for his baroque and Classical flute repertory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Pahud
http://www.emmanuelpahud.net/

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Paul Meyer (born 1965 in Mulhouse, France) is a French clarinetist. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and at the Basler Musikhochschule. Meyer is possibly the most well-known contemporary solo clarinetist from France. He is known for his solo recordings on the Denon label, notably in collaborations with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Eric Le Sage. Meyer is a noted champion of new music for the clarinet and also the more obscure offerings of the traditional clarinet repertoire. He plays on a Buffet Crampon Divine model clarinet. Meyer has also served as a conductor for many orchestras.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Meyer_(clarinetist)

http://www.paulmeyer.fr/

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