Isabel Gehweiler & Fiona Hengartner - Lieber Freund: Sonatas By Brahms, Rontgen & von Herzogenberg (2024) [24/96]

In 1874, Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) hosted a Brahms festival in Leipzig, where the two men became friends. Brahms (1833-1897) also met Julius Röntgen (1855-1932) there. Subsequently, the three men rubbed shoulders in what became known as the Brahms circle.

Brahms was a central figure in this professional and friendly network, from which he benefited in many ways. Between 1874 and 1892, he sent almost all his manuscripts to Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (1847-1892), his former piano pupil who married Heinrich von Herzogenberg. He took her advice most readily, along with that of the pianist and composer Clara Schumann, another leading figure in the circle. The group’s meetings allowed Brahms to try out works before they were premiered or published. In addition, Elisabeth von Herzogenberg’s exceptional memory and talent as a pianist enabled her to perform unpublished pieces she had heard, thus promoting their diffusion. This network was essential to Brahms’s recognition, but its role is little known as its members, dominated by ideas of genius and inspiration, blotted out the traces of their help to let their idol shine alone.

With this programme, Isabel Gehweiler and Fiona Hengartner shed light on the circle that played a decisive role in bringing Brahms into the repertoire but also produced other top-quality composers who had unjustly fallen into oblivion. Let us not forget that Joachim placed the works of Heinrich von Herzogenberg just after those of Brahms and believed that Röntgen could become one of the great masters in the history of music.

Tracklist:
01 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38_ I. Allegro non troppo
02 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38_ II. Allegretto quasi minuetto
03 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38_ III. Allegro
04 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56_ I. Moderato
05 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56_ II. Allegro con moto
06 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56_ III. Poco andante, teneramente
07 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56_ IV. Molto passionato e vivace
08 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 52_ I. Allegro
09 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 52_ II. Adagio
10 - Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 52_ III. Allegro moderato con variazioni


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