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Käbi Laretei - Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (1966/2019)

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Käbi Laretei - Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (1966/2019)

Käbi Laretei - Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis (1966/2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 256 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 124 Mb | 00:54:02
Classical | Label: Eloquence

A 20th-century counterpart to The Well-Tempered Clavier in a landmark recording, long unavailable, newly remastered.

Hindemith wrote Ludus tonalis in 1942 while staying the US as a refugee from Nazi Germany. The hour-long piano cycle itself finds refuge from conflict in the reassertion of the time-honoured value of counterpoint, comprising twelve fugues and interludes framed by a prelude and its mirror image as a postlude.

It’s a monument of modern keyboard literature whose forbidding reputation is belied by the approachable and highly varied nature of Hindemith’s writing. There is a unique authority to this recording made in October 1965 for the Philips label by the Estonian-Swedish pianist Kabi Laretei. Having been coached by the composer in the cycle a decade earlier, she incorporated his performance suggestions and amendments to the score into her performance. She recorded Ludus tonalis in a New York studio a few days after presenting it at Carnegie Hall, where she had won over the audience not only with her performance but also a question-and-answer session after the concert. Having studied with Edwin Fischer, Laretei had performed throughout Europe for the past two decades, becoming something of a celebrity. Her television debut on the BBC had led to a series of programs back in Stockholm where she lived with her husband at the time, the film director Ingmar Bergman. However, she made comparatively few recordings: this account of Ludus tonalis is her major legacy, but it has never been made available on CD.

‘Its technical and scholarly attributes are happily partnered by humour, charm and a great deal of fertile imagination. Pianists who can solve Hindemith’s formidable demands have always had a great deal of fun playing Ludus tonalis, and a really distinguished performance of it can provide much enjoyment for the listener.’ - High Fidelity, May 1966

‘[Kabi Laretei’s] fervent, committed, technically dazzling interpretation never has appeared on CD, and it deserves reissue.’ - Classics Today
Tracklist:
1. Ludus Tonalis: 1. Praeludium (03:56)
2. Ludus Tonalis: 2. Fuga prima in C Major (03:07)
3. Ludus Tonalis: 3. Interludium (01:25)
4. Ludus Tonalis: 4. Fuga secunda in G Major (01:36)
5. Ludus Tonalis: 5. Interludium (01:07)
6. Ludus Tonalis: 6. Fuga tertia in F Major (02:27)
7. Ludus Tonalis: 7. Interludium (01:20)
8. Ludus Tonalis: 8. Fuga quarta in A Major (03:00)
9. Ludus Tonalis: 9. Interludium (01:21)
10. Ludus Tonalis: 10. Fuga quinta in E Major (01:13)
11. Ludus Tonalis: 11. Interludium (01:12)
12. Ludus Tonalis: 12. Fuga sexta in E-Flat Major (02:34)
13. Ludus Tonalis: 13. Interludium (02:05)
14. Ludus Tonalis: 14. Fuga septima in A-Flat Major (02:03)
15. Ludus Tonalis: 15. Interludium (02:28)
16. Ludus Tonalis: 16. Fuga octava in D Major (01:02)
17. Ludus Tonalis: 17. Interludium (01:32)
18. Ludus Tonalis: 18. Fuga nona in B-Flat Major (02:14)
19. Ludus Tonalis: 19. Interludium (02:19)
20. Ludus Tonalis: 20. Fuga decima in D-Flat Major (01:51)
21. Ludus Tonalis: 21. Interludium (02:20)
22. Ludus Tonalis: 22. Fuga undecima in B Major (Canon) (02:05)
23. Ludus Tonalis: 23. Interludium (01:43)
24. Ludus Tonalis: 24. Fuga duodecima in F-Sharp Major (03:31)
25. Ludus Tonalis: 25. Postludium (04:20)

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