Bertini: Nonetto in D Major, Op. 107 & Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 43 "Grand"
10/15/2021, 8 Tracks, 1:10:16
Featuring
Denis Zisko
Paul van Zelm
Andrea Lieberknecht
Kai Frömbgen
Frank Forst
Matthias Buchholz
Mario Blaumer
Jörg Linowitzki
Konstanze Eickhorst
Winfried Rademacher
Linos Ensemble
Henri Bertini
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Performer Biography
The Linos Ensemble, founded in 1977 by oboist Klaus Becker, has been performing for over 40 years and has received an ECHO Klassik award for its chamber music recordings.
Compositional Technique
Henri Bertini was known as a piano pedagogue whose études and methods focused on musical content and compositional technique, not just virtuosity.
Composer Biography
Henri Bertini's half-brother, Benoît-Auguste Bertini, was a unique character who dedicated a sonata to the "Premier Consul" and published unusual teaching methods, including one for writing French with musical notation.
Composition History
Henri Bertini arranged Beethoven's Seventh Symphony for eight hands and performed it in Paris with Franz Liszt, marking its local premiere.
Composer Biography
Henri Bertini, born in London in 1798, resided in Paris from 1821, undertaking concert tours from there, before retiring to Meylan near Grenoble in 1859, where he died in 1876.
Critical Reception
Despite his posthumous obscurity, Henri Bertini was a prominent pianist and composer during his lifetime, with his activities frequently covered in publications like the "Caecilia" and "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Antoine François Marmontel, a contemporary, noted that Henri Bertini's music was distinguished by its choice of ideas, good behavior, perfect proportions, and healthy harmonies, rather than pursuing the impossible.
