IDAGIO | Brahms: Wie Melodien zieht es mir – Selected Songs 845221052168

Featuring

Janina Baechle
Markus Hadulla
Johannes Brahms

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Performer Biography

Markus Hadulla, the pianist, won the prize for best pianist at the VII International Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart in 1994, leading to an invitation to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's song class.

Instruments

The restored Streicher piano produces a rich, warm sound with many overtones, reflecting the sound Johannes Brahms particularly appreciated.

Performer Biography

Janina Baechle, the mezzo-soprano on this recording, is an internationally demanded opera and concert singer, known for her Wagner roles and Mahler song cycles.

Instruments

The historic Streicher piano was bequeathed to the Brahms Museum Mürzzuschlag after the death of Dr. Imogen Fellinger, the last descendant of the Fellinger family, in 2001.

Recording & Production

This recording features a historic Brahms piano, a Viennese J.B. Streicher piano built in 1880, which is now housed in the Brahms-Museum Mürzzuschlag, Austria.

Instruments

Johannes Brahms made his only phonographic recording on a wax cylinder in 1889 on the very piano featured in this album.

Instruments

The historic J.B. Streicher piano used for this recording was chosen by Johannes Brahms himself for his friends, the Fellinger family, and he owned a similar one.