Schumann, Brahms & Mišek: Works for Double Bass & Piano

Featuring

Ekkehard Beringer
Tomoko Takahashi
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
Adolf Mišek

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Recording & Production

The recording was made at the Rolf Liebermann Studio in Hamburg, Germany, with the grand piano and a Matteo Goffriller double bass provided by the German broadcaster NDR.

Interpretation

This album features transcriptions of Robert Schumann's Adagio and Allegro and Johannes Brahms's Sonata in E minor, which were originally composed for other instruments, to expand the double bass repertoire.

Performer Biography

Tomoko Takahashi, the pianist, is a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service and a two-time winner of the Artur Schnabel Competition in Berlin.

Composer Biography

Adolf Mišek, a double bassist and composer, was deeply connected to his Czech homeland, resigning from the Vienna Philharmonic in 1918 to move to Prague after the First Republic was declared.

Composition History

Robert Schumann's Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, was originally titled Romanze und Allegro and was composed in February 1849 for the Dresden Hofkapelle horn player Julius Schlitterau.

Instruments

Ekkehard Beringer performs on a double bass made by the Venetian master Matteo Goffriller (1659-1742), which was loaned to him by the German broadcaster NDR.

Performer Biography

Ekkehard Beringer, the double bassist on this album, began playing the instrument at the unusually early age of ten and is currently the principal double bass in the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.