Sonderausgabe für Augustinermuseum Freiburg: Johannes Brahms, Vol. 2
1/15/2021, 16 Tracks, 1:19:13
Featuring
Carl Friedberg
Olga Samaroff
Elly Ney
Josef Pembaur
Emil Paur
Ernö Dohnányi
Konstantin Igumnov
Artur Schnabel
Fanny Davies
Arthur Nikisch
Josef Lhévinne
Johannes Brahms
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Performer Biography
Fanny Davies, an English pianist featured on this album, was a student of Clara Schumann at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Interpretation
Fanny Davies's recordings of Brahms's Intermezzi reflect Brahms's own playing style, which she described as "free and very elastic" with a constant presence of "fundamental rhythms."
Performer Biography
Arthur Nikisch, an influential Austrian conductor and pianist on this album, studied violin at the Vienna Conservatory and played in the Vienna Court Orchestra under Brahms.
Recording & Production
This album features recordings of Johannes Brahms's music played on Welte-Mignon piano rolls, a historical method of capturing piano performances.
Performer Biography
Carl Friedberg, a German pianist, performed an all-Brahms recital in 1893 in the composer's presence, and Brahms admired his playing, later showing him many of his piano works privately.
Composer Biography
Ernst von Dohnányi, a Hungarian composer and pianist on this album, was admired by Brahms, who recommended Dohnányi's C-minor Piano Quintet for publication.
Recording & Production
The piano rolls used for this recording are sourced from the collections of the Augustinermuseum Freiburg i. Br. and Hans-W. Schmitz, Stuttgart.
