布拉姆斯: 鋼琴奏鳴曲集 亞歷山大.康特洛夫 鋼琴 Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms

布拉姆斯 : 第三號鋼琴奏鳴曲/4首敘事曲/巴哈夏康舞曲

亞歷山大．康特洛夫 鋼琴

 

在2019年, 當康特洛夫在年僅22歲時成第一位贏得柴可夫斯基鋼琴大賽的法國鋼琴家, 他的競賽曲目包含至少三件布拉姆斯作品. 他後來在備受讚譽的專輯中錄製了其中的兩件是第二號鋼琴奏鳴曲和B小調狂想曲, 並獲得英國留聲機雜誌編輯推薦, 和法國金音叉和古典音樂雜誌Classica驚豔古典(Choc de Classica)優等評價. 他對布拉姆斯作品的詮釋贏得英國衛報(Guardian)的"權威的"特別讚揚, 和法國音樂網站將他的奏鳴曲作品描述為"該作品最棒的參考錄音專輯之一".

 

然而, 還有許多值得期待的地方, 當康特洛夫發行了一張長度超過85分鐘, 全部都是布拉姆斯的專輯. 他以一位與自己年紀類似的作曲家的音樂做開頭: 布拉姆斯21歲時在1854年寫下四首敘事曲, 採用的是蕭邦在1840年引入的一種時尚的曲目類別. 這組作品之後的是更早期的E小調第三號奏鳴曲, 是這張節目的核心. 此奏鳴曲幾乎是交響曲的規模而也的確是如此, 此曲和之前類似的作品被舒曼眾所週知的描述為一個隱藏的交響曲. 在此激烈又充滿激情的專輯結尾, 康特洛夫選擇一件稍晚期可做對比的作品: 布拉姆斯一生仰慕巴哈, 在1870年將受歡迎的小提琴獨奏組曲第二號中的夏康舞曲改編成只用左手彈奏的鋼琴曲 – 布拉姆斯描述此作品為" 最深刻的看法與最強力印象的一個完整的世界".

 

In 2019, when Alexandre Kantorow, at the age of 22, became the first French pianist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky competition, his programme included no less than three works by Johannes Brahms. Two of these, Piano Sonata No. 2 and the Rhapsody in B minor, he went on to record for release on his previous, highly praised recital disc, which was awarded distinctions such as Gramophone's Editor's Choice, Diapason d'Or, and Choc de Classica. The Brahms interpretations won Kantorow particular praise – the Guardian (UK) described them as 'magisterial' while the website ResMusica placed his sonata 'among the great reference recordings of the piece – if not the modern one.'

 

There is much to look forward to, then, when Kantorow releases an all-Brahms album with a playing time of no less than 85 minutes. He opens with music by a composer of a similar age as himself: Brahms wrote the Four Ballades in 1854 while only 21 years old, taking up a fashionable genre introduced by Chopin as late as 1840. The set is followed by the even earlier Sonata No. 3 in E minor which forms the centre of the programme. The sonata is of almost symphonic dimensions and it was indeed, along with its predecessors, famously described as a disguised symphony by no one less than Robert Schumann. To bring this stormy, impassioned album to a close, Kantorow has chosen a later, and contrasting work: With a lifelong admiration for Bach, Brahms in 1879 made a piano arrangement, for the left hand alone, of the iconic Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for solo violin – a composition that Brahms himself described as 'a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful impressions'.

 

Johannes Brahms (1833—97)

Ballades, Op. 10 25'39 

1 ) I. Andante — Poco piu moto — Allegro (ma non troppo) — Tempo I 5'38 

2 ) II. Andante — Allegro non troppo — Tempo I 6'50 

3 ) III. Intermezzo. Allegro 4'42 

4 ) IV. Andante con moto — Piu lento — Tempo I — Adagio 8'15

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 40'54 

5 ) I. Allegro maestoso 12'05 

6 ) II. Andante espressivo 11'20 

7 ) III. Scherzo. Allegro energico 5'08 

8 ) IV. Intermezzo (Rückblick). Andante molto 3'43 

9 ) V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato 8'13

10 ) Chaconne (1879) 17'45 

from Partita No. 2 for solo violin by J. S. Bach, 

arranged for piano, left hand

 

TT: 85'16

 

Alexandre Kantorow piano