布拉姆斯: 第一號鋼琴奏鳴曲 / 舒伯特: 流浪者幻想曲 亞歷山大.康特洛夫 鋼琴 Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert

布拉姆斯:第一號鋼琴奏鳴曲 / 舒伯特: 流浪者幻想曲 / 五首藝術歌曲改編

亞歷山大.康特洛夫 鋼琴

 

雖然這絕對不是布拉姆斯的第一件創作, 但C大調奏鳴曲的編號是第一號, 毫無疑問的是音樂歷史上最好的首次問世作品之一. 這也難怪舒曼會認為布拉姆斯是德國音樂的救星. 為了要陪襯這在各方面都是光輝耀眼的作品, 需要有另一件大師級作品, 沒有比舒伯特聞名的(流浪者幻想曲)更適合的, 這是他所有的創作中最技藝精湛的作品. 經由此作品, 舒伯特用他的’管絃樂’般的作曲開啟新的表現方式選擇, 讓貝多芬也黯然失色, 也似乎預告了李斯特的出現. 後面這位的作曲家兼鋼琴家因其超凡精湛的技藝也必須出現在這片中, 我們可找到他大師級的改編舒伯特的五首藝術歌曲給鋼琴演奏. 

 

2019年康特洛夫在22歲時成為在柴可夫斯基音樂大賽中贏得金牌的第一位法國人. 他的演奏曲目包含至少三件布拉姆斯的作品. 因此我們對他錄製這位德國作曲家的作品充滿了期待. 以這張專輯, 康特洛夫結束專注於布拉姆斯鋼琴奏鳴曲系列, 他在前一集(SACD2600)獲得世界各地音樂媒體的高度讚賞和留聲機雜誌編輯推薦, 法國金音叉和Classica古典音樂雜誌Choc等最有聲望的獎項.

 

Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert

Piano star Alexandre Kantorow concludes his Brahms cycle

 

Although by no means Brahms's very first composition, the Sonata in C major bears the number 'Op. 1' and is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant débuts in musical history. No wonder no less than Robert Schumann saw Brahms as the saviour of German music. To accompany what is in every respect a dazzling work, another masterpiece was needed, and what better than Franz Schubert's famous 'Wanderer Fantasy', the most virtuosic composition in his entire output. With it, Schubert opened up new expressive possibilities with his 'orchestral' writing, leaving Beethoven in the shade and seeming to anticipate Franz Liszt. The latter composer-pianist with his transcendental virtuosity also had to be present on this disc, and we find him with his masterly transcriptions for piano of five Schubert lieder.

 

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 fewer than three works by Johannes Brahms. So it was with great anticipation that we were looking forward to his recording of the German composer's works. With this release, Kantorow concludes his cycle dedicated to Brahms's piano sonatas, the previous instalments of which garnered the highest praise from the music press around the world, as well as the most prestigious awards, such as Gramophone's Editor's Choice, Diapason d'Or, and Choc from Classica.