Matteo Fossi, Vittorio Ceccanti, Duccio Ceccanti – Brahms: String Sextets, Arranged for Piano Trio by Theodor Kirchner (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:44 minutes | 723 MB | Genre: Classical
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Close to the Schumanns and admired by Mendelssohn and Wagner, Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903) was an accomplished pianist, organist and composer in his own right. His lifelong friendship with Brahms began when the two men met at the spa town of Baden-Baden in 1865. Robert Schumann had already mentioned him in the same breath as Brahms in the influential 1853 article which effectively launched Brahms’s career.
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Duccio Ceccanti – Beethoven & Reinecke: Piano Trios (2021)
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Prolific in every aspect of music throughout his long and distinguished career, Carl Reinecke represented the complete musician with the belief that “art should bring happiness to mankind”. His imaginative transcription of Beethoven’s bravura Triple Concerto sees the three instruments retaining their solo essence and sharing in the orchestral tutti to create a quintessential addition to the piano trio repertory. Heard here in its world premiere recording, Reinecke’s First Piano Trio inhabits the passionate and expressive sound world of Schumann and Mendelssohn.
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