Jiri Barta--cello, Hamish Milne--piano.Ignaz Moscheles Sonata for Piano and Cello no. 2 in E major op. 121, Melodic-contrapuntal Studies Op. 137 (nos. 4, 8 and 9) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin who was born in Pressburg (present-day Bratislava, Slovakia). Sonata for Piano and Cello in A major op. 104 Jiri Barta--cello, Hamish Milne--piano. Production: Simon Perry. Text: Eng., Fr., Ger. Recorded: 2/2005, Wathen Hall, Barnes, London. Released: 2005. TT: 64:55. DDD DDD Direct Distance Dialing DDD Digital/Digital/Digital (audio CD format, recording/mixing/mastering) DDD Degenerative Disc Disease DDD Domain Driven Design DDD Data Display Debugger (GNU Project) . 1 CD Hyperion CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. 67521. Jiri Barta has finally attracted the attention of a prestigious foreign label, and the result is so remarkable that I hope it is only the start. While he made a fleeting appearance on one of Magdalena Kozena's records for Deutsche Grammophon, it is only now that has found a worthy space to realise his own conceptions. Given that Ignac Moscheles (1794-1870) came from Prague, and that Barta is performing with the brilliant Hamish Milne, the choice of music was a happy one. The Sonata in E major is a superb melodic and harmonic spider-web, into which Barta sinks with audible pleasure. It has a wonderful spectrum of dynamics, a plethora of opportunities for expression and romantic tenderness. As played by both musicians, Moscheles is an exquisite flower and easily intoxicates the ear. The references to the Czech musical background are pleasing. The result is simply brilliant. It was a great discovery for me to hear the three pieces from the ten-part cycle Melodico-contrapuntal studies, in which Moscheles' offered a free and virtuoso treatment of music from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier without slavish slav·ish adj. 1. Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile: Her slavish devotion to her job ruled her life. 2. sycophancy syc·o·phan·cy n. pl. sy·co·phan·cies The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery. Noun 1. sycophancy - fawning obsequiousness to the great Baroque master. The performance is so wonderful that the listener is sorry not to be able to hear the whole cycle. Perhaps, indeed, this would have been a better idea than the inclusion of the Sonata in A major by Johann Hummel hummel entire, naturally polled deer. (1778-1837); the latter has its qualities and in terms of the conception of the CD the choice is defensible, but alongside the moving and stormy Moscheles it sounds too predictable and brings nothing new. It should be added, however, that the performers play it with great erudition er·u·di·tion n. Deep, extensive learning. See Synonyms at knowledge. Erudition of editors—Hare. Noun 1. and conviction in their efforts to turn a small master into a Maestro. I have special praise for the sound quality of the recording, which is very intimate even in the details and unusually plastic. The reproduction of a painting of Prague Castle by Antonin Manes manes (mā`nēz), in Roman religion, spirits of the dead. Originally, they were called di manes, a collective divinity of the dead. Manes could also refer to the realm of the dead and, later, to the individual souls of the dead. (1784-1843) on the cover booklet is appealing homage to the Czech cellist and to Ignac Moscheles. Jiri Barta has made his entry into the British (and so the international) recording world in grand style. |
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