Dohnanyi Archive
Wu Han Live II: Music@Menlo – Works of DOHNANYI & TANEYEV – Artist Led
Two massive piano quintets come to us by way of Music@Menlo and its founder, Wu Han. Wu Han Live II: Music@Menlo – DOHNANYI: Piano Quintet No. 1 in c minor, Op. 1; TANEYEV: Piano Quintet in g minor, Op. 30 – Wu Han, piano/ Alexander Sitkovetsky & Nicolas Dautricourt, violins/ Paul Neubauer, viola/ David Finckel, cello (Dohnanyi)/ Arnaud Sussmann & Sean Lee, violins (Taneyev) – Artist Led, 70:43 (11/28/14) ****: I happened to have had the good fortune to be in attendance at these August 2014 performances, so somewhere in the (lost) applause were my own hands. For a number of summers, I have attended (and reviewed) the Music@Menlo series in Atherton, CA, established by Taiwanese-American pianist Wu Han (b. 1959) and her husband, cellist David Finckel. Wu Han also become deeply involved with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; so the record label ArtistLed (est. 1997) became a direct corollary to her concert work with an extraordinary ensemble of gifted musicians. With the audio engineering of Da-Hong Seetoo, the quality of the recorded performances remains at a distinctively clear and resonant pitch. The 1895 Piano Quintet No. 1 by Erno Dohnanyi announces his loyalty to and extension […]
“Trouvailles” Cello and Piano Sonatas by BOËLLMANN, DOHNÁNYI and BRIDGE – Hannah Holman, cello /Réne Lecuona, p. – Blue Griffin
A talented piano/cello duo performs sonatas by Boëllmann , Dohnányi and Bridge. “Trouvailles” Cello and Piano Sonatas by BOËLLMANN, DOHNÁNYI and BRIDGE – Hannah Holman, cello /Réne Lecuona, p. – Blue Griffin BGR 359, 76:24 (Distr. by Albany) *****: The catalogue of works for cello and piano is not extensive, and yet these two musicians, Réne Lecuona and Hannah Holman, searched it and found these three treasures (French “trouvailles”). All three composers were virtuoso performers on their chosen instruments before they began serious composing – Léon Boëllmann on organ and piano, Ernó Dohnáhnyi on piano, and Frank Bridge on viola – and so the quality of playing required in each of these works is very high. Léon Boëllmann (1862 – 1897) is the earliest of the three and the shortest-lived. Born in Alsace, he entered music school at age nine and happened to come under the tutelage of two great organ teachers, Lefèvre and Gigout. He won prizes in organ and piano performance as well as music theory, and was a favorite of his teachers. Indeed, he married Lefèvre’s daughter, and was adopted by Gigout. He moved easily in the best Parisian musical circles, and at 25 became “organiste titulaire’ […]
Janos Starker: In Memoriam = Cello Concertos of MARTINU, PROKOFIEV & DOHNANYI – Praga Digitals
Cello master Janos Starker provides illuminated firepower in three epic works from XXth Century repertory.
Sir Malcolm Sargent = RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43; DOHNANYI: Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25; DVORAK: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 – Cyril Smith, p./ Philharmonia Orch. – Guild
Guild continues to celebrate Sir Malcolm Sargent’s legacy, here in collaboration in vital color music with pianist Cyril Smith.
DOHNANYI: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 3 = Ruralia Hungarica; Variations on a Hungarian Folksong; Three Pieces; Gavotte and Musette; Naila Waltz; Two Strauss Waltzes – Martin Roscoe, p. – Hyperion
Martin Roscoe continues his impressive series of Dohnanyi solo keyboard oeuvre with Volume 3.
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Albert Spalding plays BEETHOVEN = Romances, Violin Sonatas [TrackList follows] – Pristine Audio
American violin virtuoso Albert Spalding receives a major tribute in these restorations of Beethoven repertory from Mark Obert-Thorn.
ERNO DOHNANYI plays = DOHNANYI; HAYDN; BEETHOVEN; Piano; SCHUMANN– Erno Dohnanyi, p./ Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Adrian Boult – Pristine Audio
So far as “composers play their own works,” this release from Pristine of Erno von Dohnanyi’s EMI and Remington recordings holds a special pride of place.
ERNST VON DOHNANYI Plays His Own Music for Piano – A Memorial Album – Everest/ Countdown Media
An unusual historical document of Romantic-era pianism in 35mm mag sound.
DOHNÁNYI: “The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2” = Four Piano Pieces; Variations and Fugue on a Theme of EG; Humoreques; Valeses nobles after Schubert – Martin Roscoe, p. – Hyperion
Music that charts Dohnányi’s progress from a talented young Brahms imitator to a composer with an emerging individual voice.
DOHNANYI plays DOHNANYI = Sonata in C-sharp Minor for Violin and Piano; Four Rhapsodies; Piano Concerto No. 2 – Albert Spalding, violin/ Erno von Dohnanyi, p./ Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Adrian Boult – Pristine Audio
The long-defunct Remington label delivered some rare Erno von Dohnanyi inscriptions, along with the vintage EMI recording of the Piano Concerto No. 2 , faithfully restored by Pristine Audio.
DOHNANYI: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 – Aviv Quartet – Naxos
Erno von Dohnanyi’s two quartets find amiable and sympathetic readings by the talented Aviv Quartet, fiercely passionate and intelligent in these vigorous works.
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata Nos. 1 & 2; Violin Sonata No. 3 – Albert Spalding, violin/Erno von Dohnanyi, p. – Pristine Audio
In a major coup for historic reissues, Mark Obert-Thorn returns the legendary Spalding-Dohnanyi complete Brahms Violin Sonatas to the active catalogue
DOHNANYI: Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25; RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 – Julius Katchen, piano/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult – Pristine Audio
Pungent remastering of 1959 Decca originals from American virtuoso Julius Katchen, here perfectly in harmony with conductor Boult in two Romantic staples.
Dohnanyi in London = DOHNANYI: Variations on a Nursery Tune; Ruralia Hungarica; Hiszekegy; MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1; BERLIOZ: Hungarian March; EGRESSY: Szozat – Pristine
The seamless splicing of the 78 rpm sides would entirely make us forget the antiquity of this inscription.
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