R. Strauss/Pfitzner: Works for Cello & Piano (CD, 2001 Arte Nova) Sonatas/Sealed

Description: This disc presents works by R. Strauss and Pfitzner played by Tchaikovsky Competition prizewinner Guido Schiefen and wonderful pianist Olaf Dreßler. Big personalities struggling to break free of potent influences, Strauss and Pfitzner as young men complement each other ideally here. The teenage Strauss adds his own Eulenspiegel-ish spring to the Schumann touch, though he does end up taking it seriously in his pensive Andante; Brahms, who was just around the corner for him in 1883 when he completed the work, looms large in the colossal second movement of Pfitzner’s 1890 Sonata. Yet this is an unpredictable Op. 1: the bulky figure who sings so passionately at the start suddenly executes an entrechat towards the end of the first movement, and spins like a top in a fantasy-scherzo. The well-balanced intelligence of the perfect duo on this disc slips without fuss from one mood to another. Schiefen knows how to anchor the more passionate outbursts; Dressler dances and sparkles his way through developments that in other hands could become heavy going. Even Strauss’s Romance, anodyne after the clear-cut high spirits of his Sonata’s finale, becomes a perfect lesson in bel canto from this most natural and unaffected of cellists. Performance: 5 (out of 5), Sound: 4 (out of 5) -- David Nice, BBC Music Magazine Works on This Recording 1. Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 6 by Richard Strauss Performer: Guido Schiefen (Cello), Olaf Dressler (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1880-1883; Germany Length: 25 minutes 30 secs. 2. Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F major, AV 75 by Richard Strauss Performer: Olaf Dressler (Piano), Guido Schiefen (Cello) Period: Romantic Written: 1883; Germany Length: 12 Minutes 14 Secs. 3. Sonata for Cello and Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 1 by Hans Pfitzner Performer: Guido Schiefen (Cello), Olaf Dressler (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1890; Germany Length: 31 minutes 19 sec Combined shipping discount on all items unless otherwise noted. Just use the add to cart option and proceed to checkout when done. Please note that the Buy It Now button voids the discount. See the shipping link for more shipping options.

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