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The Vienna Stories title of this release by harpist Anneleen Lenaerts is more personal than thematic. Only some of the pieces are from or about Vienna (although the inclusion of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 ("The Blue Danube Waltz") qualifies the collection as Viennese in the end. Lenaerts is the principal harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, where she has become an emerging star of her instrument. At the end of the program, she brings in some of her Philharmonic colleagues as a small string group. This is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the program, which evokes unusually nicely the atmosphere of a salon harp concert of a century or more ago. Most of the pieces are transcriptions of various ages, and Lenaerts contributes a Fantasy on La Bohème by Puccini of her own; it is indeed good to hear a new entry in the operatic paraphrase genre, which any 19th century listener would have taken as natural, but which is mighty rare these days. Listen to the 1914 harp version of Smetana's The Moldau by Hans Trneček, where Lenaerts' clean, liquid runs help establish her as a major player of her instrument. There's an X-factor here in the frequent presence of the harp's lyrical charm, of which any viewer of The Marx Brothers' films is aware but which is sometimes lost in the sheer technical difficulties of the instrument. The sound environment of the Casino Baumgarten in Vienna is appropriate, but Lenaerts is miked too closely, picking up extraneous noise that would have been inaudible to hearers of such a program in 1914. Save for that, a lovely harp recital.
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Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, Transcriber, MainArtist
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Hans Trnecek, Transcriber - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, MainArtist
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Richard Wagner, Composer - Hans Trnecek, Transcriber - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, MainArtist
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Albert Zabel, Composer - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, MainArtist
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Franz Liszt, Composer - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, Transcriber, MainArtist
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Franz Liszt, Composer - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, Transcriber, MainArtist
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Anneleen Lenaerts, Composer, Harp, MainArtist
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Anneleen Lenaerts, Composer, Harp, MainArtist
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, MainArtist - Ekaterina Walter Kühne, Composer
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard Strauss, Composer - Raphael Flieder, Cello - Rainer Honeck, Violin - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, MainArtist - Gerhard Marschner, Viola - Wouter Lenaerts, Transcriber - Michael Bladerer, Double Bass - Benjamin Morrison, Violin
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Raphael Flieder, Cello - Rainer Honeck, Violin - Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp, MainArtist - Gerhard Marschner, Viola - Wouter Lenaerts, Transcriber - Michael Bladerer, Double Bass - Benjamin Morrison, Violin
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
The Vienna Stories title of this release by harpist Anneleen Lenaerts is more personal than thematic. Only some of the pieces are from or about Vienna (although the inclusion of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 ("The Blue Danube Waltz") qualifies the collection as Viennese in the end. Lenaerts is the principal harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, where she has become an emerging star of her instrument. At the end of the program, she brings in some of her Philharmonic colleagues as a small string group. This is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the program, which evokes unusually nicely the atmosphere of a salon harp concert of a century or more ago. Most of the pieces are transcriptions of various ages, and Lenaerts contributes a Fantasy on La Bohème by Puccini of her own; it is indeed good to hear a new entry in the operatic paraphrase genre, which any 19th century listener would have taken as natural, but which is mighty rare these days. Listen to the 1914 harp version of Smetana's The Moldau by Hans Trneček, where Lenaerts' clean, liquid runs help establish her as a major player of her instrument. There's an X-factor here in the frequent presence of the harp's lyrical charm, of which any viewer of The Marx Brothers' films is aware but which is sometimes lost in the sheer technical difficulties of the instrument. The sound environment of the Casino Baumgarten in Vienna is appropriate, but Lenaerts is miked too closely, picking up extraneous noise that would have been inaudible to hearers of such a program in 1914. Save for that, a lovely harp recital.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Anneleen Lenaerts
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
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