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The "Austrian Connection" concept of this release by pianist Sarah Beth Briggs doesn't entirely work. Haydn's arrangement of his variations on "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (originally from the String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor") certainly fills the bill, as does his Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. 16/50, but the Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310, tends more toward the Sturm und Drang style, of German origin, and composer Hans Gál spent only a few years in Vienna before Nazism forced him to flee; the three preludes offered here were composed in Scotland. Briggs hopes to link this composer, whom she has championed, to the Viennese tradition, and indeed there is something Haydn-like about these pieces. The Gál and the Haydn sonata and variations get the strongest, liveliest performances here; the Mozart's main first-movement theme is too pounded-out, and the Viennese dance rhythms in the Schubert Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664, are not brought out, which one would think would be done in a program of this kind. The music of Gál has been on the rise, and the Preludes, Op. 65, have been recorded a few times but are far from common, and nobody has tried to do with them what Briggs has done. The album is therefore recommended, especially to those with interest in this composer.
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Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Sarah Beth Briggs (P) 2020 Sarah Beth Briggs
Hans Gál, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Hans Gál, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
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Hans Gál, Composer - Simon Fox-Gál, Producer - Sarah Beth Briggs, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Sarah Beth Briggs (P) 2020 Sarah Beth Briggs
Album review
The "Austrian Connection" concept of this release by pianist Sarah Beth Briggs doesn't entirely work. Haydn's arrangement of his variations on "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (originally from the String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor") certainly fills the bill, as does his Piano Sonata in C major, Hob. 16/50, but the Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310, tends more toward the Sturm und Drang style, of German origin, and composer Hans Gál spent only a few years in Vienna before Nazism forced him to flee; the three preludes offered here were composed in Scotland. Briggs hopes to link this composer, whom she has championed, to the Viennese tradition, and indeed there is something Haydn-like about these pieces. The Gál and the Haydn sonata and variations get the strongest, liveliest performances here; the Mozart's main first-movement theme is too pounded-out, and the Viennese dance rhythms in the Schubert Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664, are not brought out, which one would think would be done in a program of this kind. The music of Gál has been on the rise, and the Preludes, Op. 65, have been recorded a few times but are far from common, and nobody has tried to do with them what Briggs has done. The album is therefore recommended, especially to those with interest in this composer.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:11
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sarah Beth Briggs
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: AVIE Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2020 Sarah Beth Briggs (P) 2020 Sarah Beth Briggs
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