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The sound environment of the Immanuelskirche in Wuppertal, Germany, is not what the original listeners of Schubert's Impromptus would have heard, yet one can understand what drew the attention of the BIS label's engineers. Fortepianist Ronald Brautigam here plays a copy (by builder Paul McNulty) of an 1819 Graf instrument, and it is an extraordinary thing. Hear the shades that ripple through the instrument in the opening bars of the Impromptu No. 1 in C minor, Op. 90, D. 899, or the sense of entering an enchanted hall in the third impromptu of the set. However, a great instrument would be nothing without intelligent interpretations, and these Brautigam supplies in abundance. He somewhat deemphasizes the melodies, which may seem like a strange thing to do with this greatest of all melodists, but he replaces the melodicism with a range of other effects, reveling in articulation and piano textures that would have been entirely new and thrilling to Schubert's hearers. Listen to the way he pushes the tempo slightly in the main material of the Impromptu No. 2 in A flat major, Op. 142, D. 935, for an idea. Each of these little pieces, whose profundities are revealed only through a lifetime of study, is fully thought through and new in conception. This is a superb outing from one of the absolute masters of historical piano performance.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Franz Schubert, Composer - Ronald Brautigam, MainArtist - Ingo Petry, Producer, SoundEngineer
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
Albumbeschreibung
The sound environment of the Immanuelskirche in Wuppertal, Germany, is not what the original listeners of Schubert's Impromptus would have heard, yet one can understand what drew the attention of the BIS label's engineers. Fortepianist Ronald Brautigam here plays a copy (by builder Paul McNulty) of an 1819 Graf instrument, and it is an extraordinary thing. Hear the shades that ripple through the instrument in the opening bars of the Impromptu No. 1 in C minor, Op. 90, D. 899, or the sense of entering an enchanted hall in the third impromptu of the set. However, a great instrument would be nothing without intelligent interpretations, and these Brautigam supplies in abundance. He somewhat deemphasizes the melodies, which may seem like a strange thing to do with this greatest of all melodists, but he replaces the melodicism with a range of other effects, reveling in articulation and piano textures that would have been entirely new and thrilling to Schubert's hearers. Listen to the way he pushes the tempo slightly in the main material of the Impromptu No. 2 in A flat major, Op. 142, D. 935, for an idea. Each of these little pieces, whose profundities are revealed only through a lifetime of study, is fully thought through and new in conception. This is a superb outing from one of the absolute masters of historical piano performance.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ronald Brautigam
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Klassiek
2023 BIS Records AB 2023 BIS Records AB
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