Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
In their premiere album on the Genuin album, husband and wife duo Ralf Mathias Caspers (violin) and Tamaki Takeda-Caspers (piano) play together as the Duo Intermezzo. As described in the liner notes, Duo Intermezzo focuses its programs on short pieces and miniatures. This album, entitled Schmankerln & Postres (Delicacies & Desserts), offers listeners selections from three of their standard programs and features an array of miniatures ranging from Brahms and Tchaikovsky to Charlie Chaplin and John Morris. This program offers listeners some nice contrasts in texture, style, and mood. What's lacking is the same level of contrast in the way Duo Intermezzo approaches the music. Too often, Ralf Caspers' tone is unvaried whether playing de Falla or Rachmaninov, and vibrato is the same from Provost to Kreisler. Duo Intermezzo also neglects to add much in the way of rubato, passion, playfulness, or spontaneity, characteristics that distinguish average albums of this nature from exemplary ones. Technically, Ralf Caspers playing is also not as sparkling and precise as is necessary for some of the more virtuosic pieces on the program, most notably the Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, in which many of the more demanding passages escape him or are slowed drastically to aide in their execution. To take the Delicacies and Desserts metaphor further, this album is like the filet mignon that arrives slightly overcooked, or the soufflé that's collapsed: all of the ingredients are there, but the final product is not what is hoped for.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $10.83/month
Intermezzo scherzoso (arr. J. Heifetz) (Gustav Sanger)
Jascha Heifetz, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Gustav Sanger, Composer
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
6 Songs, Op. 38: No. 3. Margaritki (Daisies) (arr. J. Heifetz) (Jascha Heifetz)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Jascha Heifetz, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Suite populaire espagnole (arr. P. Kochanski for violin and piano) (Paul Kochanski)
Manuel De Falla, Composer - Paul Kochanski, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Midnight Bells (Fritz Kreisler)
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Schön Rosmarin (Fritz Kreisler)
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 83 (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano) (Antonín Dvořák)
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
O Canto do Cisne Negro (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (arr. J. Joachim for violin and piano) (Joseph Joachim)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Joseph Joachim, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Introduction et rondo capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28 (Arr. for Violin & Piano) [Live] (Camille Saint-Saëns)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Anonymous, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Cantilena asturiana (Joaquin Nin)
Joaquin Nin, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
10 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (arr. J. Joachim for violin and piano) (Joseph Joachim)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Joseph Joachim, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Coffee and Cakes (arr. T. Beckmann and Duo Intermezzo for violin and piano) (Charlie Chaplin)
Charlie Chaplin, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Beckmann, Composer
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
12 Danzas espanolas (Spanish Dances), Op. 37: No. 5. Andaluza (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano) (Enrique Granados)
Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Enrique Granados, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) (arr. P. Kochanski) (Paul Kochanski)
Manuel De Falla, Composer - Paul Kochanski, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: No. 3. Melodie (arr. C. Flesch for violin and piano) (Carl Flesch)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Carl Flesch, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Young Frankenstein (John Morris)
John Morris, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Suite populaire espagnole (arr. P. Kochanski for violin and piano) (Paul Kochanski)
Manuel De Falla, Composer - Paul Kochanski, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Intermezzo, "Souvenir de Vienne" (Heinz Provost)
Heinz Provost, Composer - Duo Intermezzo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Album review
In their premiere album on the Genuin album, husband and wife duo Ralf Mathias Caspers (violin) and Tamaki Takeda-Caspers (piano) play together as the Duo Intermezzo. As described in the liner notes, Duo Intermezzo focuses its programs on short pieces and miniatures. This album, entitled Schmankerln & Postres (Delicacies & Desserts), offers listeners selections from three of their standard programs and features an array of miniatures ranging from Brahms and Tchaikovsky to Charlie Chaplin and John Morris. This program offers listeners some nice contrasts in texture, style, and mood. What's lacking is the same level of contrast in the way Duo Intermezzo approaches the music. Too often, Ralf Caspers' tone is unvaried whether playing de Falla or Rachmaninov, and vibrato is the same from Provost to Kreisler. Duo Intermezzo also neglects to add much in the way of rubato, passion, playfulness, or spontaneity, characteristics that distinguish average albums of this nature from exemplary ones. Technically, Ralf Caspers playing is also not as sparkling and precise as is necessary for some of the more virtuosic pieces on the program, most notably the Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, in which many of the more demanding passages escape him or are slowed drastically to aide in their execution. To take the Delicacies and Desserts metaphor further, this album is like the filet mignon that arrives slightly overcooked, or the soufflé that's collapsed: all of the ingredients are there, but the final product is not what is hoped for.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Duo Intermezzo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Genuin
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2010 Genuin (P) 2010 Genuin
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz?
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalog with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets, and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.