Brahms completed his Cello Sonata op. 99 during the productive summer of 1886. The first public performance took place in Vienna on 24 November of the same year. Robert Hausmann played the cello part and the composer himself was his partner at the piano. Even though the work was generally received positively, it took some years until it was fully appreciated and gained its irrevocable place in the…

'Klassik für Kinder' wants to introduce clarinet pupils to the beauty of Baroque, Classical and Romantic concert literature. Cautiously, not only original clarinet literature was taken up, but catchy tunes and themes from the opera (The Freeshooter, The Magic Flute and others) and the concert hall (Four Seasons, Capriccio Italy, Reverie and others) were used as well. The edition starts with a piec…

1. Haussmann, Valentin: Dance
2. Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Ballet
3. Codex Kájoni: Dance
4. Purcell, Henry: Air
5. Codex Kájoni: Jumping Dance
6. Fischer, J. C. F.: Minuet
7. Bach, Johann Sebastian: Polonaise
8. Bach, Johann Sebastian: Minuet
9. Händel, Georg Friedrich: Minuet
10.Hasse, Johann Adolf: Polonaise
11.Mozart, Leopold: Entrée
12.Mozart,…

Par COMBIER JEROME. Rust signifie rouille et sous-entend inévitablement le métal qu'elle recouvre. Rust est minérale, mais d'un minerai qui a souffert du temps et qui préfigure par les recouvrements successifs de cette rouille justement un envahissement quasi végétal. Rust ne se départ pas dans mon imagination d'herbes, de lichen, de fleurs. Je garde en mémoire ce beau tableaux d'Anselm Kiefer ren…

O Take My Hand, Dear Father. Par SILCHER FRIEDRICH. This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and eternal life. The melody by Friedrich Silcher is written in a simple and delicate style but also draws on the grand romantic tradition of Wagner and Bruc…

Par BRUCH MAX. Aside from his popular Violin Concerto no. 1, “ Kol Nidrei ” numbers among Max Bruch ’s most famous compositions. The melancholy “Adagio after Hebrew melodies” was written in 1880 for the cellist Robert Hausmann. It treats two old Jewish songs whose extraordinary beauty proved deeply moving to the Protestant Bruch, by his own admission. The tenor Cello sound is the ideal medium for …

The first three movements of Johannes Brahms' E minor Cello Sonata were composed in 1862, the last movement was written in 1865. During the first years of its performance the work was received with mixed enthusiasm. By the end of Brahms' life, however, it was widely performed and by the first decades of the 20th century it was firmly embedded in the repertoire of many distinguished cellists. It wa…

Johannes Brahms:The Works for one Instrument and PianoJohannes Brahms' compositions for one instrument and piano have been standards in chamber music literature ever since their inception. These works were written with specific performers in mind and Brahms worked closely with them when refining the final texts. Nevertheless, we rarely approach the music taking into consideration the possibilities…