ブルッフ: ピアノ三重奏曲

マックス・ブルッフの室内楽作品集!

イギリスの超人集団、ナッシュ・アンサンブル!
不当に無視されてきたマックス・ブルッフの魅力的な室内楽作品をリスナーに提示!

1964年創立、世界トップレベルの名手たちを擁し、ロンドンのウィグモア・ホールのレジデント・チェンバー・アンサンブルを務めるナッシュ・アンサンブル。多様な編成を駆使し、300超の世界初演を含む様々なスタイルの音楽を録音・演奏し、英国最高のアンサンブルの1つとして注目を集めています。
今回のアルバムでは、ステファニー・ゴンリー(vn)、ジョナサン・ストーン(vn)、ローレンス・パワー(va)、エイドリアン・ブレンデル(vc)、サイモン・クロフォード=フィリップス(p)と、それぞれがソリストとしても多彩に活動する名手5人が参加。ピアノ三重奏、弦楽四重奏、チェロとピアノ、ヴィオラとピアノなど様々な編成で、マックス・ブルッフ(1838-1920)の魅惑的な室内楽作品をレコーディング。ブラームスとドヴォルザークの呼び声が遥かに聞こえる魅惑のレパートリーで、ヴァイオリン協奏曲だけではない、知られざるブルッフの魅力を多くのリスナーへと届けます。
東京エムプラス

The Nash Ensemble returns once more to the music of Max Bruch, having previously recorded the composers string octet and quintets. For this recording, the Nash Ensemble pares down to smaller dimensions of two to four instruments. Bruchs most famous works -- the Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 26, Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46, and Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 -- have been performed and recorded frequently, but his chamber music, written during his early and late life, has suffered from neglect and loss due to early 20th century European political strife, war, and the modernist movement. Here, the Nash Ensemble offers two works from each period. The Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 5, and the String Quartet No. 2 in E major, Op. 10, are from his student years. The Piano Trio begins, uncommonly for the era, with a slow opening movement with an attacca into a playfully dancing Allegro assai. Four Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 70, was written -- as was Kol Nidrei -- for Robert Hausmann, a giant of the day. The opening movement, Aria, was borrowed from Bruchs son Max Felix and fully realized by the elder Max. While Bruchs interest in folk music is heard throughout much of his output, its even more apparent in the final three movements of this work, Finnlandisch, Schwedisch, and Schottisch. Of particular note is the Romance for viola and orchestra, Op. 85, heard here in the composers arrangement for viola and piano. Having written popular works for the violin, the choice of viola for his Romance gives this oft-maligned instrument a wonderful display piece. The sound at All Saints Church in East Finchley, London, is lovely, but a more intimate setting would have better suited this recording. A worthy addition to chamber music libraries and for those interested in further examining this composers oeuvre.