Rhau - Berliner Weihnacht a Cappella - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Are there really that many piano trios by Brahms? There are indeed, even though one work on this CD could not prove this. The Abegg Trio now present their fourth CD with works by Johannes Brahms! And once more, as with Volume III, Gerrit Zitterbart, Ulrich Beetz and Birgit Erichson played historical instruments and used. Gut strings. Martin Spangenberg played a copy of a clarinet by Richard Muhlfeld, who inspired Brahms' later clarinet works. - the recording was made in a small church near Vienna. The Abegg Trio never fail to astound US with their timelessly modern, unsentimental, accurate, thorough and yet truly sensitive interpretation of the score.

Palestrina / Christophers - Palestrina [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/01/2017

The artists write InchChristmas in 2020 was very still, with corona lockdown and a ban on singing. After that sobering experience, we had the idea to arrange traditional Christmas carols for two cellos. We are always surprised to discover that the earliest ones move our emotions because of their purity, their sheer energy, and their touches of elevated spirituality. Sounding like the human voice, the cello's sonority creates a space for our individual emotions. It let's us encounter these time-honored songs that are sung in the family or at church, often under difficult circumstances when humanity is under threat. Vincent Themba's congenial, well-suited, inspiring accompaniments on guitar, djembe, and double bass support and enrich our arrangements. While we were preparing this album, we realized that we were actually prolonging the legacy and work of our two respective fathers, Joseph Alfred Schlichtig and Hans Heinemann. When we were young, it was they who made it possible for us all to play Christmas music at church and in our families at home. We remember them with utter gratitude.Inch