指揮大師蕭提錄音生涯的第一份錄音並不是以指揮家的身分所留下,而是以鋼琴伴奏家的身分與小提琴大師Georg Kulenkampff所留下.這套2CD的專輯完整收錄兩人合作的所有錄音.包含三首布拉姆斯小提琴奏鳴曲,莫札特K454小提琴奏鳴曲,貝多芬克羅采奏鳴曲.
Georg Solti’s first recordings were as a pianist – those with the great German violinist, Georg Kulenkampff, here collected in their entirety. The two artists recorded Brahms’s G major sonata in February 1947 and Beethoven’s ’Kreutzer’ Sonata in June 1947. They completed the Brahms sonatas in July 1948. Sadly, this would be their only collaboration. Kulenkampff died on 4th October, 1948 after a brief illness. He was only 50.
In these recordings with Kulenkampff, Solti’s exceptional abilities as a listener, his accomplishments as a repetiteur and his instinct as a soloist combine in perfect harmony. He is discreet but never excessively deferential in accompanimental passages and bold but never obtrusive when the piano assumes a soloistic or quasi-orchestral prominence, especially in the Brahms sonatas and Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’. These recordings were made in the days when it was still standard practice to favour the violin acoustically, perpetuating the invidious idea of the pianist as mere ‘accompanist’. Yet through the very quality of his tone and impeccable judgement of his rhythm, Solti redresses the balance despite being somewhat ‘recessed’ by the recording team.
曲目:
CD 1
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sonata for Piano & Violin in B flat major, KV 454
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
CD 2
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Georg Kulenkampff, violin
Georg Solti, piano