℗ 2019 Hyperion Records Limited
| Released | February 16, 2024 |
| Originated | August 30, 2019 |
| Duration | 1h 14m 06s |
| Record Label | Hyperion |
| Genre | Classical |
Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 79)
Markus Becker
Available in MQA and 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 31
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1.1
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I. Pomphaft, mit Kraft und Schwung
Hans Pfitzner; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin |
17:34 | |||
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1.2
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II. Heiterer Satz. Ziemlich schnell, in einheitlich atemlosem Zeitmaß
Hans Pfitzner; Constantin Trinks |
6:38 | |||
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1.3
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III. Äußerst ruhig, versonnen, schwärmerisch –
Hans Pfitzner; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin |
8:56 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Rasch, ungeschlacht, launig
Hans Pfitzner; Markus Becker |
9:55 | |||
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Tag- und Nachtstücke, Op. 44
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1.5
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I. Ruhig
Walter Braunfels; Markus Becker |
8:58 | |||
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1.6
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II. Ruhig (Achtel) – Mehr wie doppelt so rasch
Walter Braunfels; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin |
4:32 | |||
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1.7
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III. Geschwindmarsch
Walter Braunfels; Constantin Trinks |
3:55 | |||
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1.8
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IV. Adagio
Walter Braunfels; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin |
6:40 | |||
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1.9
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V. Lebhaft
Walter Braunfels; Markus Becker |
6:58 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"If pressed to choose I’d opt for Becker and Trinks [over Barto and Thielemann], principally because of the way they balance the sum of the [Pfitzner] concerto’s substantial parts, and their generally superior recording … like most of Braunfels’s music that I’ve heard, it suggests a combination of profundity and play, being thematically pleasing, consistently inventive and very skilfully scored. There are times when the composer hints at progressive climes that Pfitzner doggedly resisted (Mahler is a distant presence), which makes Hyperion’s decision to place it alongside the concerto particularly valuable. An extremely fine release."
- Gramophone
The Braunfels—a concerto in all but name—and Pfitzner make an apt pairing, two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism. Both are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker, with Constantin Trinks and his Berlin Radio Symphony forces providing idiomatic support.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.91 -6.59 to -0.34 | -24.79 -28.33 to -21.13 | -21.41 -25.50 to -18.30 | 14 12 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Pomphaft, mit Kraft und Schwung | -1.12 | -25.69 | -21.8 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Heiterer Satz. Ziemlich schnell, in einheitlich atemlosem Zeitmaß | -0.94 | -24.61 | -21.4 | 15 |
| 3 | III. Äußerst ruhig, versonnen, schwärmerisch – | -6.59 | -28.33 | -25.5 | 13 |
| 4 | IV. Rasch, ungeschlacht, launig | -0.34 | -22.01 | -18.3 | 12 |
| 5 | I. Ruhig | -1.71 | -25.38 | -21.6 | 14 |
| 6 | II. Ruhig (Achtel) – Mehr wie doppelt so rasch | -2.26 | -26.71 | -23.3 | 15 |
| 7 | III. Geschwindmarsch | -0.82 | -22.78 | -19.4 | 14 |
| 8 | IV. Adagio | -2.55 | -26.51 | -23.1 | 13 |
| 9 | V. Lebhaft | -0.90 | -21.13 | -18.3 | 13 |