℗ 2024 Sheila Arnold / Deutsche Grammophon, Berlin
Released October 18, 2024
Duration 1h 10m 19s
Record Label CAvi-music
Genre Classical
 

Brahms Intimissimo with Blüthner 1862

Sheila Arnold

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4 Ballades, Op. 10  
1.1
No. 1 in D Minor. Andante
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
5:08
1.2
No. 2 in D Major. Andante
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
6:45
1.3
No. 3 in B Minor. Intermezzo
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
4:16
1.4
No. 4 in B Major. Andante con moto
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
7:41
Intermezzi for Piano  
1.5
No. 1
Jörg Widmann; Sheila Arnold
0:40
1.6
No. 2, Zart singend
Jörg Widmann; Sheila Arnold
1:18
7 Fantasien, Op. 116  
1.7
No. 1, Capriccio in D Minor
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
2:27
1.8
No. 2, Intermezzo in A Minor
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
3:44
1.9
No. 3, Capriccio in G Minor
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
3:25
1.10
No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
4:18
1.11
No. 5, Intermezzo in E Minor
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
2:54
1.12
No. 6, Intermezzo in E Major
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
3:00
1.13
No. 7, Capriccio in D Minor
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
2:50
Intermezzi for Piano  
1.14
No. 4, Wiegenlied
Jörg Widmann; Sheila Arnold
4:25
3 Intermezzi, Op. 117  
1.15
No. 1 in E-Flat Major. Andante moderato
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
4:40
1.16
No. 2 in B-Flat Minor. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
4:16
1.17
No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor. Andante con moto
Johannes Brahms; Sheila Arnold
5:46
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893  
1.18
Prelude in E Major, BWV 878
Johann Sebastian Bach; Sheila Arnold
2:46
Digital Booklet
Recording on our partner label CAvi Music, pianist Sheila Arnold releases her album, on which she performs Brahms, Bach and Jörg Widmann on a special Blüthner grand piano from the early 1860s. As the piano is built with strings that are still straight and not overstrung, the registers are clearly different. The instrument has an unmistakable tone quality due to the unique way it is built, which provides an added layer of multidimensionality for the listener. “In 2022, when I played this Blüthner for the first time, I was left speechless at first – and that only seemed to make the instrument’s sheer eloquence all the more impressive. I immediately and quasi-unconsciously felt inspired to try out the beginning of Brahms’ Intermezzo (Notturno) in E Major, Op. 116. The piece’s dialogue between deep inner longing, on the one hand, and the loveliness and grace of the response suggested by the music, on the other – all of this was ‘simply there’ all at once,” Arnold states. "It seems to me that this Blüthner Grand Salon Piano is the instrument I have been looking for all my life, and I am happy that it has found its way to me. It has a humanity in its timbre, along with clarity of polyphony. The individual notes have depth and lightness; this exceptional instrument possesses the eloquence of human speech and a songlike tone.”
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – CAvi-music Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-5.43
-21.94 to -1.20
-28.62
-44.28 to -19.31
-24.32
-38.40 to -14.80
14
11 to 16
1
No. 1 in D Minor. Andante
-1.20-21.70-14.811
2
No. 2 in D Major. Andante
-1.20-22.81-17.012
3
No. 3 in B Minor. Intermezzo
-1.20-26.83-21.116
4
No. 4 in B Major. Andante con moto
-6.41-31.68-28.914
5
No. 1
-21.94-44.28-38.414
6
No. 2, Zart singend
-13.10-35.34-31.612
7
No. 1, Capriccio in D Minor
-1.20-19.31-15.511
8
No. 2, Intermezzo in A Minor
-3.61-28.21-23.715
9
No. 3, Capriccio in G Minor
-1.20-20.10-16.512
10
No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major
-4.48-31.20-27.114
11
No. 5, Intermezzo in E Minor
-3.57-29.15-25.514
12
No. 6, Intermezzo in E Major
-3.94-28.49-24.314
13
No. 7, Capriccio in D Minor
-1.20-21.06-17.312
14
No. 4, Wiegenlied
-1.20-25.55-19.815
15
No. 1 in E-Flat Major. Andante moderato
-7.17-33.39-30.115
16
No. 2 in B-Flat Minor. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione
-1.20-28.25-24.416
17
No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor. Andante con moto
-3.17-28.33-24.915
18
Prelude in E Major, BWV 878
-20.71-39.57-36.811

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