Max Bruch - Concerto for Two Pianos, Op. 88a (1912)
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- Max Bruch (6 January 1838 - 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.
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Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-flat minor, Op. 88a
Transcribed by Isida Kazue Rockzaemon.
I. Andante sostenuto (0:00)
II. Andante con moto - Allegro molto vivace (6:10)
III. Adagio ma non troppo (12:26)
IV. Andante - Allegro (20:41)
Katia and Marielle Labèque and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov
In 1911, Bruch had heard the American duo-pianist sisters Rose and Ottilie Sutro play his Fantasy in D minor for 2 pianos, Op. 11, and was so delighted that he agreed to write a double concerto for them.
Bruch did not write an entirely fresh piece, but reworked music he had been writing for his planned Suite No. 3 for Organ and Orchestra (also referred to as his Orchestral Suite No. 3). The Suite used some melodies that Bruch had heard on Good Friday 1904, while convalescing in Capri, and these melodies appear in the concerto.
Bruch gave the Sutro sisters the sole performing rights to the work. Without Bruch's permission, however, they rewrote the concerto themselves to suit their pianistic abilities, copyrighting their version and depositing it with the Library of Congress in 1916. They performed the premiere of this version with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski on 29 December 1916. In 1917 they played a further revised version of the work, with the number of movements reduced from four to three, with the New York Philharmonic under Josef Stránský. Bruch himself conducted a private rehearsal of the concerto with the Sutro sisters in Berlin, but gave permission for it to be played only in the United States (it is not clear from the source which version this was; apparently he knew that the Sutros had made revisions, but to what extent is not known).
The Sutros withdrew the concerto after the second performance and never played it again. They never played Bruch's original version at all. But they continued to make revisions to their version, amounting to thousands of changes, the last by Ottilie as late as 1961 (Rose having died in 1957). Ottilie died in September 1970, aged 98. Some of her miscellaneous scores, manuscripts and newspaper cuttings were auctioned in January 1971. The pianist Nathan Twining purchased a box of unidentified papers for $11, and it proved to contain the autograph score of Rose and Ottilie's version of Bruch's concerto, a work unknown to him. The orchestral parts for the original version were bought by other people at the same auction, and Twining managed to track them down and buy the parts back from them. He and Martin Berkofsky then reconstructed Bruch's original version, and they recorded it for the first time in November 1973, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Antal Doráti. - Hudba
Max bruchs concerto for 2 pianist is exquisite. The third slow movement is so expressiveness exquisite. What a pity it is not better known
Max Bruch - Concerto for Two Pianos in A-flat minor, Op. 88a
1. - Andante sostenuto (A-flat minor): 0:00
2. - Andante con moto - Allegro molto vivace (E major): 6:10
3. - Adagio ma non troppo (B major - D major - B major): 12:26
4. - Andante - Allegro (A-flat major): 20:41
the beginning of the 20th marks the beginning of the pluralism of styles. sacre du printemps, schönberg's piano pieces, jazz in america, romanticism... a fascinating concerto. Thanks for uploading it :)
Rare œuvre pour piano concerto de Bruch après ses brillants concerti pour violon, ce superbe double concerto pour piano post romantique virtuose jamais donné en concert !
One of the most beautiful romantic piano concertos. The Labèque Sisters are marvelous. Thank you very much.
What an extraordinary story... Thank you for it, on top of this recording! (What could have come through their heads to change it on and on without performing it, especially as the original version is so good?)
Really beautiful!!! It is not possible for such a composer to be little known. It is not possible that we have talked above all about the usual greats of all time. Honor to Max Bruch!!!
...what the hell are you smoking
bruch's first violin concerto is literally standard repertoire, as is his "kol nidrei" for cello and orchestra
@@elrichardo1337the community of classical music is dunning-kruger personified
What a gem. What a precious, precious gem.
What a fine and interesting composer Max bruch was. Rather and refreshingly old fashioned for 1912, considering we've just had the entire ouvre of Mahler symphonies by then. But this is an absolute gem. Thanks for the upload.
Some absolutely lovely writing in this piece.
Very interesting story. Informative and intriguing dessert for the musical main course....
Absolutely gorgeous! Nobody around me knows Max Bruch..... What do we do to promote a great composer like him?
His most famous work is his concerto for violin and orchestra. You or your acquaintance may have heard it without knowing the composer.
@@anonymusum His other double concerto, OP 88, is also a masterpiece and a staple for viola repertoire.
Thank you for this jewel, I loved it very much.
The grand introduction certainly makes a wonderful commitment to Ab minor. Bruch to me also exposes himself as another Bach lover by the fugal exposition (not merely by fugue - is not the 2nd fugue from the well tempered evocatively hinted?) Romantic gesture and good humour follow. I hear it in B major although for argument sake it’s in Cb. A respectful composer emerges. Welcome dotted rhythmic features. Nothing entirely denoting that it is a double piano work. Ok, that was a surprise- the 1st mvt finished on the dominant with no return to the fugal idea.
This work unashamedly seeks a portrait of beauty. No shame. Love extracted from the softer regions surrounding the stones of a man’s heart (simile based on one from Stephen King).
Recapitulated 1st theme and a pleasing tonic major sonority heralds the last mvt. Is he unsure where to go here? Dare I sense an influence from Grieg? There seems to be a theme here but I didn’t notice it before… ? Perhaps the texture needed some thinning. A clarinet solo although it gave no new direction. Homogenous last movement. A grand joyous finish.
My overall view is that it is a fairly good Romantic concert piece that has the most stimulating writing at the beginning.
Marvelous concerto!
third movement is so nice
That 3rd movement!!!
Ab minor. Wow, a very seldom used key. 👍🎹🎶
And its enarmonic isnt more popular either!
It's just an enharmonic key to g# minor though lol... and plenty of classical piano pieces were written in g# minor, especially Chopin who believed B major was the most ergonomically comfortable key to play in, and as we know, g# minor is just the relative minor to B major.
Despite all of this, yes... it wasn't a common key for orchestral music such as concertos though, but it isn't necessarily mind blowing either to choose a-flat minor.
As far as the concerto goes, I was pleasantly surprised how fundamentally and traditionally sounding it was. I was expecting atonality and such. Very pleasing though!
@@stalkerstomper3304 it’s the only Piano concerto written in that key tho. And athlete aren’t any in g sharp minor.
@@zalba5710 Technically, the Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano is in G# Minor, but that’s only kind of a concerto.
Anyway, carry on.
@@masantonio8790 also, there's Feinberg's piano concerto in G-sharp minor.
That last note at 28:02 is when you wish every piano went down to low A-flat. Bösendorefer....
My favourite composer behind Beethoven and Mozart.
Bravo brilliance concerto
What's wrong with g sharp minor
It's not cool enough
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MUCHAAAACHOOOO
Very nice to be able to hear this concert. And an interesting story behind it. I can only hope those fraudulent sisters (who also stole Bruch’s manuscript of his famous first violin concerto) reincarnate as poverty-stricken musicians.
0:00~6:09 my fav
12:28 3rd mov.