Karl-Heinz Schütz & Maria Prinz – Brahms: Works (Arr. K.H. Schütz for Flute & Piano) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Karl-Heinz Schütz & Maria Prinz – Brahms: Works (Arr. K.H. Schütz for Flute & Piano) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:16 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
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Brahms had already decided to retire as a composer when, on a journey to Meiningen in 1891, he was inspired and challenged by clarinettist Richard M”uhlfeld’s beautiful playing. The two Sonatas, Op. 120 are part of a late flowering that resulted in some of Brahms’s finest chamber music. Brahms himself explored these pieces beyond the clarinet, and Karl-Heinz Sch”utz’s arrangements are based on the composer’s own alternative versions, seeking out the ideal of two equally matched instruments in constant dialogue. Also included is a selection of “songs without words”, further expanding the flute repertoire with arrangements of these much-loved Lieder.

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