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Important Brahms Recording

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-05-30 01:25

Lorenzo Coppola and Andreas Staier have recorded the two Brahms Sonatas on Harmonia Mundi 902187. The CD also contains Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118.

Coppola plays a Schwenk & Seggelke copy of Mühlfeld's Ottensteiner clarinet, and Staier plays an 1875 Steinway. It's not clear from the photo, but it appears to be about 7' long and the bass is not overstrung.

The interpretation is very different from those on modern instruments. Coppola produces many tone colors and phrases beautifully, much more freely than in modern performances. The two instruments balance perfectly. Coppola and Staier play with the phrasing constantly, to excellent effect, at least for me.

It's a recording that demands to be heard.

Ken Shaw

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