Brahms: The Hungarian Connection
Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Christoph and Stephan Koncz (violin, cello), Ödon Rácz (double bass), Predrag Tomic (accordion) & Oskar Ökrös (cimbalom)
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th March 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
The performance of the Quintet is a fine one, with lovely clarinet tone, excellent overall sound and a deep understanding of the work's varied character…a fascinating issue, with playing of...
Brahms: The Hungarian Connection
Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Christoph and Stephan Koncz (violin, cello), Ödon Rácz (double bass), Predrag Tomic (accordion) & Oskar Ökrös (cimbalom)
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th March 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
The performance of the Quintet is a fine one, with lovely clarinet tone, excellent overall sound and a deep understanding of the work's varied character…a fascinating issue, with playing of...
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The album includes Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, one of the most seminal works for the instrument – combined with Hungarian dances and waltzes by Brahms, all newly arranged to include additional material from Brahms' original musical sources, with an authentic folk twist.
Brahms is seen as one of the most serious composers of the German school – this bold venture reveals how closely connected his music actually is to the vibrant folk music inspired Hungarian music world. Andreas Ottensamer, himself half-Hungarian, naturally recognizes Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet as “genuinely one of the monuments of the entire clarinet repertoire, a piece that every clarinettist dreams of playing”.
The stunning ensemble of musicians includes violinist Leonidas Kavakos, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Christoph and Stephan Koncz (violin, cello), Ödon Rácz (double bass), Predrag Tomic (accordion) and cimbalom virtuoso Oskar Ökrös.
Contents and tracklist
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (double bass)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (double bass), Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (double bass), Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (double bass), Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (double bass), Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
- Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (double bass), Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom), Predrag Tomic (accordion)
- Recorded: 2014-10-03
- Recording Venue: Nikodemus-kirche, Berlin
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week16th March 2015
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2015
June 2015
The performance of the Quintet is a fine one, with lovely clarinet tone, excellent overall sound and a deep understanding of the work's varied character…a fascinating issue, with playing of mastery and versatility
16th March 2015
Ottensamer plays a Viennese clarinet, with a wider bore than most models, which has a distinctive dark but luminous timbre that melds quite magically with viola and cello, and the rapport between clarinet and strings throughout is supremely warm and natural.
31st May 2015
The Berlin Philharmonic’s photogenic young principal shows his mature artistry in a raptly played quintet, and his virtuosity in a selection of echt Hungarian music arranged by the cellist Stephan Concz, with parts for cimbalom and accordion. Zestful, exhilarating stuff.
2nd April 2015
The folk music brings things to a spirited close, though the disc works better if you programme it to play first: the performance of the Quintet is among the most beautiful I know, and almost impossible to follow.
