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Brigitte Zaczek
Romantic Guitar
Track Listings
K. J. MERTZ (1806-1856): Bardenklänge op.13 (Vienna, 1847)
1. Liebeslied
2. Scherzo
3. An Malvina
4. Tarantelle
5. Elegie
N. COSTE (1805-1883)
6. Valse Favorite op. 46
7. Grande Sérénade (Paris 1856)
F. SCHUBERT / K. J. MERTZ
8. Ständchen (Vienna, 1854)
J.
STRAUSS / K. J. MERTZ
9. Annenpolka (Vienna, 1856)
Instruments:
F. Roudhlof, Paris ca 1820 (1, 3, 5)
N. G. Riess, Wien ca 1840 (6, 7, 8, 9)
B. Le Jeune, Lyon ca 1840 (2, 4)
Booklet
Essay by Alfred
Komarek. "I
first heard Brigitte forty years ago when she played during a televised
Segovia
master class. Her performance of Bach impressed everyone,
including Segovia himself. I, for one, have never forgotten it.
Brigitte uses three different historic guitars in this recording, each
of which has distinctly different sound characteristics employed for the
appropriate pieces; an eight-string 1840 Viennese instrument by Ries, a
Paris 1830 Roudhlof, and an 1840 Lyon Le Jeuene. There are five
original compositions by Mertz and two of his arrangements of Schubert
and Strauss. Coste pieces are the Valse Favorite and the
five-movement 1856 Grande Sérénade. For the person whose primary
interests are period music on historic instruments, it sets the
standard. The playing is sensitive, stylish, spontaneous and
musically appropriate. The phrases really breathe in a way that is
unfortunately rare among guitarists. One can almost imagine they
are listening to a singer instead. The recording itself is well
made; it presents the tone of each guitar with extreme clarity and
natural ambiance." - John
McCormick, earlyromanticguitar.com
About the Artist
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