Summer 2011 saw the launch of Anneke Scott and Kathryn Cok's (fortepiano) debut disc on the Dutch label Challenge Classics. This compelling disc showcases a selection of virtuosic works written in the early nineteenth century in Vienna – a key period, both musically and politically, in the history of this Austrian city. The disc includes sonatas by Beethoven and Krufft, and the premiere recordings on period instruments of a dramatic sonata by Leidesdorf and of an anonymous transcription for horn and fortepiano of the Largo of Haydn’s String Quartet in G minor, Op. 73 No. 3. To find out more about this disc please click here. ...first and foremost, this recording is great fun. It is not a history lesson in any sense, and while the historical research behind it clearly erudite, it is the immediacy of the music that leaves a lasting impression. The natural horn playing is superb throughout with stellar support on fortepiano by Kathryn Cok. The recorded balance between the lighter pianoforte and the horn is excellent…The real gem in the programme is the anonymous arrangement of the Largo from Joseph Haydn’s Rider String Quartet. Scott plays with the most beautiful legato and subtle changes of colour…A fine debut and an album to be highly recommended. |
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