Brahms – Reger: Song Transcriptions Rudolf Buchbinder

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 6 Gesänge, Op. 3:
• 1Brahms: 6 Gesänge, Op. 3: No. 1, Liebestreu (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:47
• 5 Gedichte, Op. 19:
• 2Brahms: 5 Gedichte, Op. 19: No. 4, Der Schmied (Arr. Reger for Piano)00:42
• 4 Lieder, Op. 46:
• 3Brahms: 4 Lieder, Op. 46: No. 4, An die Nachtigall (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:41
• 5 Lieder, Op. 47:
• 4Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 47: No. 3, Sonntag (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:40
• 5 Lieder, Op. 49:
• 5Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 1, Am Sonntag Morgen (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:11
• 6Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 2, An ein Veilchen (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:23
• 7Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:30
• 5 Gesänge, Op. 71:
• 8Brahms: 5 Gesänge, Op. 71: No. 5, Minnelied (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:13
• 9Brahms: 5 Gesänge, Op. 72: No. 1, Alte Liebe (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:53
• 5 Romanzen und Gesänge, Op. 84:
• 10Brahms: 5 Romanzen und Gesänge, Op. 84: No. 1, Sommerabend (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:05
• 11Brahms: 5 Romanzen und Gesänge, Op. 84: No. 4, Vergebliches Ständchen (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:27
• 6 Lieder, Op. 85:
• 12Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 85: No. 6, In Waldeinsamkeit (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:10
• 6 Lieder, Op. 86:
• 13Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 86: No. 2, Feldeinsamkeit (Arr. Reger for Piano)03:25
• 14Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 86: No. 3, Nachtwandler (Arr. Reger for Piano)03:42
• 15Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 86: No. 4, Über die Heide (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:22
• 5 Lieder, Op. 94:
• 16Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 94: No. 4, Sapphische Ode (Arr. Reger for Piano)03:00
• 7 Lieder, Op. 95:
• 17Brahms: 7 Lieder, Op. 95: No. 4, Der Jäger (Arr. Reger for Piano)00:58
• 4 Lieder, Op. 96:
• 18Brahms: 4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 1, Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht (Arr. Reger for Piano)03:00
• 19Brahms: 4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 2, Wir wandelten, wir zwei zusammen (Arr. Reger for Piano)03:36
• 6 Lieder, Op. 97:
• 20Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 97: No. 1, Nachtigall (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:50
• 21Brahms: 6 Lieder, Op. 97: No. 4, Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus (Arr. Reger for Piano)00:51
• 5 Lieder, Op. 105:
• 22Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1, Wie Melodien zeiht es mir (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:00
• 23Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 2, Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Arr. Reger for Piano)03:35
• 24Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 4, Auf dem Kirchhofe (Arr. Reger for Piano)02:43
• 5 Lieder, Op. 106:
• 25Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 106: No. 1, Ständchen (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:30
• 5 Lieder, Op. 107:
• 26Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 2, Salamander (Arr. Reger for Piano)00:50
• 27Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 3, Das Mädchen spricht (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:15
• 28Brahms: 5 Lieder, Op. 107: No. 5, Mädchenlied (Arr. Reger for Piano)01:44
• Total Runtime59:03

Info for Brahms – Reger: Song Transcriptions

Rudolf Buchbinder, the doyen of Austrian pianists, plays Max Reger’s rarely heard, lovingly crafted transcriptions of his idol Johannes Brahms’s most beautiful lieder, about which Reger said: “In the case of such masterpieces, any embellishment and any attempt to introduce a note of brilliance would be an unheard-of act of vandalism. I mean to adopt a different approach by bringing out the vocal line and, where possible, retaining the original accompaniment in the most faithful way that I can!”

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

Rudolf Buchbinder
is one of the legendary artists of our time. His piano playing is an unparalleled fusion of the authority of a career spanning more than 60 years with spirit and spontaneity. His renditions are celebrated worldwide for their intellectual depth and musical freedom.

Particularly his renditions of Ludwig van Beethoven's works are considered to be exemplary. He has performed the 32 piano sonatas 60 times in cycles all over the world and developed the story of their interpretation over decades. He was the first pianist to play all Beethoven sonatas at the Salzburg Festival during a summer festival. A live recording is available on DVD.

On the occasion of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday in the 2019/20 concert season, for the first time in its 150-year history, the Vienna Musikverein is giving a single pianist, Rudolf Buchbinder, the honor of performing all five piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven in a specially edited cycle. Buchbinder's partners in this unprecedented constellation are the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Music Director Andris Nelsons, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Riccardo Muti and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under their chief conductors Mariss Jansons, Valery Gergiev and Christian Thielemann.

Together with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons, Rudolf Buchbinder will also return to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Philharmonie Luxembourg and the Carnegie Hall New York as part of a tour.

A première is the focus of the Beethoven Year 2020. Based on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations Op. 120, Rudolf Buchbinder initiated a new cycle of variations on the same waltz by Anton Diabelli, which also forms the basis of Beethoven's epochal masterpiece. With Lera Auerbach, Brett Dean, Toshio Hosokawa, Christian Jost, Brad Lubman, Philippe Manoury, Max Richter, Rodion Shchedrin, Johannes Maria Staud, Tan Dun and Jörg Widmann, it was possible to win eleven leading contemporary composers of different generations and backgrounds. The New Diabelli Variations were commissioned by a variety of concert promoters worldwide and with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

The world première recording of the New Diabelli Variations marks the beginning of Rudolf Buchbinder's exclusive partnership with Deutsche Grammophon. At the same time he also presents a new recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, which he last recorded in 1976.

Rudolf Buchbinder is an honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the first soloist to be awarded the Golden Badge of Honor by the Staatskapelle Dresden.

Buchbinder attaches great importance to source research. His private music collection comprises 39 complete editions of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas as well as an extensive archive of first prints, original editions and copies of the piano scores of both piano concertos by Johannes Brahms.

He has been the artistic director of the Grafenegg Festival since its foundation in 2007. Today, Grafenegg is one of the most influential orchestral festivals in Europe.

Two books by Rudolf Buchbinder have been published so far, his autobiography "Da Capo" and "Mein Beethoven - Leben mit dem Meister". Numerous award-winning recordings on CD and DVD document his career.

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