Brahms and The Schönberg Affair [Pure DSD - Analog Mixed]

The Schönberg Affair: Clarinet And Piano Between Vienna And Budapest.

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Label Hunnia Records

Artist Lajos Rozman

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Pure DSD - Analog Mixed

The DSD 256 tracks are converted back to analog, mixed on an analog desk, and converted to DSD again for the edit master. Sessions mixed live on an analog desk and recorded directly to DSD fall into this category too.

René Leibowitz, the French composer who wrote a book about Arnold Schönberg, begins his book in medias res: “Hardly any reminder is needed to make the discerning music lover aware of the fact that Arnold Schönberg was the composer most subjected to attack in the history of music.”

Schönberg’s music and personality stirred emotions and passions of an intensity rarely seen before, compelling everyone who encountered his work to take a stand. Was it a matter of temperament? Of fate? One thing is certain: he found himself at one of the most dramatic turning points in the history of music and, as a key figure in the changes that had become inevitable, he did not shy away from his historic task. According to a much-repeated wartime anecdote, an officer once addressed him during his military service: “Are you that notorious Schönberg, the composer?” Schönberg replied: “What can I do? Someone had to take it on. Nobody else wanted to.”

Vienna, where Schönberg first made his mark and began his career, was not far from Budapest, even a little over a century ago. It might seem logical, then, that the turbulent musical revolution he set in motion, in response to the seemingly exhausted tradition of German Romanticism, would also have resonated in Hungary. But that was not what happened. Here, the way out of German Romanticism, and towards a new musical language, was found through the discovery, collection and integration of folk music, thanks to Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.
– Lajos Rozmán, clarinet

With Lajos, every project is a journey of personal growth, and for many years now, combining the sounds of the piano and the clarinet has been a special experience and undertaking. When playing in a duo with him, I never seek the single “correct” solution, but rather the truth and essence of the works. Chamber music-making with him is poetry embedded in the moment: not the vague, formless seclusion of the piece, but a human, open attitude that embraces the piece and warms distance into closeness. There are not many of us who prefer the harder path, but the two of us certainly do. You, too, are invited to be part of this adventure!
– László Borbély, piano

The Rozmán-Borbély Duo

Tracklist

Total time: 01:15:31

1. Brahms Sonate für Klarinette und Klavier f Moll Op.120 No. 1 I. Allegro appassionato