Müller-Hermann: Piano Quintet, Op. 31; Violin Sonata, Op. 5 / Triendl, Gaede et al.
Details
- Composer
- Johanna Muller-Hermann
- Artist
- Oliver Triendl, Daniel Gaede, Nina Karmon, Benedikt Schneider, Antoaneta Emanuilova
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Haenssler Classic
- Released
- Apr 21, 2023
- Catalog #
- HC22082
- UPC
- 881488220827
About
The chamber music of Johanna Müller-Hermann is distinguished by its focus on pure melody, which often gives the music a lyrical character, but which she is quite willing to interrupt with stringent use of rhythm and contrast. The Austrian composer Johanna Müller-Hermann (1868-1941) was born in Vienna on January 15, 1868, to government official Alois von Hermann and Antonia Freiin von der Decken zu Himmelreich, who was eighteen years his junior. Known in her girlhood as Johanna von Hermann, she was the second of three children. The growing family enjoyed the life of the upper middle class in the inner city of Vienna. Johanna Hermann learnt the piano with Heinrich von Bocklet, who was later made Professor. She attended the Vienna Conservatory, studied musicology with Carl Navratil and historical counterpoint with Josef Labor, took violin and piano lessons, and participated in the exercises of Guido Adler.
Müller-Hermann also enrolled for the composition class of Josef Bohuslav Foerster. She published her first opus in 1903, “Seven Lieder for solo voice and piano”. The premiere of one of these songs the following year drew public attention to Müller-Hermann, and her Violin Sonata was first performed in 1905, attracting a good deal of positive comment. Critical interest was increased by the publication of her String Quartet op. 6, which celebrated its premiere six years later. The quartet was written during a period of instruction from Alexander von Zemlinsky. There is no known evidence of this teaching, nor are there any drafts, but the quartet is dedicated to Zemlinsky “in gratitude”. Public recognition came in 1917, when she was appointed Professor at the Vienna Conservatory in succession to her former teacher Josef Foerster. Her public profile benefited from her two orchestral works and even more from her choral works with orchestral accompaniment.
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro appassionato 11:51
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro appassionato
- Duration
- 11:51
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Nina Karmon, Benedikt Schneider, Antoaneta Emanuilova, Oliver Triendl
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2 II. Adagio 06:05
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 06:05
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Nina Karmon, Benedikt Schneider, Antoaneta Emanuilova, Oliver Triendl
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3 III. Scherzo: Allegro moderato 05:17
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Scherzo: Allegro moderato
- Duration
- 05:17
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Nina Karmon, Benedikt Schneider, Antoaneta Emanuilova, Oliver Triendl
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4 IV. Introduzione: Fermo - Allegretto amabile 07:49
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Introduzione: Fermo - Allegretto amabile
- Duration
- 07:49
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Nina Karmon, Benedikt Schneider, Antoaneta Emanuilova, Oliver Triendl
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5 I. Moderato serioso 08:53
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Moderato serioso
- Duration
- 08:53
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Oliver Triendl
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6 II. Adagio molto cantabile 06:13
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Adagio molto cantabile
- Duration
- 06:13
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Oliver Triendl
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7 III. Allegro con brio 07:15
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Allegro con brio
- Duration
- 07:15
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Oliver Triendl
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8 IV. Allegretto amabile 08:28
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Allegretto amabile
- Duration
- 08:28
- Composer
- Johanna Müller-Hermann
- Performer
- Daniel Gaede, Oliver Triendl