Bruns, Peter

Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite; Mozart Transcriptions; Cello Concerto

1 CD / Delta Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite, for orchestra, Op. 48; Variations on Mozart's "Unser Pöbel meint" (K. 455), for piano & orchestra; Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Blome, Tatjana; Bruns, Peter
Conductors: Bruns, Jürgen
Ensemble: ; Kammerochester Leipzig; Kammersymphonie Berlin

Anyone who tries to find out more about the composer Ernst Toch will soon realize that it is not an easy task. No monograph is...continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Joseph Marx: Works For Piano Quartet

1 CD / CPO / 2010-07-27

Works: Joseph Marx: Rhapsodie for piano; Scherzo in D minor, for piano; Ballade, for piano
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Gaede, Daniel; Schlichtig, Hariolf; Triendl, Oliver

In addition to the many songs of Joseph Marx, he also made important contributions to the genre of chamber music. His first year dedicated to...continue...
Recording information: BR München, Studio 2 (06/09/2009/06/11/2009)....continue...

Schumann: Cello Concerto / Peter Brun

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-04-27

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Op. 85; Robert Volkmann: Concerto for cello & orchestra in A major, Op 33; Andante with Variations, for 3 cellos; Chant du Troubadour, for vio...
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Kuttner, Annegret; Nowak, Grzegorz [Conductor]; Stepp, Jakob
Conductors: Bruns, Jürgen

Schumann's Cello Concerto, the first large-scale Romantic concerto composed for the cello, was written in 1854, late in the composer's life. Exactly when the first...continue...

Classical Orchestral Masterpieces

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-06-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 50 in C major, H. 1/50; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2; Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no...
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Divoky, Zdenek; Moravec, Ivan
Conductors: Fey, Thomas; Norrington, Roger; Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Kukal, Ondrej

Juon: Piano Quartets Op 50 & 37 / Triendl, Gaede, Schlichtig, Bruns

1 CD / CPO / 2008-06-24

Works: Paul Juon: Piano quartet, Op. 50; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in F major "Rhapsody", Op. 37
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Gaede, Daniel; Schlichtig, Hariolf; Triendl, Oliver

Paul Juon numbers among the unknowns of music history. A contemporary critic has termed this late-romantic composer "the missing link between Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky." Born...continue...

French Works for Cello and Piano Vol 1 - Widor, Vierne / Peter Bruns, Annegret Kuttner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-05-09

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: Suite for cello & piano in E minor, Op. 21; Sonata for cello & piano in A major, Op. 80; Louis Vierne: Sonata for cello & piano in B flat minor, Op. 27
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Kuttner, Annegret

Unknown and rarely performed chamber music by two of the great French masters of the organ. The chamber works on this disc show the richness...continue...

Unforgettable - Music from Movies

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; Wolfgang Amad...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bruns, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Monteyrol, Laurence; Ottensamer, Ernst; Ra...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Mund, Uwe; Lombard, Alain; Morandi, Pier G.; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Halász, Michael; Teutsch, Karol; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Nelson, John; Yabl...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Vienna Mozart Academy

Music from the films Apocalypse Now, Fantasia, Shine, Pretty Woman, Platoon, Out of Africa, Farinelli, Chariots of Fire and many more are here, with unforgettable...continue...
Personnel: Derek Lee Ragin (vocals); Laurence Monteyrol (soprano); Norbert Kraft (guitar); Fazil Say, Idil Biret, Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Aria Cantilena - Offenbach, Massenet, R. Strauss, Rossini, Montsalvatge, Villa-Lobos, at al. / Elina Garanca, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-02-13

Performers: Beutlich, Matthias; Bruns, Peter; Damrau, Diana; Flade, Katharina; Garanca, Elina; Harnisch, Rafael; Licht, Dominik; Liebmann, Heike; Muller, Thomas; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Tuma, Mirko
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus

The young mezzo Elina Garanca has quickly established herself as one of the music world's newest stars through her performances with leading opera theaters and...continue...

Koechlin: Chansons bretonnes, Cello Sonata; Debussy / Bruns

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-09-18

Works: Charles Koechlin: Chansons Bretonnes, 20 songs for cello & piano, Op. 115; Sonata for cello & piano, Op. 66; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Ishay, Roglit

This latest installment in the eagerly sought-out and critically acclaimed Koechlin series from Hanssler Classic, featuring world premiere recordings of the' Chansons bretonnes,' reveals Koechlin's...continue...

Dvorak, Janacek, Suk / Trios / Dresden Piano Trio

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-10-17

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in E minor, Op. 90/B 166 "Dumky"; Leos Janácek: Fairy tale; Sonata for violin & piano, JW 7/7; Josef Suk: Elegie for piano, violin & cello, O...
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Ishay, Roglit; Vogler, Kai
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Ensemble: Dresdner Klaviertrio

"... the playing of the young Dresden Piano Trio is so enthusiastic and good that one can't help but respond favorably to it. They are...continue...

Brahms: String Sextet, Quartet / Rohde, Bruns, Leipzig SQ

1 CD / MD&G / 2005-04-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36; Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Rohde, Hartmut
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Described as 'one of the towering and most versatile quartets of our time', the Leipzig String Quartet has been praised as 'sophisticated and imaginative' and...continue...

Haydn: Cello Concertos; Denisov / Bruns, Mendelssohn CO

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-04-15

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2; Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1; Edison Denisov: Variations on Haydn's Canon "Tod ist ein Langer Schlaf" (Death...
Performers: Bruns, Peter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig

Peter Bruns plays a Carlo Tononi cello (Venice 1730), formerly in the possession of Pablo Casals. His sensitive, idiomatic performances of Haydn's cello concertos are...continue...

Sofia Gubaidulina - In The Mirror / Kozhukhar, Kremer, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-06-02

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Quintet for Piano and Strings; Concerto for Piano "Introitus"; Dancer on a Tightrope
Performers: Aizawa, Rieko; Bruns, Peter; Eichenauer, Ulrich; Kremer, Gidon; Rauchs, Beatrice; Sakharov, Vadim; Vogler, Kai; Wang, Mira
Conductors: Kozhukhar, Vladimir
Ensemble: Kyiv Chamber Players

"In this excellent performance [of the Piano Quintet], it's a very enjoyable, exhilarating experience in its own right. But the chamber piano concerto Introitus...is clearly...continue...