JÁNOS STARKER & GYÖRGY SEBŐK - THE UNRELEASED BERLIN STUDIO RECORDINGS 1963 - HD DOWNLOAD

Lighthouses and Twins János Starker and György Sebők were born in Hungary at the beginning of the last century, swept up by the prodigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, then emigrated to the United States and became emeritus professors at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. Inveterate smokers, sometimes burdened by an unjust reputation for austerity and harshness, insensitive to trends, drawn to the variety of music and fascinated by its colors, they had only one ambition, one course – the most majestic: to serve. To serve all composers, as they prove in this session recorded in the legendary Studio 3 of Berlin Radio on October 24, 1963. Starker and Sebők fully assimilated the aesthetic that Prokofiev championed: "I cultivate melody, and I also strive to introduce feeling and emotion into my works, despite those who call me a cubist and say that I systematically avoid all emotional or romantic factors in an exclusive search for objectivity." At the other end of the spectrum, Spanish passion. And melancholy too, in these two pieces by Granados and De Falla. Starker and Sebők approach them with enthusiasm and fervor. Finally, the first sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord is part of a cycle of three sonatas written by Bach. These sonatas do not refer to the stylistic peculiarities of the viola da gamba. They may have originally been written for other instruments and are therefore naturally suitable for transcription for cello and piano. Thus, they reveal the richness of the influences crossing the Germanic territory in the first half of the 18th century. In the Sonata in G major BWV 1027 that the two performers offer us, the beauty of the counterpoints is sublimated. The proof is there. Service is essential for these two immense performers. But do they know that in 1963, in that magical studio in Berlin, they went much further? They seduce us, enchant us, and move us deeply. |STARTGOLD| János Starker, cello György Sebők, piano|ENDGOLD| Recorded on the 24.X.1963, Berlin, RBB Studios, Saal III MONO ℗ 1963 RBB Remastered by © 2024 THE LOST RECORDINGS from the original analog tapes Ref.: TLR-2403055 Photo: © 1963 Mary Morris