Lars Vogt (piano)
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Sarah Chang (violin)
Truls Mørk (cello)
Boris Pergamenschikow (cello)
Konrad Beikircher (narrator)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Berg, Alban

Piano Sonata, op.1
Pieces (4) for clarinet and piano, op.5

Brahms, Johannes

» no.4 Vergebliches Standchen

Scherzo in C minor (F.A.E. Sonata), WoO2
Violin Sonata no.1 in G major, op.78
Violin Sonata no.2 in A major, op.100
Violin Sonata no.3 in D minor, op.108

Dvorak, Antonin

Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, op.87
Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
Piano Trio no.3 in F minor, op.65
Sonatina in G major for violin and piano, op.100

Franck, Cesar

Violin Sonata in A major

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Hindemith, Paul

Alto Horn Sonata in E flat major
Kammermusik no.2, op.36 no.1 'Piano Concerto'

Kirchner, Volker David

Poemi (3)

Komarova, Tatjana

Piano Sonata
Piano Trio

Lachenmann, Helmut

Variations (5) on a Theme by Franz Schubert

Messiaen, Olivier

Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

Milhaud, Darius

Scaramouche

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Sonata in C major, op.119

Ravel, Maurice

Violin Sonata no.2 in G major

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals
Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.75

Schubert, Franz

Piano Sonata no.18 in G major, D894

Schumann, Robert

Adagio and Allegro, op.70
Bunte Blatter, op.99
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73
Kreisleriana, op.16
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Romances (3), op.94

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40
Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, op.67

Stravinsky, Igor

Suite italienne 'Pulcinella' (version for cello and piano)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Dumka (Russian Rustic Scene), op.59
Piano Trio in A minor, op.50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'
The Seasons, op.37a

» no.6 June: Barcarolle

» no.10 October: Autumn Song

» no.11 November: Troika

Artists

Conductor

Simon Rattle

About

Lars Vogt’s (1970-2022) early recordings collected here provide a document of an artist who always remained authentic, both to himself and to music. Lars Vogt never sought absolute truth, but truthfulness instead meant all the more to him. The man and the artist were always very close, never currying favour and never detached from the world. He was, instead, open and natural.

“It’s incredibly gratifying when you notice that you can perhaps light a little spark, a little flame for music in people, and when music helps you to find the path to your own soul.”

Born in Düren on 8 September 1970, Lars Vogt began taking piano lessons at the age of six and then studied in Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, who produced several generations of renowned piano students. In 1990 he won second prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition and came to the attention of both EMI Classics executive, who arranged a recording contract, and Simon Rattle, with whom he became close. In 1997 he founded in Heimbach the Spannungen chamber music festival, which is regularly attended by renowned artists such as Christian Tetzlaff, Truls Mørk, Tanja Tetzlaff, Heinrich Schiff, Sabine Meyer, Julia Fischer, Daniel Hope, Kim Kashkashian, Daniel Harding…

As conducter (he was self-taught) he took over the direction of the Royal Northern Sinfonia in 2015 and was appointed chief conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in 2020. On 5 September 2022 he died of cancer diagnosed two years earlier.

Lars Vogt was one of the world’s most sought-after pianists and conductors due to his attentive musicianship, near flawless execution and a touch of earnestness.