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Fritz Brun conducts Fritz Brun

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Label: Guild - Historical

Cat No: GHCD2351

Barcode: 0795754235128

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th April 2009

Works

Brun
Symphony No.8 in A major for large orchestra

Brun
Variationen uber ein eigenes Thema fur Streichorchester und Klavier

Artists

Adrian Aeschbacher (piano)
Collegium Musicum Zurich
Studio-Orchester Beromunster

Conductors

Fritz Brun
Paul Sacher

Works

Brun
Symphony No.8 in A major for large orchestra

Brun
Variationen uber ein eigenes Thema fur Streichorchester und Klavier

Artists

Adrian Aeschbacher (piano)
Collegium Musicum Zurich
Studio-Orchester Beromunster

Conductors

Fritz Brun
Paul Sacher

About

The pianist, composer and conductor Fritz Brun, who was born in Lucerne on 18 August 1878, had his first piano lessons with Julie Kopp when he was only eight years of age, before being educated in musical theory by Franz Josef Breitenbach, as well as in playing the piano by Willem Mengelberg and Peter Fassbaender between 1892 and 1895.

In 1897 Brun took up studies at the Conservatorium in Cologne and afterwards moved to Berlin, where he acted as a music teacher for Prince George of Prussia and became acquainted with the two composers Ferruccio Busoni and Arthur Nikisch.

Following short stays in London and Dortmund, he worked as a piano teacher at the music school in Berne from 1903 onwards. At this time he performed frequently as a pianist at the symphony concerts. In 1909, Brun was appointed as the successor of the Bernese music director Karl Munzinger, thus not only taking over the conductorship of the Berner Musikgesellschaft, but also that of the two choirs, the Berner Cäcilienverein and the Berner Liedertafel.

During the following three decades, Brun shaped musical life in the Swiss federal capital significantly. As a conductor he particularly dedicated himself to the symphonic works of Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms and Berlioz. In 1941 Brun retired from all public duties with the performance of all the Beethoven symphonies, in order to dedicate himself from then on entirely to compositional work in Morcote (Tessin). Brun died in Grosshöchstetten in the Canton of Berne on 29 November 1959.

Contents:
Sinfonie Nr.8 in A-Dur für großes Orchester
Studio-Orchester Beromünster / Fritz Brun
(Recorded: 4 October 1946)

Variationen über ein eigenes Thema für Streichorchester und Klavier
Adrian Aeschbacher – piano
Collegium Musicum Zürich / Paul Sacher
(Recorded: 23 January 1946)

Bonus: Extracts from VIII. Variation
(The first bonus track is an extract from Variation VIII from the direct 78 shellac transfer, and then faded out. The second is the remastered recording of Variation VIII starting at the same point in the music. This offers a direct comparison and illustrates the improved remastering.)