Viennese Transfigurations Maxim Brilinsky, Stefan Neubauer, Bartoz Sikorski, Johannes Piirto

• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): Violinkonzert (Arr. M. Brilinsky for Violin, Clarinet, Piano & Bass):
• 1 Berg: Violinkonzert (Arr. M. Brilinsky for Violin, Clarinet, Piano & Bass): I. Andante - Allegretto 11:03
• 2 Berg: Violinkonzert (Arr. M. Brilinsky for Violin, Clarinet, Piano & Bass): II. Allegro - Adagio 15:39
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942): Bühnenmusik zu "Cymbellne":
• 3 Zemlinsky: Bühnenmusik zu "Cymbellne": I. Kraftvoll und mäßig bewegt 04:12
• 4 Zemlinsky: Bühnenmusik zu "Cymbellne": II. Sehr langsam 03:54
• Thomas Wally: Transfigurations (2020 Version):
• 5 Wally: Transfigurations (2020 Version): Transfiguration I 02:27
• 6 Wally: Transfigurations (2020 Version): Transfiguration II 04:24
• 7 Wally: Transfigurations (2020 Version): Transfiguration III 01:25
• 8 Wally: Transfigurations (2020 Version): Transfiguration IV 02:41
• Alban Berg: Adagio for Violin, Clarinet & Piano:
• 9 Berg: Adagio for Violin, Clarinet & Piano 13:08
• Total Runtime 58:53

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Three Vienna-born composers and four elective Viennese performers come together in four challenging and deeply layered compositions that span 120 years of Viennese musical history. The significance and impact of the works, however, radiate far beyond Vienna itself. At the same time, the live recording also reflects a moment in contemporary history, as the concert, originally planned to take place before a live audience, eventually took place on 17 May, 2021 solely as a streaming event at Vienna's Arnold Schoenberg Center, due to the restrictions enforced by the COVID 19 pandemic. The title of this recording, Viennese Transfigurations, is ambiguous. Three pieces are arrangements of earlier compositions for a quartet with the rather unusual line-up of violin, piano, clarinet and double bass, while the other was written for a trio of clarinet, violin and piano. Two arrangements are by the composers themselves, and two are by violinist Maxim Brilinsky. Each of the works has the facility to arouse the curiosity of the listeners right from the beginning, and all end softly.

Maxim Brilinsky, violin
Stefan Neubauer, clarinet
Bartosz Sikorski, double bass
Johannes Piirto, piano

Maxim Brilinsky
was born 1985 in Lviv (Ukraine). At the age of five, he received his first violin lessons at the music school there and beginning in 2000 continued his education with Michael Frischenschlager at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. As of 2005, he studied violin at the Conservatoire Nationale Superior de Musique et de Dance in Paris with Jean-Jacques Kantorow. After having served as concertmaster for the chamber ensemble "Orchestre d'Auvergne" in the 2006/07 season, he joined the 2nd violin section of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra on Sept. 1, 2008. Following another successful audition in 2011, he moved to the first violin section. In the same year he joined the Association of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Maxim Brilinsky was a stipendiary of the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna and the Thyll-Dürr Foundation in Zurich. He is the prize winner of many well-known international violin competitions: he won the 4th Prize at the "Yehudi Menuhin Competion" in Boulogne-sur-Mer (2002); the 2nd Prize and a special prize at the "Paganini Competition" in Genoa (2002); the 2nd Prize and a special prize at the "Benjamin Britten Competition" in London (2004).

Maxim Brilinsky has been leader of the 1st violin section since 2014. He also became a member of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle (Vienna Imperial Chapel) in 2018, where he currently holds the position of concertmaster.

In 2020 his recording of Niccolo Paganini's "24 Caprices" and "Nel cor più non mi sento" has been released by Sony Classical. This was followed in 2021 by the recording of Eugène Ysaÿe's "6 Sonatas for solo violin op.27" which has been released by Hänssler Classic.

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