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ERNST TOCH
Anna Magdalena Kokits
Burlesques op. 31 (1923)
Three Piano Pieces op. 32 (1925)
Capriccetti op. 36 (1925)
Ten Etudes for Beginners op. 59 (1931)
Ten Intermediate Etudes op. 57 (1931)
Echoes from a Small Town op. 49 (1929)
Piano Sonata op. 47 (1928)
All the works on this CD derive from the inter-war years, i.e. the period in which Toch completely de-romanticized his music by disregarding late Romantic harmonic conventions and restrictions. “What has always fascinated and impressed me from the outset – particularly in the works after 1918 – is their reduction to the essential and salient. Every note conveys the impression of being absolutely necessary, and not one is superfluous or replacable. Ernst Toch’s music is convincing, and his story moves me in such a special way that I feel a great need to make his music accessible to a broader public again and to contribute my share towards re-integrating the ‘most forgotten composer of the 20th century’, as he often called himself in the final years of his life, in musical life today.” Anna Magdalena Kokits
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FRANZ & CARL DOPPLER EDITION 3/10
Claudi Arimany, Shigenori Kudo, Christine Icart, Nabi Cabestany, Alan Branch, Michel Wagemans, John Steele Ritter, Pedro José Rodriguez, Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de Elche • Leonardo Martínez
[1] Duettino sur des motifs hongrois op. 36 for two flutes and piano (F)
[2] Morceaux favoris sur “Figaro” opéra de W.A.Mozart for solo flute with piano ad libitum (F) (WPR)
[3] “Az ujabb zene gyöngyei. A Legkedveltebb Csárdások”. Füzet 3
(The recent Hungarian music pearls. The most popular Csardas. Book 3
for solo flute with piano ad libitum ©
[4] Fantasia su motivi dell´Opera “Casilda” di Ernesto II
for flute and harp (Doppler & Zamara) (F)
[5] Potpourri sur “Martha” opéra de F.Flotow for piano and flute (F) (WPR)
[6] Duo sur “La Fille du Régiment” opéra de G.Donizetti for two solo flutes (F) (WPR)
[7] “Meditation von Bach” for two flutes, cello and piano (Bach-Gounod-Doppler) (F) (WPR)
[8] “Die Gebet einer Jungfrau” for flute and piano (Bádarzewska-Doppler) (F) (WPR)
[9] “Chanson d´amour” Air Varié for flute and orchestra (F) (WPR)
C = Carl Doppler / F=Franz Doppler / WPR=World premiere recording
The Doppler brothers played a dominant role in the K&K Monarchy’s musical life as composers, conductors, musicians and as orchestral soloists. They were on good terms with acknowledged artists of the era, such as Ferenc Liszt, Ferenc Erkel, or Jozsef Bajza.
This is the third release in a set of 10 CDs comprising the Dopplers' complete music for flute(s), including various arrangements. Flautist Claudi Arimany spent decades researching this project, inspiring many famous musicians to become involved in its realisation.
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ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK THE SPECTRE’S BRIDE
ŠATUROVÁ · BRESLIK · PLACHETKA · WIENER SINGAKADEMIE · ORF VIENNA RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · CORNELIUS MEISTER
CANTATA FOR SOLI, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OP. 69
after a poem by Karel Jaromir Erben (1811-1870)
'I just cannot tell you how much these British honour and like me! Everywhere, they are writing and talking about me, saying I am the lion of this year’s musical season in London. (…)’ Antonin Dvorak (1884)
Concerts in different British cities performed a large number of other works by Dvořák, so that it was inevitable that there was a call for works especially written for Great Britain. From May to November 1884 he wrote the cantata The Spectre’s Bride. 1885 the projected concert finally took place in Birmingham. Tradition has it that Dvořák himself conducted an about 400-voice choir and an orchestra consisting of 150 musicians. Many more performances within just one year in Great Britain and the USA contributed towards consolidating Dvořák’s prominence and popularity in the English-speaking world, which have never really waned since then.
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SCHUBERT: DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN
STEFAN VLADAR
20 years ago, at the beginning of his career, the young baritone Bo Skovhus made his first recording of Schubert’s “Schöne Müllerin”. Now, as a famous opera and Lied interpreter he presents a new production of all 3 Schubert Cycles: “I’m very thankful to do this again. As a young men you do not reflect so much what happen. Now, when I’m older, I understand much more about. Especially for this cycle it’s important to have another point of view.” (Bo Skovhus)
Stefan Vladar, the famous Viennese pianist and his partner on the piano, shows us the virtuosity of the piano part in a new different light.
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HANNS EISLER: Film Music
RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN · JOHANNES KALLITZKE
Hangmen Also Die – Filmmusik / Film Music (1942/43)
The 400 Million - Filmmusik / Film Music (1938/39)
Präludium: Andante con moto / Main Title
Thema mit Variationen / Theme with variations
Scherzo für Solovioline und Orchester / Scherzo for solo violin and orchestra
Fünf Orchesterstücke / Five pieces for orchestra
The Grapes of Wrath Alternative Film Music (1941/1942)
Kleine Symphonie (1932)
Hörfleißübung (1930)
RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN
JOHANNES KALLITZKE, Dirigent / conductor
Besides the Oscar-nominated score for Fritz Lang's film 'Hangmen Also Die' (1943), this CD contains other rarely heard works by Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), in which the special interpretation Schönberg's pupil had developed of the twelve-tone technique plays an astonishingly important role for the field of film and orchestral music.
