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Friedrich Schwindl
l'arte del mondo · Werner Ehrhardt
Completely forgotten today, Friedrich Schwindl (1737 – 1786) was a highly esteemed violinist and composer in his time. His name appears repeatedly in the writings of Leopold Mozart, Charles Burney, and Daniel Schubart, yet his biography can only be reconstructed in a very fragmentary way. Born in Amsterdam, the stages of his life can be traced along the Rhine, from the Netherlands to Switzerland. The focus of his work was instrumental music, especially symphonies, of which 31 survive. They are influenced by the compositions of the Mannheim School but have a more folk-like character. A fascinating discovery of music history, brought to life virtuously and authentically by the musicians of the l'arte del mondo orchestra under Werner Ehrhardt.
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Nikolai Kapustin
Frank Dupree · SWR Big Band · SWR Symphonieorchester · Dominik Beykirch
“…our life is like jazz improvisation; it should always be spontaneous, always in the moment, and always free.” (Nikolai Kapustin) Mission accomplished! After six years of rehearsals, concerts, and productions, all six piano concertos by the Russian jazz wizard Nikolai Kapustin are now available as recordings. Concertos Nos. 1 and 3, along with the no less virtuosic 8 Concert Etudes Op. 40, are released here for the first time, thereby completing this successful cycle. Drawing a parallel to one of the most prominent figures of symphonic jazz, Kapustin is often described as a “Russian following in Gershwin’s footsteps.” Frank Dupree has tirelessly followed that path, finally presenting us this significant gap in musical history.
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MARC BLITZSTEIN
Aleksander Nohr · Mari Eriksmoen · Norrköping Symphony Orchestra · Karl-Heinz Steffens
MARC BLITZSTEIN (1905-1964)
The new CD edition “Bauhaus Music, Volume 1” by the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung brings the rich and long-overlooked music history of the Bauhaus back to life. The series opens with an absolute sensation – Marc Blitzstein’s “Parabola and Circula”, believed to be the only geometric opera in the world. Developed in 1929/30, the piece was supposed to debut at a Bauhaus event but, for various reasons, remained unperformed for almost a century. It wasn’t until 2025 when the research project “Bauhaus Music”, initiated by the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, presented the world premiere of a reconstructed version at the Musikfest Berlin in the Berliner Philharmonie. Modern, poignant and richly multifaceted, Blitzstein’s opera tells a tragic love story in the realm of geometric forms that evokes the artistic visions of the Bauhaus stage. With this CD, you can now enjoy the first recording of the 2025 debut performance – an acoustic document that captures an extraordinary moment of music and Bauhaus research.
Bauhaus Music is funded by the German Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media
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KAPUSTIN: Complete Piano Concertos
SWR Big Band · SWR Symphonieorchester · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Württ. Kammerorchester Heilbronn · Dominik Beykirch
“…our life is like jazz improvisation; it should always be spontaneous, always in the moment, and always free.” (Nikolai Kapustin) Mission accomplished! After six years of rehearsals, concerts, and productions, all six piano concertos by the Russian jazz wizard Nikolai Kapustin are now available as recordings. Concertos Nos. 1 and 3, along with the no less virtuosic 8 Concert Etudes Op. 40, are released here for the first time, thereby completing this successful cycle. Drawing a parallel to one of the most prominent figures of symphonic jazz, Kapustin is often described as a “Russian following in Gershwin’s footsteps.” Frank Dupree has tirelessly followed that path, finally presenting us this significant gap in musical history.
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NOSKOWSKI
Meccore String Quartet
Zygmunt Noskowski, the influential Polish conductor and composer, is perhaps better remembered for his role as a teacher and mentor to later luminaries such as Karol Szymanowski and Mieczysław Karłowicz – and for his connection to Stanisław Moniuszko – than for his own compositions. Yet for much of the 19th century, he was Poland’s leading exponent of modern music and his works are central to the Polish tradition. After the Capriccio recordings of his Symphonies (CD C5509 and C5547) this album presents some of his string quartets and shows us again a veritable picture book of Polish romanticism.
