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ARC Ensemble - Kaufmann: Chamber Works (2020) [Hi-Res]

ARC Ensemble - Kaufmann: Chamber Works (2020) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: ARC Ensemble

  • Title: Kaufmann: Chamber Works
  • Year Of Release: 2020
  • Label: Chandos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
  • Total Time: 01:17:31
  • Total Size: 286 MB / 1.29 GB
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Tracklist:

01. String Quartet No. 11: I. Lento (5:31)
02. String Quartet No. 11: II. Un poco grave (5:12)
03. String Quartet No. 11: III. Allegro molto (3:01)
04. String Quartet No. 11: IV. Allegro barbarico (4:55)
05. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: I. Molto moderato e tranquillo (3:59)
06. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: II. Adagio molto (3:17)
07. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: III. Vivace (3:22)
08. String Quartet No. 7: I. Energico (6:10)
09. String Quartet No. 7: II. Sostenuto cantabile (5:42)
10. String Quartet No. 7: III. Allegro molto (2:49)
11. String Quartet No. 7: IV. Andantino (4:35)
12. String Quartet No. 7: V. Vivace (5:02)
13. Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano): I. Sostenuto cantabile (4:17)
14. Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano): II. Intermezzo (1:30)
15. Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano): III. Finale (3:23)
16. Septet (14:52)

For the fourth instalment in its "Music in Exile" series, the Toronto-based ARC Ensemble turns its attention to the music of Walter Kaufmann. Despite a very promising start in Prague and then Berlin, and friendships with Albert Einstein and with Franz Kafka’s circle, Kaufmann’s career become a casualty of the Nazi regime that forced scores of Jewish musicians to flee Germany – in his case for Bombay in India.

Kaufmann’s intriguing and extensive body of work remains largely forgotten, certainly underappreciated, and perhaps most tragically, unperformed since first heard, although ironically, millions of Indians are familiar with one piece of his music – the signature tune that he wrote in 1936 for All India Radio, which is still played every morning.

‘The hallmark of this remarkable music’, explains the ARC Ensemble’s Artistic Director, Simon Wynberg, ‘is its striking originality. There are flashes of Debussy, Bartók, and Stravinsky, and hints of Bohemian and klezmer music, but the end result is a world of inventiveness and surprises. It is an extraordinary blend of Eastern and Western traditions, both adventurous and accessible, and no less compelling for the eighty-year delay since its first performance.’



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