Composer: Hans Gál
Performer: Nina Karmon, Oliver Triendl, Sinfonietta Riga
Conductor: Normunds Šnē
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC23049
Release: 2023
Size: 1.28 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 87
01. Molto moderato – Quasi allegro
02. Adagio
03. Allegretto ritenuto assai
04. Intrata. Grave e maestoso
05. Siciliano. Andantino
06. Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
07. Andante trquillo – Rigaudon. Allegro giusto
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 46
08. Amabile con moto
09. Scherzino. Prestissimo
10. Cavatina. Lento cantabile
11. Rondo. Allegretto giocoso
As a young man, the composer Hans Gal witnessed an artistic turning point, for it was during the First World War that late Romanticism met the modern musical era. Everything was in motion. He himself was however critical of many musical initiatives and admitted: “I had too little in common with my contemporaries”. Indeed, the orchestral surges of the Wagnerites were just as alien to him as the atonality of the Second Viennese School championed by Alban Berg and Anton Webern. The pared-down sounds of Neoclassicism and the “new objectivity” of the likes of Paul Hindemith were likewise of little use to Gal. Therefore, in his adherence to tonality and use of sophisticated formal progressions, he created a distinctive style of his own that he steadfastly embraced throughout his life.