Composer: Robert Kahn
Performer: Ensemble Émigré
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Rubicon
Catalogue: RCD1040
Release: 2021
Size: 1.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
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3 Stücke for cello and piano, Op. 25
01. I. Romanze in F Minor
7 Gesänge, Op. 27
02. II. ‘s ist ein so stiller heil’ger Tag
6 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 20
03. II. Novemberfeier
6 Lieder, Op. 52
04. I. Idyll
10 Lieder, Op. 42
05. X. Liebestrost
Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life)
06. No. 500 (Variations on No. 1) in A-Flat. Andante
07. No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor. Allegretto non troppo
08. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor. Andantino con moto, quasi improvisato
09. No. 5 in F Minor. Assai sostenuto ed espressivo
10. No. 53 in E. Allegretto con moto
Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life)
11. Jeanne Suite No. 473a in G. Moderato
12. Jeanne Suite No. 473b in G. Poco allegretto
13. Jeanne Suite No. 473c in G. Allegretto vivace
14. Jeanne Suite No. 474 in E Minor. Andante sostenuto
15. Jeanne Suite No. 475 in G. Vivace
9 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, Op. 31
16. No. 2. Liebesbrief
17. No. 8. Die Unke
5 Lieder, Op. 38
18. No. 5. Feuerbestattung
9 Lieder im Volkston, Op. 47
19. No. 9. Gebet
Quintet in C Minor for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and horn, Op. 54
20. I. Allegro non troppo
21. II. Presto assai
22. III. Andante sostenuto
23. IV. Allegro agitato
Robert Kahn was born in Mannheim in 1865 and died in Biddenden, Kent in 1951. Kahn became an influential professor of music at the Berlin Hochschule and before that had his works performed by the Joachim Quartet and the Berlin Philharmonic under Hans von Bülow.
He avoided large scale romantic forms and became famed for his songs, choral works, chamber music and the huge Tagebuch in Tönen, (Music from the Tree of Life) a collection of solo piano works, suites for piano and lieder that run to over 1100 pieces.
Branded ‘degenerate’ by the National Socialists, he was thrown out of his teaching positions and, in 1937, he left for the UK, settling in Kent and composing right up to his death.
This album is a fascinating introduction to a composer that political extremism and hatred tried and failed to erase.