Composer: Ernst Krenek
Performer: Agata Zubel, Mathias Hausmann
Orchestra: Leopoldinium Orchestra
Conductor: Ernest Kovacic
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0125
Release: 2012
Size: 337 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Von vorn herein, Op. 219
02. Die Nachtigall, Op. 68a
03. Im Tal der Zeit, Op. 232
Statisch und ekstatisch, Op. 214
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11. VIII. —
12. IX. —
13. X. —
14. The Dissembler, Op. 229
These five works for chamber orchestra by Ernst Krenek (1900–91) were written between 1931 and 1979 – both before and long after Krenek abandoned Hitler’s Austria for California. They demonstrate that serial music, in capable hands, does not have to abandon the virtues of more conservative idioms: the emotions embraced here range from translucent lyricism, via powerful dramatic utterance, to laugh-out-loud humour.