Composer: Hans Gál
Performer: Borealis, Robert Webb, Emily Beringer
Conductor: Bridget Budge, Stephen Muir
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0509
Release: 2020
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Motette, Op. 19
4 Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op. 51
02. No. 1, Youth and Cupid
03. No. 2, True Love
04. No. 3, A Cradle Song
05. No. 4, Foolish Love
Epigramme, Op. 27
06. No. 1, Stillleben
07. No. 2, Hymnus
08. No. 3, Vita brevis
09. No. 4, Irrtum
10. No. 5, Grabschrift
4 Part-Songs
11. No. 1, To Spring
12. No. 2, Madrigal
13. No. 3, Hymn to Diana
14. No. 4, Invocation
Satirikon, Op. 72
15. No. 1, Weisheit des Schöpfers
16. No. 2, Gute Vorsätze
17. No. 3, Von der Schicklichkeit
18. No. 4, Von der Wahrheitsliebe
4 British Folk-Songs
19. No. 1, Early One Morning
20. No. 2, An Eriskay Love Lilt
21. No. 3, O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
22. No. 4, Ye Banks and Braes
Whether in his original home of Vienna, as a conservatoire director in Germany, or as an émigré in Edinburgh, where he became one of the mainstays of musical life, Hans Gál (1890–1987) championed choral singing as a way of directly involving people in making music: he founded and conducted a number of choirs and provided an extensive output of choral compositions. This first volume in a long-term project to record his choral music presents a rich variety of works for a cappella voices, ranging from demanding eight-part choruses to charming folksong settings.