Composer: Hans Gál
Performer: Borealis, Ian Buckle
Conductor: Bridget Budge, Stephen Muir
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0644
Release: 2022
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
3 Songs to Poems by R.M. Rilke, Op. 31
01. No. 1, Advent
02. No. 2, Adagio
03. No. 3, St. Nepomuk
3 Gesänge, Op. 37
04. No. 1, Der römische Brunnen
05. No. 2, Am Abend
06. No. 3, Wiegenlied
Spätlese, Op. 91
07. No. 1, Bruder Augustin
08. No. 2, Abendlied
09. No. 3, Nachtgesang
10. No. 4, Grabschrift
11. No. 5, Trutzlied
12. No. 6, Der faule Schäfer
6 Part-Songs
13. No. 6, Her Rambling
14. No. 5, Carpe Diem
3 Porträtstudien, Op. 34
15. No. 1, Der Fromme
16. No. 2, Der Weise
17. No. 3, Der Unvorsichtige
Songs of Youth, Op. 75
18. No. 1, Crabbed Age and Youth
19. No. 2, Love Is a Sickness
20. No. 3, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred
21. No. 4, Capriccio
22. No. 5, Epilogue
3 Lyrics to Poems by Thomas Moore
23. No. 1, Sacred Song
24. No. 2, Echo
25. No. 3, Cupid’s Lottery
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 second album of Gál’s choral music offers a vivid cross-section of his music for chamber choir, featuring mixed voices, women’s voices and male-voice choir, both a cappella and with piano, and ranging across four decades.