Composer: Hans Winterberg
Performer: Brian Luce, Sara Fraker, Jackie Glazier, William Dietz, Rex Woods, Tannis Gibson, Theodore Buchholz, Alexander Tentser, Arizona Wind Quintet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0491
Release: 2018
Size: 645 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Harpsichord
01. I. Lebhaft zügig, leicht
02. II. Poco con moto
03. III. Lebhaft
Suite for Clarinet & Piano
04. I. —
05. II. Poco grave
06. III. Presto
Sonata for cello & piano
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Mit ausdrucksstarker Bewegung
09. III. Vivace
Wind Quintet
10. I. Leicht fliessend, nicht zu schnell
11. II. Pastorale
12. III. Allegro non troppo
Suite for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano (Alternative Version)
13. I. Lebhaft zügig, leicht
14. II. Poco con moto
15. III. Lebhaft
The case of the composer Hans Winterberg (1901–91) is a strange one – he may be the onl y composer to be banned by the Nazis and then disappear again fifty years later. He survived the Terezín concentration camp, where he had been interned as a Czech Jew, and after the War he settled in Munich as a German citizen, with his music enjoying a number of broadcasts. But after his death, his estate disappeared into the vaults of the Sudeten German Music Institute, where it was placed under embargo, emerging only in 2015 through the efforts of his grandson. This first album of his music reveals an unusual and individual voice, an idiosyncratic blend of Stravinsky, Janácek and Hindemith, with touches of Poulenc, often expressed with brittle humour and rhythmic verve.