Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Erwin Schulhoff, Leonid Desyatnikov
Performer: Hila Baggio, Jerusalem Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release: 2019
Size: 1.02 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Streichquartett No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto
03. III. Larghetto. Lento
04. IV. Waltz (Finale). Tempo di Valse
Erwin Schulhoff:
Five Pieces for String Quartet
05. I. Alla Valse viennese (allegro)
06. II. Alla Serenata (allegretto con moto)
07. III. Alla Czeca (molto allegro)
08. IV. Alla Tango milonga (andante)
09. V. Alla Tarantella (prestissimo con fuoco)
Leonid Desyatnikov:
Yiddish
10. 1. Varshe
11. 2. In a hoyz vu men veynt un men lakht
12. 3. Ikh ganve in der nakht
13. 4. Yosl un Sore-Dvoshe
14. 5. Ikh vel shoyn mer nit ganvenen
Jerusalem Quartet:
Alexander Pavlovsky, violin
Sergei Bresler, violin
Ori Kam, viola
Kyril Zlotnikov
By juxtaposing Leonid Desyatnikov’s contemporary song settings of Yiddish texts (offering a glimpse into Jewish life in Warsaw during the Weimar Republic) with a pair of chamber works by Schulhoff and Korngold, which also date from this troubled period between the wars, the present recording highlights the fascinating crosspollination then taking place in the music of Eastern and Western Europe.
With soprano Hila Baggio as their featured soloist, members of the Jerusalem Quartet bid us “come to the cabaret” to savour a whole range of stylistic approaches and emotional experiences of the rarest kind.