Composer: Ignaz Brüll
Performer: Ilya Hoffman
Orchestra: Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Belarusian State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Laus, Marius Stravinsky
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Cameo Classics
Catalogue: CC9103
Release: 2018
Size: 453 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Overture ‘Macbeth’
Serenade No. 2 in E Major, Op. 36
02. I. Allegro vivace
03. II. Marcia. Allegro ma non troppo
04. III. Allegro moderato
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 41
05. I. Allegro con brio
06. II. Molto moderato quasi andante
07. III. Allegro
CD 02
Symphony in E Minor, Op. 31
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Scherzo
04. IV. Moderato
Serenade No. 1 in F Major, Op. 29
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Intermezzo. Allegretto moderato
07. III. Scherzo. Presto
08. IV. Andante ma con troppo
09. V. Intermezo. Allegretto
10. VI. Finale. Allegro
Brüll wrote over 100 works for solo piano, many orchestral and chamber works and numerous operas. Sadly, nearly all his works have been ignored by the music establishment for more than a century, and the public have been denied access to Brüll’s qualities which were so evident to Brahms. Eve n his close friendship with Brahms could not save him from the anti-Semitism being fuelled by Wagner and Liszt during the 19th century. Hitler idolised Wagner, and he ordered that music scores of Jewish composers be found and burnt. Fortunately for us, many of them were well hidden. Brüll deserves perhaps to be positioned alongside his friends Mahler and Schumann, and the closest of all, Johannes Brahms.
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