Composer: Josef Schelb
Performer: Stéphane Réty, Jean-Eric Soucy, Isabelle Moretti, Nicolas Cock-Vassiliou, Alexander Knaak, Denis Zhdanov, Roglit Ishay
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0548
Release: 2022
Size: 553 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Kammermusik for Flute, Viola & Harp
01. I. Andante pastorale
02. II. Molto vivace
03. III. Andante molto tranquillo. Tema con variazioni
Flute Sonata No. 3
04. I. Allegretto amabile
05. II. Andante tranquillo
06. III. Allegro mosso
Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano
07. I. Allegro giusto
08. II. Lento
09. III. Vivace
Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello
10. I. Allegretto moderato
11. II. Tranquillo
12. III. Vivace
The Karlsruhe-based Josef Schelb (18941977) is one of the better-kept secrets of twentieth-century German music. His output was substantial: he lost most of his early music in a bombing raid in 1942, but as if to make up for lost time wrote some 150 more works after that. In the four chamber works recorded here Schelbs contrapuntal mastery is given a bucolic twist under the influence of French Impressionism, the two traditions combining to invest these pieces with a freewheeling energy and downright sense of fun.