Composer: Hanns Eisler, Bohuslav Martinů, Nino Rota
Performer: Oxalys
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Passacaille
Release: 2021
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Rota: Nonetto
01. I. Allegro calmo
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro con spirito – Poco meno – Tempo primo
04. IV. Canzone con variazioni (Tema. Allegretto calmo – Variations Nos.1-5)
05. V. Vivacissimo
Eisler: Nonet No. 2 – Suite for Nine Instruments
06. Ia. Allegro molto
07. Ib. Andante l’istesso
08. II. Allegro
09. III. Allegretto
10. IV. Allegretto
11. V. Largo
12. VI. Andante
13. VII. Comodo
14. VIII. Marcia funebre à la Mexicana
15. IX. Finale (Allegro spirito)
Martinů: Nonet No. 2, H. 374
16. I. Poco allegro
17. II. Andante
18. III. Allegretto
In 1959, two composers wrote nonets: Nino Rota’s melodic Nonetto, on which he would continue to work for almost twenty years, and Bohuslav Martinů’s farewell chamber music piece, a Nonet, which he composed as a last piece to satisfy his longing for his homeland.
Eisler did not compose his nonet in his native country either, but arrived in Mexico in 1941 as a refugee from the Nazis. There he wrote the music for John Steinbeck’s documentary film The Forgotten Village, which served as the inspiration for his Nonet No. 2. With this recording, the ensemble Oxalys presents us with the opportunity to rediscover these three nonets – three masterpieces by key protagonists of 20th century music history.