Composer: Richard Stöhr
Performer: Conor Nelson, Velda Kelly, Mary Siciliano, Stefan Koch, Priscilla Johnson, Judith Teasdle, Susan Schreiber
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0536
Release: 2020
Size: 613 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite for Flute, Violin, Cello & Piano, Op. 76
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Waltz
03. III. Morning Devotion in the Woods
04. IV. Introduction & Finale
String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 86
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Scherzo. Presto
07. III. Adagio mesto
08. IV. Allegro giusto
String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 92
09. II. Serenade
Like Korngold, Toch, Schoenberg, Zeisl and Zemlinsky, Richard Stöhr (1874–1967) was another Austrian composer driven into American exile by the Nazis. His generous output of music, being rediscovered at last in these Toccata Classics recordings, includes seven symphonies, much chamber music, songs, and choral and piano pieces. These chamber works, from his first years in the United States, show him in surprisingly relaxed mood, the Viennese lyricism of his native city maintained in his US refuge. The Flute Suite in particular – though written only four years after his flight from Vienna – can boast a number of easy-going ‘ear-worms’ that linger in the memory long after the music has stopped.