Composer: Richard Stöhr
Performer: Agnieszka Kopacka
Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia
Conductor: Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC 0468
Release: 2022
Size: 659 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Concerto im alten Stil, Op. 68
01. I. Intrata
02. II. Sarabande & Scherzo
03. III. Burleske & Aria
04. IV. Introduction & Finale
Suite No. 2 in A Minor for String Orchestra, Op. 120
05. I. Andante maestoso
06. II. Molto vivace
07. III. Adagio con espressione
08. IV. Allegro leggiero e scherzando
09. V. Introduction & Finale
These two works for string orchestra were composed on either side of the flight of the Viennese composer Richard Stöhr (1874-1967) from occupied Austria to the USA, and from prominence and danger to liberty and obscurity, and they reflect the change in his circumstances: the Concerto in the Old Style is expansive, witty, energetic and endlessly good-natured, whereas the Second Suite is introspective, understated and deeply felt. These first recordings allow the discovery of two major additions to the repertoire for strings; the Second Suite is also one of the last grand statements of late Romanticism.