Composer: Richard Stöhr
Performer: Jan Lehtola, Anna-Leena Haikola, Annikka Konttori-Gustafsson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0280
Release: 2020
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite for Organ & Violin, Op. 102
01. I. Grave
02. II. Butterfly and Flower
03. III. Allegro giusto
5 Intermezzi for Piano & Organ, Op. 35
04. No. 1, Andante con moto
05. No. 2, Poco presto
06. No. 3, Allegro molto
07. No. 4, Poco adagio
08. No. 5, Vivace
Organ Sonata in D Minor, Op. 33
09. I. Allegro con brio
10. II. Andantino pastorale
11. III. Finale. Allegro vivace
Like Korngold, Toch, Schoenberg, Zeisl and Zemlinsky, Richard Stöhr (1874–1967) was one of many Austrian composers 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. His output for organ is not extensive, but its quality is high: the instrument plays an important role in a number of Stöhr’s orchestral works, and here Stöhr presents the organ in two thoroughly attractive duos and an imposing solo sonata. The Sonata and Intermezzi sit downstream from Brahms in the tradition of Viennese classicism; the chromatic touches in the later Suite lean towards the language of Korngold.