Composer: Hans Gál
Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch, Aron Quartett
Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Hartmut Rohde
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555276-2
Release: 2022
Size: 350 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Quartet in A Major for Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano
01. I. Vivace ma non troppo
02. II. Presto e leggiero
03. III. Adagio, dolce ed espressivo
04. IV. Molto vivace
Suite for Piano, Op. 24
05. I. Praeludium
06. II. Minuet
07. III. Capriccio
08. IV. Sarabande funebre
09. V. Gigue
Concertino for Piano & Chamber Orchestra, Op. 43
10. I. Intrata
11. II. Siciliano
12. III. Fuga
13. Impromptu for Viola & Piano
The program of this recording offers a varied selection of chamber music with piano written by Hans Gál between 1922 and 1940. Among these, the main work on the album is undoubtedly the Piano Quartet written for the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. The work consists of four substantial movements, and each of the movements is uniquely melodic; moreover, there are strong contrasts between the two light and airy movements II and IV on the one hand, and the dignified opening movement and delicate Adagio on the other.
Richness and variety characterize this most productive period of composer Hans Gál. The rest of the program is of a decidedly lighter character than the Piano Quartet and shows Gál at his most fluid, melodic.