Composer: Alexander Krein
Performer: David Krakauer, Jennifer Orchard, Dennis O’Boyle, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz, David Premo, Mikhail Istomin, Michael Lipman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Rodrigo Ojeda
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0546
Release: 2019
Size: 670 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Jewish Sketches, Suite No. 1, Op. 12
01. I. Lento
02. II. Andante con anima
03. III. Allegro moderato
04. Lyric Fragment, Op. 1a
05. Caprice hébraïque, Op. 24
06. Elegy in C Minor, Op. 16
07. Aria, Op. 41
3 Ornaments, Op. 42 (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
08. No. 1, Andante
09. No. 2, Andante
10. No. 3, Andante
11. Jewish Melody, Op. 43
Dances, Op. 50 (Excerpts Arr. for Violin & Piano)
12. No. 2, Andantino non troppo
13. No. 4, Allegretto
14. No. 5, Allegro non troppo
15. No. 6, Andantino grazioso
16. No. 10, Vivo
17. Poème, Op. 10
Jewish Sketches, Suite No. 2, Op. 13
18. I. Andante con moto
19. II. Allegro non troppo
Alexander Krein (1883–1951) was a member of a dynasty of Jewish musicians active in both Imperial and Soviet Russia. His compositions reveal the confluence of several strands of musical history: his Russian background, the transition from late Romanticism to early modernism – where the influence of Skryabin is readily audible – and, particularly in the works on this album, the Jewish folk-heritage, with its emotionally powerful blend of high spirits and melancholy.