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C5476
Originally recorded in 2021
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos
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Hans Winterberg grew up in Prague where he was one of a whole cadre of composers in the new Czech musical tradition. He is one of the few Jewish composers who survived the terror of World War II. His tale of survival is complicated and involved him, as a Czech Jew, having to seek refuge in post-war Germany, whereas contemporaries and colleagues like Viktor Ullmann, Erwin Schulhoff, and Hans Krása died in the concentration camps. He saw his music as “a bridge” between the Slavic East and the West and admitted at one point that his musical starting point was Schoenberg. Audibly more present than Schoenberg, however, is a central European Impressionism, synthesized with complex rhythms.
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Interpretation **** Sound Quality **** Repertoire Value *** Booklet ****
“…The performances by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Johannes Kalitzke are terrific… Winterberg’s music … is well worth investigating.”
“… It [Sinfonia dramatica] is an interesting, imaginative work that the listener must find profitable with its many striking details. The First Piano Concerto also achieves this quality, and becomes attractive in the exciting interpretation of Jonathan Powell and Johannes Kalitzke. The English pianist is responsible for the critical edition of all the piano works (including 4 piano concertos) … An orchestrally as well as rhythmically and colorfully very interesting work also, is the Rhythmophonie from 1966/67. With this CD, Capriccio initiates the rediscovery of the music of one of the most important Czech composers of the 20th century, after Winterberg’s work had long remained in obscurity for various incomprehensible reasons.” *****
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