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ROBERT MÜLLER-HARTMANN
Chamber Works
premier recordings
Sonata, Op.5 *
19:20
for Violin and Piano
Artur Schnabel in herzlicher Verehrung
1.
I
Mäßig schnell. Sehr zögernd beginnen - Etwas schneller - Langsam -
6:31
Frisch bewegt - Breit - Langsam - A tempo (Hauptzeitmaß)
2.
II
Ruhevoll (aber nicht schleppen) -
6:09
Sehnsüchtiger (ohne das Tempo zu beschleunigen) - Nicht eilen -
Erstes Zeitmaß
3.
III
Sehr schnell - Gesangvoll, fließend - Nicht zu schnell -
6:35
In gemessener Bewegung (nicht schleppen) -
Two Pieces
6:21
for Cello and Piano
4.
Meditation. Largo - Poco andante - Largo - Andante -
3:35
Tranquillo - Largo
5.
Elegy. Andante - Poco agitato - Andante
2:43
Sonata, Op.32
12:48
for Two Violins
6.
I
Schnell - Weniger schnell (doch flüssig)
3:34
Schnell - (Weniger schnell) - Schnell
7.
II
Kanon. Ruhig bewegt
2:42
8.
III
Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft - Müßig bewegt - Da capo
3:26
9.
IV
Schnell, mit Anmut - Wiegend langsam - Immer langsamer -
3:03
Bewegt - Nach und nach schneller - Wie zu Anfang
Three Intermezzi and Scherzo, Op.22
10:01
for Piano
10.
Intermezzo I. Etwas bewegt - Breiter werden -
2:30
Langsame [dotted crotchet] - Wie zu Anfang -
11.
Intermezzo II. Zart, fließend - Etwas langsamer -
1:16
Wie zu Anfang
12.
Intermezzo III. Etwas bewegt, wiegend - Sehr belebend -
2:43
Ziemlich bewegt - Noch mehr [?] belebend -
Wie zu Anfang
13.
Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft - Fast dasselbe Zeitmaß - Langsamer -
3:31
A tempo - Langsamer - A tempo - Schneller werden -
Sehr lebhaft
String Quartet No.2, Op.38
20:26
14.
I
Andante tranquillo - Lento - Allegro -
7:14
Andante espressivo - Più mosso -
Andante - Più mosso - Allegro -
15.
II
Vivace e scherzando - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Presto -
4:18
Allegro moderato - Quasi Andante -
16.
III
Adagio
2:59
17.
IV
Allegro molto - Moderato - Quasi Adagio -
5:51
Allegro moderato - Più allegro - Lento - Allegro moderato -
Total time: 68:40
Chamber: ARC Ensemble
Erika Raum violin *
Marie Bérard violin
Steven Dann viola
Thomas Wiebe cello
Kevin Ahfat piano
20-22 December 2022
Notes
Robert Müller-Hartmann was born in Hamburg, in 1884, the son of the piano teacher and clarinettist Josef Müller and his wife, Jenny. He studied in Berlin for four years, but then returned to Hamburg where he pursued a successful career combining teaching, composing, and writing. His works were widely performed by conductors such as Karl Muck, Carl Schuricht, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, and Fritz Busch, and regularly played on German Radio. With the advent of National Socialism, in 1933, Müller-Hartmann was forced to resign from his teaching posts at the University and Conservatory. He continued to teach at Hamburg’s Jewish girls’ school, and was an active contributor to the Jüdischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation). In the mid 1930s, Eugenia and Jacob (Yanya) Hornstein, Hamburg friends of the Müller-Hartmanns, moved to the town of Dorking, some twenty-five miles south of London, and in 1937 the Müller-Hartmanns followed them. The thirteen years Robert spent in England saw the country scarred by the losses, destruction, and privations of war. There was very little time or opportunity for him to secure a place in his adoptive country’s musical life, and despite his considerable success in Germany during the 1920s and ’30s, his reputation had failed to cross the English Channel. A general antipathy to the inclusion of German musical exiles and his modest, rather retiring personality ensured that he would soon be forgotten
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“…The ARC Ensemble seem to get to the heart of these pieces and present them in sympathetic performances in a good acoustic… An interesting rediscovery reflective of traditional elements in inter-war Germany …”
Jonathan Woolf – Musicweb-international.com – 20 November 2023
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