Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Johannes Kalitzke - Blacher: Dance Suite, Poème, Hamlet & Concertante Musik (2018)

Tracklist
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01. Furstin Tarakanowa Suite, Op. 19a: I. Overture
02. Demeter Suite: No. 4, Adagio
03. Demeter Suite: Var. 2, Moderato
04. Lysistrata Suite, Op. 34a: Nos. 4 & 5 (Arr. J. Kalitzke for Orchestra)
05. Poème
06. Hamlet, Op. 17
07. Concertante Musik, Op. 10

Boris Blacher passed on hallmarks of his own music to many of his students, including Gottfried von Einem, Aribert Reimann and Isang Yun: a pronounced dance-like energy, lyrical melodies, orchestral sparkle, and subtlety of instrumentation. Blacher wrote a large number of ballets, and Poème clearly exemplifies how the idea of movement plays a central role even in his absolute music. Faced with the Nazi cultural restrictions of his time, it's surprising how Blacher continued to tread his own musical path in major works, a beneficiary perhaps of a lack of total unity among the authority's ranks of censors.