Friederike Haufe, Volker Ahmels - Der Ochse auf dem Dach und andere Verbote (2012)

Tracklist

01. Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58 (Version for Piano 4 Hands)
02. Divertimento: I. Allegro ma non troppo
03. Divertimento: II. Lento
04. Divertimento: III. Allegro con fuoco
05. Sonata for 2 Pianos, Op. 87: I. Allegretto
06. Sonata for 2 Pianos, Op. 87: II. Andante espressivo
07. Sonata for 2 Pianos, Op. 87: III. Allegretto amabile leggiero
08. 6 Stücke (6 Pieces): I. Andante grazioso
09. 6 Stücke (6 Pieces): II. Poco allegro
10. 6 Stücke (6 Pieces): III. Rasch
11. 6 Stücke (6 Pieces): IV. Andante
12. 6 Stücke (6 Pieces): V. Lebhaft rasch
13. 6 Stücke (6 Pieces): VI. Allegro molto
14. 3 Marionetten, Op. 74: I. Pantalone
15. 3 Marionetten, Op. 74: II. Colombina
16. 3 Marionetten, Op. 74: III. Arlecchino
17. Ironies, Op. 34: I. Allegro molto ritmico
18. Ironies, Op. 34: II. Allegro agitato
19. Ironies, Op. 34: III. Alla marcia militaristica
20. Ironies, Op. 34: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
21. Ironies, Op. 34: V. Allegro deciso
22. Ironies, Op. 34: VI. Tempo di fox



The perfectly attuned German piano duo Friederike Haufe and Volker Ahmels, who in countless concert projects have committed themselves to the topic of 'outlawed music', i.e. works banned by the Nazis, and acquired an international reputation with their much heeded debut in Israel and the autonomous Palestinian territories in 1997, in their first recording for Gramola present an exceptional programme in every respect and one marking the way for the treatment of this period in musical history. Rarely performed works for piano four-hands by composers of the 20th century, whose lives were marked by persecution, exile or murder, such as Darius Milhaud, Leo Smit, Ernst Toch, Arnold Schoenberg, Hans Gál and Erwin Schulhoff constitute an impressive enrichment of the traditional repertoire for this instrumentation.

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