Annette von Hehn, Frank S. Dodge, Daniel Blumenthal, Spectrum Concerts Berlin - Toch: Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata No. 2, Burlesken, 3 Impromptus (2008)

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: I. Trotzig, Ansturmend
02. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: II. Intermezzo: Tanzerisch – Grazios (Allegretto)
03. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: III. Allegro Giusto
04. Burlesken, Op. 31: No. 1. Gemachlich
05. Burlesken, Op. 31: No. 2. Lebhaft
06. Burlesken, Op. 31: No. 3. Der Jongleur: Muito Vivo (Sehr Lebhaft)
07. 3 Impromptus, Op. 90c: No. 1. Andante Cantabile
08. 3 Impromptus, Op. 90c: No. 2. Allegretto Grazioso
09. 3 Impromptus, Op. 90c: No. 3. Adagio, Con Espressione
10. Piano Quintet, Op. 64: I. The Lyrical Part: Allegro Non Troppo
11. Piano Quintet, Op. 64: II. The Whimsical Part
12. Piano Quintet, Op. 64: III. The Contemplative Part: Adagio
13. Piano Quintet, Op. 64: IV. The Dramatic Part

Since 1997 Spectrum Concerts Berlin has made an important contribution to the growing recognition and appreciation of Ernst Toch’s unique musical voice.

One of the most neglected 20th-century composers, and a noted teacher and writer on musical composition, Toch was a self-taught modernist who learned music’s fundamentals from the Mozart string quartets.

This rare recording of Toch’s solo and chamber music features the powerful and defiantly vivid Piano Quintet (1938), written in Hollywood following the composer’s escape to the USA, and the poignantly melancholy Violin Sonata No. 2 (1928), a product of Toch’s Berlin years when his music was regularly performed to appreciative audiences.

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