Jonathan Powell, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Roland Kluttig - Winterberg: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Concerto No. 2 (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Thema. Andantino
02. Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Phantasie I. Tempo I
03. Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Phantasie II. Sehr lebhaft
04. Piano Concerto No. 2: IV. Phantasie III. Tempo I
05. Piano Concerto No. 2: V. Phantasie IV. Molto vivace
06. Piano Concerto No. 2: VI. Phantasie V. Allegro moderato, poco vivace
07. Piano Concerto No. 2: VII. Phantastische Fuge. Allegro moderato
08. Symphony No. 2: I. Molto moderato
09. Symphony No. 2: II. Andante con moto, poco misterioso
10. Symphony No. 2: III. Con moto

Hans Winterberg grew up in Prague where he was one of a whole cadre of composers in the new Czech musical tradition. He claimed to have been inspired by Schoenberg, but in reality he cultivated a Central European Impressionism which he skilfully blended with complex rhythms. The two works presented on this album mark high points in Winterberg’s output. The circumstances in which they were composed could not have been more different. While the Second Symphony was written during the darkest moments of his life, he composed the Second Piano Concerto less than ten years later, in what was probably the brightest period of his career. That was in the early 1950s, when his breakthrough as a composer had faltered in Czechoslovakia, but now seemed certain in the young Federal Republic of Germany.