Winterberg / Helbig- Piano Music 2 (CD)
The tale of Hans Winterberg (1901-91) is a strange one. A survivor of the TerezÃn concentration camp, where he had been interned as a Czech Jew, he settled in Munich after the War as a German citizen, and his music enjoyed a number of broadcasts - but with his death his estate disappeared into a legal limbo, emerging only in 2015. This second album of his piano music reveals an unusual and individual voice, an idiosyncratic blend of Janácek, Ravel, Schoenberg and other mid-twentieth-century masters, animated by a hard-edged, freewheeling energy and grim humor reminiscent of his close contemporary, Nikos Skalkottas.
Tracklist:
- Toccata
- Piano Sonata No. 1~Agitato
- Piano Sonata No. 1~Adagio
- Piano Sonata No. 1~Molto vivace
- Impressionistische Klavier-Suite~Prestissimo leggiero molto
- Impressionistische Klavier-Suite~Con moto moderato (alla gondoliera)
- Impressionistische Klavier-Suite~Vivacissimo
- Suite for Piano~Sehr schnelle Sechzehntel
- Suite for Piano~Mässige Achtel (Gemächlich)
- Suite for Piano~Lebhaft
- Suite for Piano~Lebhaft, energisch
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Baumblüte im Elbetal
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Ein Sommertag am Hirschberger See
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Prag im Herbst
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Winterwanderung
The tale of Hans Winterberg (1901-91) is a strange one. A survivor of the TerezÃn concentration camp, where he had been interned as a Czech Jew, he settled in Munich after the War as a German citizen, and his music enjoyed a number of broadcasts - but with his death his estate disappeared into a legal limbo, emerging only in 2015. This second album of his piano music reveals an unusual and individual voice, an idiosyncratic blend of Janácek, Ravel, Schoenberg and other mid-twentieth-century masters, animated by a hard-edged, freewheeling energy and grim humor reminiscent of his close contemporary, Nikos Skalkottas.
Tracklist:
- Toccata
- Piano Sonata No. 1~Agitato
- Piano Sonata No. 1~Adagio
- Piano Sonata No. 1~Molto vivace
- Impressionistische Klavier-Suite~Prestissimo leggiero molto
- Impressionistische Klavier-Suite~Con moto moderato (alla gondoliera)
- Impressionistische Klavier-Suite~Vivacissimo
- Suite for Piano~Sehr schnelle Sechzehntel
- Suite for Piano~Mässige Achtel (Gemächlich)
- Suite for Piano~Lebhaft
- Suite for Piano~Lebhaft, energisch
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Baumblüte im Elbetal
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Ein Sommertag am Hirschberger See
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Prag im Herbst
- Erinnerungen an Böhmen (Memories of Bohemia)~Winterwanderung