Schelb: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2: Three Concertos / Blome, Zickgraf, Wollenweber, Bruns, Kammersymphonie Berlin

Schelb: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2: Three Concertos / Blome, Zickgraf, Wollenweber, Bruns, Kammersymphonie Berlin

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Josef Schelb (1894–1977) is one of the better-kept secrets of German music. His output was substantial: he lost most of his early music in a bombing raid in 1942 but, as if to make up for lost time, wrote some 150 more works after that, in the tonally liberated, quasi-Expressionist contrapuntal tradition of Hindemith and Hartmann; Bartók was an important influence, too. These three concertos show him at his most engaging: the contrapuntal craftsmanship that drives the music forward is deployed with a light and nimble touch, and passages of touching delicacy contrast with others where a lively sense of humour comes bubbling up to the surface.



Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: TOCC0604


  • UPC: 5060113446046


  • Label: Toccata Classics


  • Composer: Josef Schelb


  • Conductor: Jürgen Bruns


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble


  • Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Sarina Zickgraf, Tatjana Blome