Gal: Chamber Music, Vol. 3 / Kertesz, Blakey, Nash, Briggs

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
April 20, 2018
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GAL, HANS
    • PERFORMER
      Kertesz, Blakey, Nash, Briggs
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 20, 2018
    • UPC
      5060113444332
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0433
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro energico un poco sostenuto

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Nichola Blakey, Cressida Nash, Sarah Beth Briggs

    2. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Nichola Blakey, Cressida Nash, Sarah Beth Briggs

    3. III. Agitato

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Nichola Blakey, Cressida Nash, Sarah Beth Briggs

    4. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Nichola Blakey, Cressida Nash, Sarah Beth Briggs

    5. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    6. II. Tema con variazioni

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    8. II. Cavatina

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    9. III. Alla Marcia

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    10. I. Andantino

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    11. II. Alla serenata

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    12. III. Rondo

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    13. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    14. II. Lento cantabile

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs

    15. III. Allegretto giocoso

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Katalin Kertész, Sarah Beth Briggs


These five works, from three different stages of Hans Gál's long life (1890-1987), all show his consummate craftsmanship but are otherwise quite different in character. The passionate Piano Quartet (1914), downstream from Brahms and Dvorák, brings the grand gestures of Romanticism into the early twentieth century. The 1935 Sonatina in F major for violin and piano, recently rediscovered, and the three Sonatinas from 1956 put a premium on textural clarity and lyrical approachability; here the contrapuntal ingenuity, ceaseless thematic development, harmonic freedom and rhythmic unpredictability of Gál's language animate the music from within. Newcastle-born pianist Sarah Beth Briggs was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition at the age of eleven and studied with Denis Matthews and Edith Fischer. Katalin Kertesz is the leader of the Kertesz Quartet, with which she recently recorded the four string quartets by the nineteenth century Czech composer heinrich Wenzel Veit. Nichola Blakey, viola, enjoys a busy freelance career, giving performances across the UK. Cressida Nash, cello, is a founding member of Musicians South West.