Gál: Chamber Music with Piano

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Label
CPO
Release Date
October 21, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hans Gal
    • PERFORMER
      Gottlieb Wallisch, Barna Kabori, Georg Hamann, Christophe Pantillon, Hartmut Rohde, Franz Liszt Cham
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 21, 2022
    • UPC
      761203527625
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555276-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Vivace ma non troppo

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: members Aron Quartet

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    2. II. Presto e leggiero

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: members Aron Quartet

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    3. III. Adagio, dolce ed espressivo

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: members Aron Quartet

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    4. IV. Molto vivace

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: members Aron Quartet

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    5. I. Präludium: Leggiero e dolce ma non presto

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    6. II. Menuett: Quasi andantino, sostenuto e rubato

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    7. III. Capriccio: Vivacissimo

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    8. IV. Sarabande funebre: Large e grave

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    9. V. Gigue: Allegretto, con umore e vivacita

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

    10. Intrata: Grave e maestoso

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

      Conductor: Hartmut Rohde

    11. Siciliano: Andantino

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

      Conductor: Hartmut Rohde

    12. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch

      Conductor: Hartmut Rohde

    13. Impromptu

      Composer: Hans Gál

      Performer: Hartmut Rohde, Gottlieb Wallisch


The program of this album offers a varied selection of chamber music with piano written by Hans Gál between 1922 and 1940. Among these, the main work on the album is undoubtedly the Piano Quartet written for the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. The work consists of four substantial movements, and each of the movements is uniquely melodic; moreover, there are strong contrasts between the two light and airy movements II and IV on the one hand, and the dignified opening movement and delicate Adagio on the other. Richness and variety characterize this most productive period of composer Hans Gál. The rest of the program is of a decidedly lighter character than the Piano Quartet and shows Gál at his most fluid and melodic.