Hartmann: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 / Bosch, Kuchar, Lviv National Philharmonic

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
November 4, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Thomas de Hartmann
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra Of Ukraine
    • PERFORMER
      Leon Bosch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 04, 2022
    • UPC
      5060113446763
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC 0676
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Lento

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar

    2. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar

    3. III. Andante

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar

    4. IV. Finale

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar

    5. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Leon Bosch

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar

    6. II. Romance 1830

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Leon Bosch

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar

    7. III. Finale

      Composer: Thomas de Hartmann

      Ensemble: Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Leon Bosch

      Conductor: Theodore Kuchar


The music of the Ukrainian-born Thomas de Hartmann (1885–1956) has been obscured by his association with the Russian mystic Georgi Gurdjieff, but by the time they met in 1916, de Hartmann was already a hugely accomplished composer.

The two works receiving their first recordings here reveal a major late-Romantic voice, downstream from Tchaikovsky, a student of Taneyev, contemporary of Rachmaninov, and alert to the discoveries of Stravinsky and Prokofiev. The Symphonie-Poème occupies a vast canvas and requires a correspondingly huge orchestra, generating a monumental sense of scale from essentially balletic material. The lighter Fantaisie-Concertofor double bass and orchestra moves from tangy dissonance via a tuneful slow movement to a perky, folk-inspired finale.