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Kaufmann: Chamber Music / Arc Ensemble
Chandos

Kaufmann: Chamber Music / Arc Ensemble

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Details

Composer
KAUFMANN, WALTER
Artist
ARC ENSEMBLE
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Aug 28, 2020
Catalog #
CHAN 20170
UPC
095115217023

About

For the fourth installment in their Music in Exile series, the Toronto-based ARC Ensemble turns its attention to the music of Walter Kaufmann. Despite a very promising start in Prague and then Berlin, and friendships with Albert Einstein and with Franz Kafka’s circle, Kaufmann’s career become a casualty of the Nazi regime that forced scores of Jewish musicians to flee Germany – in his case for Bombay in India. Kaufmann’s intriguing and extensive body of work remains largely forgotten, certainly underappreciated, and perhaps most tragically, unperformed since first heard, although ironically, millions of Indians are familiar with one piece of his music – the signature tune that he wrote in 1936 for All India Radio, which is still played every morning. “The hallmark of this remarkable music,” explains the ARC Ensemble’s Artistic Director, Simon Wynberg, “is its striking originality. There are flashes of Debussy, Bartók, and Stravinsky, and hints of Bohemian and klezmer music, but the end result is a world of inventiveness and surprises. It is an extraordinary blend of Eastern and Western traditions, both adventurous and accessible, and no less compelling for the eighty-year delay since its first performance.”

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Poco meno - Accelerando - Grave 05:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Poco meno - Accelerando - Grave
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  2. 2 II. Un poco grave 05:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Un poco grave
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  3. 3 III. Allegro molto - Meno - Allegro molto 03:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto - Meno - Allegro molto
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  4. 4 IV. Allegro barbarico - Poco meno - Molto meno - A tempo - Poco meno 04:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro barbarico - Poco meno - Molto meno - A tempo - Poco meno
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  5. 5 I. Molto moderato e tranquillo - Allegro moderato - Tempo I - Tempo II 03:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Molto moderato e tranquillo - Allegro moderato - Tempo I - Tempo II
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Erika Raum, Kevin Ahfat
  6. 6 II. Adagio molto 03:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Erika Raum, Kevin Ahfat
  7. 7 III. Vivace 03:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Erika Raum, Kevin Ahfat
  8. 8 I. Energico - [Meno mosso] - [Tempo I] 06:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Energico - [Meno mosso] - [Tempo I]
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  9. 9 II. Sostenuto cantabile - Mosso - Meno 05:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Sostenuto cantabile - Mosso - Meno
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  10. 10 III. Allegro molto - Meno 02:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Allegro molto - Meno
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  11. 11 IV. Andantino - Allegro - Molto meno - Andantino 04:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Andantino - Allegro - Molto meno - Andantino
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  12. 12 V. Vivace - [Meno mosso] - Meno - Allargando - Largamente 04:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Vivace - [Meno mosso] - Meno - Allargando - Largamente
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble
  13. 13 I. Sostenuto cantabile 04:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Sostenuto cantabile
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Joaquin Valdepeñas, Kevin Ahfat
  14. 14 II. Intermezzo: Vivace - [Trio] - Vivace 01:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Vivace - [Trio] - Vivace
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Joaquin Valdepeñas, Kevin Ahfat
  15. 15 III. Finale: Canzonetta. Moderato 03:18
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Finale: Canzonetta. Moderato
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Joaquin Valdepeñas, Kevin Ahfat
  16. 16 Septet 14:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    Septet
    Duration
    14:52
    Composer
    Walter Kaufmann
    Performer
    Jamie Kruspe, Kimberly Jeong
    Ensemble
    ARC Ensemble