Dvorak; Haas; Schulhoff (The) Bohemian Album
Charming and cheerful performances from the Amsterdam Sinfonietta
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Composer or Director: Antonín Dvořák, Ervín Schulhoff, Pavel Haas
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Channel Classics
Magazine Review Date: 1/2010
Media Format: Hybrid SACD
Media Runtime: 0
Catalogue Number: CCSSA24409
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Serenade |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Amsterdam Sinfonietta Antonín Dvořák, Composer |
String Quartet No. 2, 'Z opicích hor' |
Pavel Haas, Composer
Amsterdam Sinfonietta Pavel Haas, Composer |
(5) Pieces |
Ervín Schulhoff, Composer
Amsterdam Sinfonietta Ervín Schulhoff, Composer |
Author: John Warrack
Ervín Schulhoff, whose death at 48 in a concentration camp also goes unmentioned in the booklet-note, was encouraged as a boy by Dvorák and developed a range of interests that included jazz and the microtonal music of Hába. His quick ear for parody shows here in five witty miniatures: an “Alla valse viennese” in which the music seems to be irritably challenging the inexorable 3/4 rhythm, a blithe Serenade, a bouncy “Alla czeca” that doesn’t take national rhythms too seriously, a perilously languorous Tango and a furious concluding Tarantella. None of it amounts to much but is entertaining enough, especially when played with the cheerful abandon it is here.
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