Ebony Quartet – Unheard (2017) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ebony Quartet – Unheard (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 01:08:39 minutes | 636 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Channel Classics Records

This CD is unheard, for, as far as we know, none of this music has ever been issued before on a CD or gramophone recording. But this recording is also unheard-of, since every piece conveys the force of artistic necessity, of an uncompromising, selfless idealism, on which the Nazis laid a curse, but which went to make the music of the Interwar period so rich and engrossing. In short, the present CD provides a supplement to the incomplete history of the music of this period, and brings unjustly forgotten composers to life once again.

The Ebony Quartet consists of musicians from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. For many years they have formed the string nucleus of the Ebony Band, while also performing regularly as a quartet. Besides the specific Ebony Band repertoire of the Interwar years the quartet also plays music of earlier periods. Together with the Ebony Band the quartet was awarded an Edison Klassiek in 1994 for the recording of Erwin Schulhoff’s Concerto for string quartet and winds.

The Ebony Band was founded in 1990 by Werner Herbers, former principal oboist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The ensemble has devoted itself to the rediscovery and rehabilitation of music from the Interwar period that was unknown, forgotten or considered lost. For many years a busy concert schedule took the Ebony Band as far as the USA, but its present mission is to document repertoire and issue hitherto unpublished works and CDs.

Tracklist:

1. Fragment eines unvollendeten Erich Itor Kahn 10:18

Rechenschaft über uns 13:20
2. no. 1 Hans Walter Süsskind 00:45
3. no. 2 Hans Walter Süsskind 02:14
4. no. 3 Hans Walter Süsskind 01:45
5. no. 4 Hans Walter Süsskind 01:28
6. no. 5 Hans Walter Süsskind 00:47
7. no. 6 Hans Walter Süsskind 01:04
8. no. 7 Hans Walter Süsskind 02:01
9. no. 8 Hans Walter Süsskind 00:57
10. no. 9 Hans Walter Süsskind 00:55
11. no. 10 Hans Walter Süsskind 01:20

Fünf Stücke für Quartett op. 30 07:31
12. Ausdrucksvoll bewegt Josef Matthias Hauer 00:56
13. Ruhig Josef Matthias Hauer 02:57
14. Belebt Josef Matthias Hauer 00:52
15. Langsam Josef Matthias Hauer 01:50
16. Lebhaft Josef Matthias Hauer 00:54

Vier Lieder 09:10
17. Zauber bei Tag Hans Walter Süsskind 02:20
18. Heimweg Hans Walter Süsskind 03:01
19. Die Geliebte Hans Walter Süsskind 01:31
20. Der Sterbliche Hans Walter Süsskind 02:17

Zweites Streichquartett op. 28 18:08
21. Andantino Otto Jokl 05:13
22. allegro assai Otto Jokl 06:38
23. Adagio Otto Jokl 06:16

Vier Indiskretionen für Quartett Op. 20 10:45
24. allegro con spirito Louis Gruenberg 04:00
25. Lento sostenuto Louis Gruenberg 03:01
26. Moderato grazioso Louis Gruenberg 02:10
27. Allegro giocoso Louis Gruenberg 01:32

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