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Release Date: Monday 17 October 2016
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The music of the Prague-born prodigy Erwin Schulhoff has become increasingly popular in recent decades. He moved through successive creative phases and, on this recording, Spectrum Concerts Berlin focuses on music written between 1924 and 1927. The Cinq Études de jazz explore the "rhythmic intoxication" he described in a letter to Alban Berg, while the Duo for violin and cello and the Violin Sonata No.2 offer striking parallels to similar works by Bartók, Kodály, and Debussy. The String Sextet contains violent contrasts and almost Cubist montage and was a key work in Schulhoff's artistic development.
Erwin Schulhoff: String Sextet, Op. 45
I. Allegro risoluto
II. Tranquillo: Andante
III. Burlesca: Allegro molto con spirito
IV. Molto adagio
Erwin Schulhoff: Violin Sonata No. 2
I. Allegro impetuoso
II. Andante
III. Burlesca: Allegretto
IV. Finale: Allegro risoluto
Erwin Schulhoff: Duo for Violin & Cello
I. Moderato
II. Zingaresca
III. Andantino
IV. Moderato
Erwin Schulhoff: 5 Études de jazz
No. 1. Charleston (for Zez Confrey)
No. 2. Blues (for Paul Whiteman)
No. 3. Chanson (for Robert Stolz)
No. 4. Tango (for Eduard Künnecke)
No. 5. Toccata sur le Shimmy Kitten on the Keys de Zez Confrey (for Alfred Baresel)