Hans Gál & Hans Krasa: Complete String Trios

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Ensemble Epomeo provide ravishing accounts of both Gal works, fully in sympathy with the idiom...A splendid disc that I cannot get enough of. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 More…

Release Date: 24th Sep 2012
Catalogue No: AV2259
Label: Avie
Length: 67 minutes

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Gál, H: Serenade in D, Op. 41 for violin, viola and cello

Work length25:47

$4.50

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Ensemble Epomeo

I. Capriccioso: Allegro assai

Track length10:01

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II. Cantabile: Adagio

Track length5:34

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III. Menuetto: Quasi allegretto

Track length5:25

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Alla marcia: Vivace e giocoso

Track length4:47

$1.00

$1.40

Gál, H: Trio in F sharp minor, Op. 104 for violin, viola and cello

Work length25:18

$4.50

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Ensemble Epomeo

I. Tranquillo con moto

Track length9:02

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II. Presto

Track length4:42

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III. Tema con variazioni

Track length11:34

$2.00

$2.80

Krasa: Tanec

Work length6:02

$1.00

$1.40

Ensemble Epomeo

Krasa: Passacaglia & Fuga

Work length9:54

$2.00

$2.80

Ensemble Epomeo

Sehr Ruhig

Track length6:50

$1.00

$1.40

Allegro molto

Track length3:04

$1.00

$1.40

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Ensemble Epomeo make their commercial recording debut with the world premiere recordings of Hans Gál’s two works for string trio, coupled with Hans Krása’s Tanec and Passacaglia and Fugue.

Having released numerous world-premiere recordings of Hans Gál’s symphonic and concertante works to critical acclaimed, Avie turns to the composer’s chamber music, specifically the two works he wrote for string trio. Performed by Ensemble Epomeo, the world-premiere recordings of Gál’s Serenade for String Trio, Op. 41 and Trio, Op. 104, are paired with works by Gál’s contemporary Hans Krása, Tanec and Passacaglia and Fugue.

The Austrian-born Gál and Czech-born Krása shared a Jewish heritage, but whereas Gál escaped Nazi oppression, Krása was interred in Theresienstadt where he was instrumental in organizing the cultural life of the concentration camp, then sent to Auschwitz where he perished in 1944. Tanec and Passacaglia and Fugue were written in the last year of his life.

Founded in 2008 on the slopes of Mount Epomeo at the Festivale di Musica da Camera d’Ischia in Italy, Ensemble Epomeo consists of three virtuosi dedicated to the expansion of the string trio repertoire and exciting, innovative and engaging approaches to performance. Ensemble Epomeo are quickly becoming a favourite at international music festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. This release marks their commercial recording debut.

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December 2012

Ensemble Epomeo provide ravishing accounts of both Gal works, fully in sympathy with the idiom...A splendid disc that I cannot get enough of.

December 2012

Ensemble Epomeo (named after an Ischian mountain) are thoroughly convincing from beginning to end. Their sense of ensemble is democratic, their attention to the score attentive and respectful, and their tone warm and welcoming. Expressively they are as much at home with the elegant, small-R romantic classicism of Gál as with the more semantically ambiguous colourings of Krása.

23rd February 2013

listening to both of these brilliantly communicative pieces [is] an uneasy experience, each one a masterly exercise in musical doublespeak. I won’t attempt to describe them – buy this disc and experience them for yourself. Eloquent performances in glowing sound.

Hans Gál & Hans Krasa: Complete String Trios

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