Walter Arlen: Die Letzte Blaue

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Release Date: 29th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: 98996
Label: Gramola
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

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Arlen, W: Altes Lied

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Daniel Wnukowski

Arlen, W: Humoreske

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Daniel Wnukowski

Arlen, W: Sonnet

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Daniel Hope, Daniel Wnukowski

Arlen, W: Monotypes

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Daniel Wnukowski

I. Preludio capriccioso

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II. I Want a House

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III. Iturbiana

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IV. Saudades do Milhaud

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Arlen, W: 2 Fragments from the Song of Songs

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Christian Immler, Daniel Wnukowski

I. Preliminary

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II. Canticle

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Arlen, W: Houses of Worship

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Christian Immler, Daniel Wnukowski

I. Sine nomine

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II. The Isaiah of Souillac

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Arlen, W: Arbeit macht frei

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Daniel Wnukowski

I. Psalm

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II. Metronome

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III. Schlummerlied

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Walter Arlen, Anonymous: Septet

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Rebecca Nelsen, Daniel Wnukowski, Christian Immler

I. The Garden

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II. Summer Night

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III. Evening in the Forest

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IV. November

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V. Reflections (Zagreb 1926)

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VI. Meaning

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VII. After Magritte

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Arlen, W: Mementos

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Daniel Wnukowski

I. Marienbad

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II. The Grass Harp

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Arlen, W: Wenn die letzte Blaue geht

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Daniel Wnukowski

Arlen, W: Die letzte Blaue

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Daniel Wnukowski

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The disaster of the extinction of culture and civil society by the Nazi regime, intensified by his own dismay and enforced exile, constitutes the basis of Walter Arlen’s compositional oeuvre. This downfall is symbolized by Die letzte Blaue, the name of the last night-time tram of Vienna Transport, identifiable by its blue light, and a homage to an unforgettable hit of the time.

Apart from works like this one for piano solo (Monotypes, Mementos), this double CD by the Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski also contains works for piano and violin (Daniel Hope) and songs for soprano (Rebecca Nelsen) and baritone (Christian Immler).

A unique feature is the three-part work Arbeit Macht Frei for piano and metronome, which was written in 1995 after a visit to the former extermination camp of Auschwitz.

Walten Arlen is one of the last living composers of the generation the Nazis sought to extinguish. After his flight from Vienna in 1939, he made a significant contribution to the cultural transfer of Austrian musical tradition, not only as the music critic of the Los Angeles Times, but also as the founder of the Music Department of Loyala Marymount University. Arlen, who was born in 1920, has always been a composer of the small form and has written tonal music. This double CD offers a broad cross-section of his important song oeuvre.

Walter Arlen: Die Letzte Blaue

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