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The centenary of German radio is marked here by works composed at the time. Spikily characterful dance suites by Toch, Weill and Bartók neatly sum up the era, while Krenek’s a cappella choral... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Jan 2023
Catalogue No: 900206
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 68 minutes

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Toch: I. Roter Wirbeltanz

Work length5:15

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Korbinian Altenberger, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Lukas Richter, Guido Marggrander
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Toch: II. Tanz des Grauens

Work length5:55

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Korbinian Altenberger, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Lukas Richter, Guido Marggrander
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Toch: III. Intermezzo

Work length2:31

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Korbinian Altenberger, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Lukas Richter, Guido Marggrander
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Toch: IV. Tanz des Schweigens

Work length4:13

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Korbinian Altenberger, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Lukas Richter, Guido Marggrander
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Toch: V. Intermezzo

Work length2:44

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Korbinian Altenberger, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Lukas Richter, Guido Marggrander
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Toch: VI. Tanz des Erwachens

Work length9:36

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Korbinian Altenberger, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Lukas Richter, Guido Marggrander
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 1, Wir haben die winterlange Nacht mit Freuden wohl empfangen

Work length1:45

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 2, Wo zwei Herzenliebe an einem Tanze gan

Work length1:21

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 3, Ach wär mein Lieb ein Brünnlein kalt

Work length0:39

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 4, Dieser Stern im Dunkeln

Work length1:43

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 5, Eines Maienmorgens schoen

Work length2:00

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 6, Ich will Trauern lassen stehn

Work length1:25

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Weill, K: No. 7, Ich schlaf, ich wach, ich geh

Work length2:56

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Anna-Maria Palii, Benedict Hames, Natalie Schwaabe, Bettina Faiss, Ursula Kepser, Jesús Villa Ordónez
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Krenek: No. 1, Der Mensch

Work length3:40

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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Howard Arman

Krenek: No. 2, Troestung

Work length3:34

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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Howard Arman

Krenek: No. 3, Die Roemer

Work length2:31

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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Howard Arman

Bartók: I. Moderato

Work length3:21

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Cristian Măcelaru

Bartók: II. Allegro molto

Work length2:22

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Cristian Măcelaru

Bartók: III. Allegro vivace

Work length3:08

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Cristian Măcelaru

Bartók: IV. Molto tranquillo

Work length3:06

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Cristian Măcelaru

Bartók: V. Comodo

Work length1:07

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Cristian Măcelaru

Bartók: VI. Finale

Work length3:58

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Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Cristian Măcelaru

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"October 29, 1923 - a date steeped in history. In the midst of a year of political and economic crisis, the age of public radio in Germany was ushered in with the first broadcast of the 'Berliner Funkstunde', from the attic of an office building on Potsdamer Platz. - Radio offered entirely new possibilities for the production and reception of music. The composers assembled on this CD not only profited from these developments, but also, in part, actively shaped them. The composer Ernst Toch from Vienna experienced the crisis year of 1923 in Mannheim, where his 'Dance Suite' for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass and percussion op. 30 was premiered on November 19 with great success. In this work, commissioned for the expressive dancer Frieda Ursula Back who choreographed its premiere, Toch was able to realise his interest in cross-disciplinary collaboration and new forms of expression. His virtuoso and imaginative use of instruments is one of the most fascinating aspects of the suite. The 'Frauentanz' for soprano, flute, viola, clarinet, horn and bassoon op. 10 by Kurt Weill, written in the summer of 1923, reflects the interest in chamber music line-ups typical of the time. The decisive factor was not only a new ideal of sound and expression, but also the experience that in times of crisis, pieces with small ensembles had better chances of being performed. Weill’s song cycle quickly gained recognition. After its successful Berlin premiere in February 1924, it was published a few months later as the young composer's first work in print and was his most frequently performed piece until 1927. The enormously productive Ernst Krenek had found essential impulses for his work in Berlin; when the crisis came to a head in the summer of 1923, he returned to Austria, where in October he composed the 'Three Mixed Choirs' a cappella op. 22 on poems by Matthias Claudius. Krenek designed these folksong-like works written by a lyricist from the epoch of Empfindsamkeit as parables, critically reflecting and commenting on contemporary experiences and developments. For the festive concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the unification of the cities of Buda and Pest to form the capital and residence city of Budapest in the autumn of 1923, Bela Bartok created his 'Dance Suite' for orchestra - a 'rather touchy issue', as the internationalist-minded composer explained in a private note. His music ingeniously thwarted the cultural-political intentions of his 'ultra-Christian-nationalist' patrons. - After chamber music works, a large orchestral work concludes the programme of this CD."

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February 2023

The centenary of German radio is marked here by works composed at the time. Spikily characterful dance suites by Toch, Weill and Bartók neatly sum up the era, while Krenek’s a cappella choral music offers a more ref lective interlude.

March 2023

Even Bartók’s Dance Suite – arguably the spiciest thing here – receives an essentially relaxed performance from the BRSO and Cristian Măcelaru: playful, rhapsodic, painted in rich and dark-hued oils.

5th February 2023

To mark the 100th anniversary, this beautifully executed disc brings together four works written in the same year..The settings of the 18th-century poet Matthias Claudius in Krenek’s Drei Gemischte Chore mark this as the odd one out, but its quietude anticipates Tavener’s Orthodox Christian period.

17th January 2023

[Krenek is] represented on this disc by three settings for choir of the 18th-century poet Matthias Claudius, of a ravishing otherworldly beauty caught to perfection in these performances… Every bar in all four pieces is exquisitely made, and that quality is caught in the performances, which are all of enormous refinement.

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