New Album Releases: CHAMBER WORKS BY ROBERT MULLER-HARTMANN (ARC Ensemble)

Artist:
ARC Ensemble

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
69:07

Record Label:
Chandos

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
November 17, 2023

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Product Description: Robert Müller-Hartmann was born in Hamburg, in 1884, the son of the piano teacher and clarinettist Josef Müller and his wife, Jenny. He studied in Berlin for four years, but then returned to Hamburg where he pursued a successful career combining teaching, composing, and writing. His works were widely performed by conductors such as Karl Muck, Carl Schuricht, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, and Fritz Busch, and regularly played on German Radio. With the advent of National Socialism, in 1933, Müller-Hartmann was forced to resign from his teaching posts at the University and Conservatory. He continued to teach at Hamburg’s Jewish girls’ school, and was an active contributor to the Jüdischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation). In the mid 1930s, Eugenia and Jacob (Yanya) Hornstein, Hamburg friends of the Müller-Hartmanns, moved to the town of Dorking, some twenty-five miles south of London, and in 1937 the Müller-Hartmanns followed them. The thirteen years Robert spent in England saw the country scarred by the losses, destruction, and privations of war. There was very little time or opportunity for him to secure a place in his adoptive country’s musical life, and despite his considerable success in Germany during the 1920s and ’30s, his reputation had failed to cross the English Channel. A general antipathy to the inclusion of German musical exiles and his modest, rather retiring personality ensured that he would soon be forgotten.

TRACK LIST:

1 . Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5: I. Mäßig schnell. Sehr zögernd beginnen Erika Raum & Kevin Ahfat (06:34)

2 . Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5: II. Ruhevoll (aber nicht schleppen) Kevin Ahfat & Erika Raum (06:12)

3 . Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5: III. Sehr schnell – Gesangvoll, fließend Erika Raum & Kevin Ahfat (06:40)

4 . Two Pieces for Cello and Piano: I. Meditation Kevin Ahfat & Thomas Wiebe (03:38)

5 . Two Pieces for Cello and Piano: II. Elegy Thomas Wiebe & Kevin Ahfat (02:48)

6 . Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: I. Schnell – Weniger schnell (doch flüssig) Erika Raum & Marie Bérard (03:35)

7 . Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: II. Kanon. Ruhig bewegt Marie Bérard & Erika Raum (02:45)

8 . Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: III. Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft – Mäßig bewegt – Da capo Erika Raum & Marie Bérard (03:26)

9 . Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: IV. Schnell, mit Anmut Marie Bérard & Erika Raum (03:07)

10 . Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Intermezzo I. Etwas bewegt Kevin Ahfat (02:31)

11 . Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Intermezzo II. Zart, fließend Kevin Ahfat (01:17)

12 . Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Intermezzo III. Etwas bewegt Kevin Ahfat (02:43)

13 . Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft Kevin Ahfat (03:36)

14 . String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: I. Andante tranquillo (07:16)

15 . String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: II. Vivace e scherzando (04:19)

16 . String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: III. Adagio (02:59)

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: IV. Allegro molto (05:52)

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