Gal - Piano Quartet, Suite, Concertino, Impromptu | CPO 5552762

Gal - Piano Quartet, Suite, Concertino, Impromptu

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Label: CPO

Cat No: 5552762

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd September 2022

Contents

Artists

Gottlieb Wallisch (piano)
Hartmut Rohde (viola)
Members of the Aron Quartett
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Hartmut Rohde

Works

Gal, Hans

Concertino for piano and strings, op.43
Impromptu for viola and piano
Piano Quartet in A major
Suite, op.24

Artists

Gottlieb Wallisch (piano)
Hartmut Rohde (viola)
Members of the Aron Quartett
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Hartmut Rohde

About

The programme of this CD offers a varied selection of chamber music with piano written by Hans Gál between 1922 and 1940. Among these, the main work on the album is undoubtedly the Piano Quartet written for the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. The work consists of four substantial movements, and each of the movements is uniquely melodic; moreover, there are strong contrasts between the two light and airy movements II and IV on the one hand, and the dignified opening movement and delicate Adagio on the other. Richness and variety characterise this most productive period of composer Hans Gál. The rest of the programme is of a decidedly lighter character than the Piano Quartet and shows Gál at his most fluid and melodic.

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