Atlantis Trio - Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major / Piano Trio Op 69 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Two CD set. Fritz Lehmann became conductor of the Händel Festival in Göttingen in 1934, and held numerous conducting posts, the last one in Göttingen (1946-1950). He subsequently was a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich (from 1953). a consummate conductor, he led notable performances in Oratorio, opera, and symphonic literature, ranging from the Baroque period to the 20th century. He died at age 52 of a heart attack during a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Especially noted for his Bach and Handel interpretations, he made numerous acclaimed Bach cantata recordings for DGG. He left no studio recording of the St. John Passion so we are fortunate that this live performance, with the highly experienced soloists Julius Patzak as the Evangelist and Gerard Souzay as Christ, was taped.

Atlantis Trio - Piano Trio Op 1 Symphony 2 in D Major Op 36 [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/10/2010

May you yet see dawn after this long night! These words by Stefan Zweig, written in exile in his Farewell letter are the motto for this recording of the Auner Quartet, presenting string quartets by Alexander Zemlinsky (Opus 4 from 1896), Egon Wellesz (his 5th string quartet from the year 1943, by the subtitle InchIn memoriamInch which refers to the lost years) and by Anton Webern (InchLangsamer SatzInch from 1905), which are all references to Vienna at the turn of the century. Almost as an encore, Auner Quartet follows up with InchSyncopationInch by Fritz Kreisler from the 1920s, which spans an arc to the United States, where Kreisler enjoyed enormous popularity and where the stylistic elements originated that had conquered the dance halls of Central Europe before they were banned in Germany and Austria during the darkest years of the 20th century - along with the music of Zemlinsky, Wellesz, Webern, Kreisler and so many others.