Holger Groschopp - Chamber Music, Vol. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Hans Winterberg, born in Prague in 1901, studied with Alexander von Zemlinsky and Alois Haba. He worked as a conductor, pianist and composer until the annexation of the Czechoslovak Republic by Nazi Germany in 1939. As the scion of a Jewish family that had lived in Prague for centuries, he survived - after forced labor and deportation to Theresienstadt - through a series of miracles. After the Communists came to power in Czechoslovakia, he moved to Germany. His compositional legacy, locked away for years in a German music archive, has only been rediscovered in recent years. Winterberg combines various influences in his music to create an original and exciting personal style. He takes up stylistic elements of Janacek but is also influenced by the Second Viennese School and French Impressionism. He saw himself as a bridge-builder between the cultures of Eastern and Western Europe. Eda records dedicates a focus to this important Czech-Jewish composers of the generation of the so called InchTerezin composersInch alongside Ullmann, Krasa and Haas. Further chamber music recordings and the complete works for piano with pianist Jonathan Powell will follow. Album Tracks 1. Trio für Klarinette, Cello und Klavier~Leicht fließend 2. Trio für Klarinette, Cello und Klavier~Andante sostenuto 3. Trio für Klarinette, Cello und Klavier~Tempo di Menuetto 4. Trio für Klarinette, Cello und Klavier~Allegro barbaro 5. Suite für Violine und Klavier~Allegro moderato (poco agitato) 6. Suite für Violine und Klavier~Molto moderato 7. Suite für Violine und Klavier~Agitato 8. Suite für Trompete und Klavier Nr. 2~Lebhaft bewegt 9. Suite für Trompete und Klavier Nr. 2~Andante moderato 10. Suite für Trompete und Klavier Nr. 2~Allegro moderato ma energico 11. InchDort und HierInch für Sopran und Klaviertrio auf Gedichte von Franz Werfel~Madonna mit den Krähen 12. InchDort u