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Schelb - Orchestral Music Vol.1 | Toccata Classics TOCC0426

Schelb - Orchestral Music Vol.1

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0426

Barcode: 5060113444264

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st December 2017

Contents

Artists

Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonie Baden-Baden

Conductors

Paul Mann
Pavel Baleff

Works

Schelb, Josef

Movimento I
Music for Orchestra no.3
Music for Orchestra no.4

Artists

Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonie Baden-Baden

Conductors

Paul Mann
Pavel Baleff

About

Josef Schelb (1894–1977) is one of the better-kept secrets of German music. His output was substantial: he lost most of his early music in a bombing raid in 1942 but, as if to make up for lost time, wrote some 150 more works after that. His style is that of the tonally liberated, quasi-Expressionist contrapuntal tradition of Hindemith and Hartmann; Bartók was an important influence, too.

The three pieces recorded here show Schelb capable of astonishing vitality in his mid- to late seventies: they display lean muscularity, freewheeling energy and luminous and transparent orchestration, often informed by bucolic nostalgia and lyrical melancholy. This release marks the 40th anniversary of Schelb’s death.

Paul Mann is a regular guest conductor with many orchestras throughout Europe, the USA, Australia and the Far East. He enjoyed a famous collaboration with the legendary rock group Deep Purple and was a close friend of its keyboard played, Jon Lord. This is his tenth recording for Toccata Classics. Pavel Baleff, born in Bulgaria, has been chief conductor of the Philharmonie Baden-Baden since 2007. From 1999 to 2003 he was deputy music director of the Rostock Volkstheater, and from 2003 to 2007 he held the same post at the opera house in Halle.

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