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Schelb - Orchestral Music Vol.2: 3 Concertos | Toccata Classics TOCC0604

Schelb - Orchestral Music Vol.2: 3 Concertos

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0604

Barcode: 5060113446046

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 4th June 2021

Contents

Artists

Tatjana Blome (piano)
Sarina Zickgraf (viola)
Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais)
Kammersymphonie Berlin

Conductor

Jurgen Bruns

Works

Schelb, Josef

Concerto for cor anglais and string orchestra
Concerto for piano and string orchestra
Concerto for viola and string orchestra

Artists

Tatjana Blome (piano)
Sarina Zickgraf (viola)
Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais)
Kammersymphonie Berlin

Conductor

Jurgen Bruns

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, in the tonally liberated, quasi-Expressionist contrapuntal tradition of Hindemith and Hartmann; Bartók was an important influence, too. These three concertos show him at his most engaging: the contrapuntal craftsmanship that drives the music forward is deployed with a light and nimble touch, and passages of touching delicacy contrast with others where a lively sense of humour comes bubbling up to the surface.

“…a work of exceptional vitality and dynamism, and those qualities I mentioned of drama, playfulness and optimism, yet with a slight hint of melancholy, all provide a wide-ranging musical narrative. Schelb's colourful scoring and masterly orchestration add both potency and a beguiling sonic blend… All the performances here are well-recorded, stylish and alert. I enjoyed the music very much, and look forward, with eager anticipation, to the next volume. This constitutes an auspicious start to what promises to be compelling orchestral cycle.” – musicweb-international.com (Vol.1: TOCC0426)

“His music has a luxuriously active Gallic spontaneity with ideas unwinding and interacting in what feels like an instinctive rather than a mapped progression.… Schelb is his own man but he is likely to appeal to those who appreciate a voice occupying the enigmatic ground between Rawsthorne, Alwyn, Howells and Poulenc…attractively recorded and vigorously performed…” – musicweb-international.com, August 2017 (Chamber Music with Clarinet: TOCC0358)

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