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考夫曼:室內樂作品集(弦樂四重奏/小提琴奏鳴曲/鋼琴七重奏)
ARC室內樂團
For the fourth instalment in its Music in Exile series, the Toronto-based ARC Ensemble turns its attention to the music of Walter Kaufmann. Despite a very promising start in Prague and then Berlin,
and friendships with Albert Einstein and with Franz Kafka's circle, Kaufmann's career become a casualty of the Nazi regime that forced scores of Jewish musicians to flee Germany – in his case for
Bombay in India.
Kaufmann's intriguing and extensive body of work remains largely forgotten, certainly underappreciated, and perhaps most tragically, unperformed since first heard, although ironically, millions of
Indians are familiar with one piece of his music – the signature tune that he wrote in 1936 for All India Radio, which is still played every morning.
'The hallmark of this remarkable music', explains the ARC Ensemble's Artistic Director, Simon Wynberg, 'is its striking originality. There are flashes of Debussy, Bartók, and Stravinsky, and hints
of Bohemian and klezmer music, but the end result is a world of inventiveness and surprises. It is an extraordinary blend of Eastern and Western traditions, both adventurous and accessible, and no
less compelling for the eighty-year delay since its first performance.'
WALTER KAUFMANN
premiere recordings
String Quartet No.11 (before 1939)18:34
1.ILento - Allegro ma non troppo - Poco meno - Accelerando - Grave5:30
2.IIUn poco grave5:11
3.IIIAllegro molto - Meno - Allegro molto3:00
4.IVAllegro barbarico - Poco meno - Molto meno - A tempo - Poco meno4:51
Sonata No.2, Op.44 (before 1946) *10:37
5.IMolto moderato e tranquillo - Allegro moderato - Tempo I - Tempo II3:59
6.IIAdagio molto3:17
7.IIIVivace3:17
String Quartet No.7 (before 1939)24:17
8.IEnergico - [Meno mosso] - [Tempo I]6:10
9.IISostenuto cantaile - Mosso - Meno5:41
10.IIIAllegro molto - Meno2:49
11.IVAndantino - Allegro - Molto meno - Andantino4:35
12.VVivace - [Meno mosso] - Meno - Allargando - Largamente4:56
Sonatina No.12 (before 1946)9:11
13.Sostenuto cantabile4:17
14.Intermezzo. Vivace - [Trio] - Vivace1:29
15.Finale: Canzonetta. Moderato3:18
16.Septet (before 1946) †14:52
Total time: 77:12
Chamber: ARC Ensemble