Voices in the Wilderness: Works by Hans Gál and Ernst Krenek
Two composers who were born in the right place at the wrong time... Just as both musicians were reaching creative maturity they were forced into exile from Nazi Germany.
Both Gál and Krenek were inextricably linked to the great musical traditions of their Viennese birthplace. All the works on this recording date from the 1940s when the two composers were taking their first steps on new soil; Gál in Britain where he was to co-found the Edinburgh Festival and Krenek to Los Angeles USA where he was never to recapture the notoriety generated by his opera Jonny Spielt Auf.
Two composers who were born in the right place at the wrong time... Just as both musicians were reaching creative maturity they were forced into exile from Nazi Germany.
Both Gál and Krenek were inextricably linked to the great musical traditions of their Viennese birthplace. All the works on this recording date from the 1940s when the two composers were taking their first steps on new soil; Gál in Britain where he was to co-found the Edinburgh Festival and Krenek to Los Angeles USA where he was never to recapture the notoriety generated by his opera Jonny Spielt Auf.
Two composers who were born in the right place at the wrong time... Just as both musicians were reaching creative maturity they were forced into exile from Nazi Germany.
Both Gál and Krenek were inextricably linked to the great musical traditions of their Viennese birthplace. All the works on this recording date from the 1940s when the two composers were taking their first steps on new soil; Gál in Britain where he was to co-found the Edinburgh Festival and Krenek to Los Angeles USA where he was never to recapture the notoriety generated by his opera Jonny Spielt Auf.