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Daniel Wnukowski, Daniel Hope, Christian Immler, Rebecca Nelsen - Walter Arlen: Die Letzte Blaue (2014)

Daniel Wnukowski, Daniel Hope, Christian Immler, Rebecca Nelsen - Walter Arlen: Die Letzte Blaue (2014)
  • Title: Walter Arlen: Die Letzte Blaue
  • Year Of Release: 2014
  • Label: Gramola Records
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 01:41:06
  • Total Size: 351 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
Altes Lied (Walter Arlen)
1. Altes Lied 04:00
Humoreske (Walter Arlen)
2. Humoreske 02:30
Sonnet (Walter Arlen)
3. SonnetDaniel Hope 04:42
Monotypes (Walter Arlen)
4. I. Preludio capriccioso 03:21
5. II. I Want a House 03:59
6. III. Iturbiana 04:20
7. IV. Saudades do Milhaud 02:37
2. Fragments from The Song of Songs (Walter Arlen)
8. No. 1. Preliminary 02:46
9. No. 2. Canticle 04:36
Houses of Worship (Walter Arlen)
10. No. 1. Sine nomine 04:12
11. No. 2. The Isaiah of Souillac 04:52
Arbeit macht frei (Walter Arlen)
12. No. 1. Psalm 04:28
13. No. 2. Metronome 01:55
14. No. 3. Schlummerlied 05:03

CD 2
Septet (Anonymous)
1. I. The Garden 03:33
2. II. Summer Night 03:00
3. III. Evening in the Forest 04:16
4. IV. November 04:20
5. V. Reflections (Zagreb 1926) 04:04
6. VI. Meaning 03:15
7. VII. After Magritte 04:43
Mementos (Walter Arlen)
8. No. 1. Marienbad 05:46
9. No. 2. The Grass Harp 05:55
Wenn die letzte Blaue geht (Walter Arlen)
10. Wenn die letzte Blaue geht 03:41
Die letzte Blaue (Walter Arlen)
11. Die letzte Blau 05:14

Performers:
Daniel Wnukowski (piano)
Daniel Hope (violin)
Rebecca Nelsen (soprano)
Christian Immler (baritone)

The disaster of the extinction of culture and civil society by the Nazi regime, intensified by his own dismay and enforced exile, constitutes the basis of Walter Arlen’s compositional oeuvre. This downfall is symbolized by Die letzte Blaue, the name of the last night-time tram of Vienna Transport, identifiable by its blue light, and a homage to an unforgettable hit of the time.

Apart from works like this one for piano solo (Monotypes, Mementos), this double CD by the Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski also contains works for piano and violin (Daniel Hope) and songs for soprano (Rebecca Nelsen) and baritone (Christian Immler).

A unique feature is the three-part work Arbeit Macht Frei for piano and metronome, which was written in 1995 after a visit to the former extermination camp of Auschwitz.

Walten Arlen is one of the last living composers of the generation the Nazis sought to extinguish. After his flight from Vienna in 1939, he made a significant contribution to the cultural transfer of Austrian musical tradition, not only as the music critic of the Los Angeles Times, but also as the founder of the Music Department of Loyala Marymount University. Arlen, who was born in 1920, has always been a composer of the small form and has written tonal music. This double CD offers a broad cross-section of his important song oeuvre.




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