CD, Gál, H (composer)
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Hidden Treasure: Hans Gál's unpublished Lieder
RecommendedChristian Immler (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
This is a treasure-trove of songs in the tradition of Richard Strauss, melodically radiant and full of sensitivity to atmosphere...Immler is ideally suited to them, with expansive, radiant tone... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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If you think of Korngold, you’ll be in the right area: lush harmonies, soaring melodies and an expert compositional technique. The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Hans Gál: Chamber Music
Katalin Kertész, Reijo Tunkkari, Hanna Pakkala, Emiliano Travasino, Lauri Pulakka, Ulla Lampela
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Hans Gál: Music For Voices, Vol. 3
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Pixels Ensemble, Borealis Choir, Bridget Budge, Stephen Muir
Gál's profound humanism shines through in music that is expressive yet restrained...For those attuned to the understated appeal of to mid-20th-century choral earlymusic, this disc is a revelation,... —
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The Orchestra of the Swan provide a quietly compelling account, relishing the many solos, duos and textural intricacies that Gal wrings from his orchestra. Their account of Schumann's C major... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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This world premiere recording…is an important act of restitution. Gál’s score, recalling in places Mahler and the Strauss of Ariadne auf Naxos yet possessed of its own voice, may not have sounded... —
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Opera, May 2019
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Gesänge Des Orients
Songs of the Orient
Simon Wallfisch & Edward Rushton, Edward Rushton, Simon Wallfisch
This fascinating programme of early twentieth-century songs (many of them by composers condemned as purveyors of ‘degenerate’ music by the Nazis) struck me as a sort of alternative Das Lied... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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Hans Gál: The Right Tempo
Chamber Music
Ulrike Anton (flute), Russell Ryan (piano), Cornelia Loscher (violin) & Wolfhart Schuster (violin)
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This is a major discovery, and clarinettist Shelly Levy makes a sympathetic champion-plangent in her bottom register and accompanied by a quartet whose wide-grained tone quality suits this... —
