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2022-01-11 18:19:00
[…] final two will come is unclear, yet on the basis of this ‘Suite’ and its reception, they will be eagerly awaited by many. The new movement—to the world, that is; all were new to me—pays tribute to the American diplomat Varian Fry who assisted many under threat from Nazism into exile. Here, several of them are named, from Bohislav Martinů via Darius and Madeleine Milhaud and Betsy Jolas to the Hungarian animal photographer Ylla (Camilla Koffler). That was the work of half the chorus, initially syllabic, though not in a ‘difficult’, Nono- or Lachenmann-like way. The other sang from Psalm 46: ‘God is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble…’. Dialogue between soprano Siobhan Stagg and choir added to the responsorial sense. If the writing were largely homophonic, there was a splendid, again psalm-like freedom to its metre, Rattle finely shaping an heroic performance from all. First […]
2020-04-06 08:23:00
Jozef Koffler (1896-1944)
Here is an attempt to collect all albums with music of composer Jozef Koffler (1896-1944)Roman Maciejewski - Kurpian SongsMaria Piotrowska-Bogalecka;Polish Radio ChoirTadeusz Szeligowski - KaziukiOrchestra of Poznań Philharmonic;Łukasz BorowiczJózef Koffler - Piano Concerto Op.13Sinfonia Varsovia; Małgorzata Walentynowicz; Sebastian PerłowskiBolesław Wallek-Walewski - Wedding in Upper SilesiaKrzysztof Dziewięcki;Polish National Song and Dance Ensemble ‘Śląsk’Ludomir Różycki - Apollo and the MaidenSinfonia Varsovia;Bassem Akiki2018 Polskie Wydawnictwo MuzyczneSource - WWWBach (orch. Jozef Koffler) - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988AMADEUS Chamber Orchestra of the Polish Radio, Agnieszka Duczmal®© 2004 Polskie Radio SACD rip, logBONUS:Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Jozef Koffler: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (UK premiere)Royal Academy of Music Soloists EnsembleStudents from The Glenn Gould SchoolTrevor Pinnock (conductor)Bach: A Transatlantic AllianceRadio 3 in Concert19 May 2019Broadcast 11 June 2019 BBC Radio 3 DABRecorded at Wigmore Hall Klein, Koffler & Naumann - String TriosEOS TrioProduktion: Michael Dreyer, Hugo Germán Gaido 2015Source - WWWKoffler - En homageConcerto for Piano and Orchestra op.13 […]
2019-02-28 17:11:00
[…] Schoenberg’s too. Bach’s Goldberg Variations have received a number of transcriptions and arrangements. Some have opted for supposedly Baroque forces and formations – which almost seemed hinted at in Trio Zimmermann’s performance of the opening ‘Aria’, less so elsewhere. Others have taken advantage of ‘modern’ possibilities, ranging from one of the earliest in 1883, by Josef Rheinberger (revised by Reger), for two pianos, to the 1938 orchestral version by Polish dodecaphonist Józef Koffler. More recent contributions have included two for string trio, from Dmitry Sitkovetsky (1984) and Federico Sarudiansky (2010). Sitkovetsky’s version came at a time of peak ‘authenticity’, when certain voices would frown upon any such reimagination. Following his 2009 revision, he recalled: ‘When I first wrote my transcription of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations for string trio, in 1984, it was both a labour of love and an obsession with the 1981 Glenn Gould recording. […] Generally, […]
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2018-05-08 09:22:52
Poland’s first 12-note composer
EDA Records have issued five world premiere recordings of Jozef Koffler, the Polish serialist who was murdered with his family during the Nazi Holocaust. Should be interesting.
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