Kaufmann: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble

• Walter Kaufmann (1907 - 1984): String Quartet No. 11:
• 1 String Quartet No. 11: I. Lento 05:30
• 2 String Quartet No. 11: II. Un poco grave 05:11
• 3 String Quartet No. 11: III. Allegro molto 03:00
• 4 String Quartet No. 11: IV. Allegro barbarico 04:51
• Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44:
• 5 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: I. Molto moderato e tranquillo 03:59
• 6 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: II. Adagio molto 03:17
• 7 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 44: III. Vivace 03:17
• String Quartet No. 7:
• 8 String Quartet No. 7: I. Energico 06:10
• 9 String Quartet No. 7: II. Sostenuto cantabile 05:41
• 10 String Quartet No. 7: III. Allegro molto 02:49
• 11 String Quartet No. 7: IV. Andantino 04:35
• 12 String Quartet No. 7: V. Vivace 04:56
• Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano):
• 13 Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano): I. Sostenuto cantabile 04:17
• 14 Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano): II. Intermezzo 01:29
• 15 Sonatina No. 12 (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano): III. Finale 03:18
• Walter Kaufmann:
• 16 Septet 14:52
• Total Runtime 01:17:12

Info zu Kaufmann: Chamber Works

For the fourth installment 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.’

Jamie Kruspe, violin
Kimberly Jeong, cello
ARC Ensemble

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Booklet für Kaufmann: Chamber Works