Around Prague

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Around Prague

Label Channel Classics

Artists Ebony Band

€23,99 EUR

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Winning Awards

Volkskrant 5

Volkskrant 5

Volkskrant Classical 2013

Volkskrant Classical 2013

The city of Prague was a cultural hotspot in the 1920s and 30s. From 1918 to 1935 the country’s president was the European-minded and remarkably liberal philosopher Tomáš Masaryk, and his successor Edvard Beneš was a kindred spirit. The three population groups, enriched by emigrants from Russia, the Ukraine, Germany and Austria, competed with one another but also inspired each other.

This was the Prague in which the composers on this CD were involved. In their music we hear the old and the new, tradition and renewal, but above all, imagination and talent. When the border between East and West opened up in 1989, their music had hardly been heard in the West for some fifty years, having been suppressed first by the Nazis and then by suffocating communist rule. With the exception of Ullmann, even today these composers have hardly reached our concert halls.

Tracklist

Total time: 01:18:15

1. Svatebcane na Eiffelce - The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower op.11 - Overture

01:13

2. Six Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra - Sehr Langsam

02:07

3. Six Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra - Ruhig bewegt

01:39

4. Six Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra - Ziemlich Breit

02:09

5. Six Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra - Schnell

01:12

6. Six Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra - Sehr Langsam

02:08

7. Six Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra - Tempo moderato

03:28

8. The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower op.11 - Speech From The General

01:27

9. Small Overture Op. 42 - -

04:44

10. About Children - Moderato

02:43

11. About Children - Rubato

02:26

12. About Children - Moderato Leggiero

01:59

13. The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower op.11 - Intermezzo I

01:02

14. Nonett II - Nonet No. 2 Op. 41

11:56

15. The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower op.11 - Intermezzo II

00:51

16. Five small pieces op. 9 - Andante

00:52

17. Five small pieces op. 9 - Allegro risoluto

01:19

18. Five small pieces op. 9 - Moderato

01:03

19. Five small pieces op. 9 - Adagio, Presto

01:23

20. Five small pieces op. 9 - Allegro vivace

00:36

21. Five Polydynamic Pieces op. 3 - No. 1

01:20

22. Five Polydynamic Pieces op. 3 - No. 2

01:13

23. Five Polydynamic Pieces op. 3 - No. 3

00:34

24. Five Polydynamic Pieces op. 3 - No. 4

01:48

25. Five Polydynamic Pieces op. 3 - No. 5

06:14

26. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - A. Haba

00:36

27. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - V. Helfert

00:52

28. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - J. Mahen

00:28

29. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - G. Forster

00:28

30. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - C. Hoffmann

00:35

31. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - K. Balling

00:17

32. Cheerful Acrostic Op. 12 - A. Schulhoff

01:08

33. The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower op.11 - Polka

01:25

34. Six Songs Op. 17 - An Himmelfahrt

01:24

35. Six Songs Op. 17 - Drei Blumen

02:56

36. Six Songs Op. 17 - Dreierlei Schutzgeister

01:31

37. Six Songs Op. 17 - Es Schleppt mein Schuh

02:01

38. Six Songs Op. 17 - Wie ist die Nacht

04:02

39. Six Songs Op. 17 - Aus dem Hauschen in den Garten

02:07

40. The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower op.11 - Walt Of The Telegrams

00:59

Additional Information

Label

Channel Classics

SKU

34813

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, FLAC 192 kHz

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Ebony Band

Composers

Ponc, Schimmerling, Burian, Haba, Ullmann

Conductors

Werner Herbers

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Instruments

Bass clarinet, Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Double bass, Flute, Harmonium, Harp, Horn, Oboe, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone

Release Date

January 11, 2014

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Reviews

Musicweb

Musicweb

As is common with the Ebony Band’s releases, live performances are mixed with studio recordings, but each work is produced with care and the quality of each is consistently high. Nicely packaged and well documented as usual by Channel Classics, this will go very well alongside all of the other Ebony Band releases which, as an inquisitive and open minded collector, you must surely already have acquired.

Musicframes.nl

Musicframes.nl

(...) high quality music, daring and surprising: varied pieces with adventure.(...)

ND

ND

(...) een interessante cd met onbekende muziek

Audiophile Audition

Audiophile Audition

I greatly admire and appreciate the work of the Ebony Band for both its performing prowess as well as for the important historical aspects of this music. The main thought I carried away from this recording is that, in general, the music itself is a bit esoteric and may not have wide appeal. These are all good works that deserve to be heard, however, and the surround sound recording is superb.

Around Prague

Around Prague

€23,99 EUR

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