Ernst Krenek (1900-1991): Music for Chamber Orchestra
These five works for chamber orchestra by Ernst Krenek (1900-91) were written between 1931 and 1979 — both before and long after Krenek abandoned Hitler's Austria for California. They demonstrate that serial music, in capable hands, does not have to abandon the virtues of more conservative idioms: the emotions embraced here range from translucent lyricism, via powerful dramatic utterance, to uneasy existentialist humour.
Agata Zubel (soprano), Mathias Hausmann (baritone)
Leopoldinum Orchestra, Ernst Kovacic (conductor)
Works:
1. Von Vorn Herein, op.219 (1974
2. Die Nachtigall, op.68a (1931)
3. Im Tal der Zeit, op.232 (1979) (First Recording)
4. Static and Ecstatic, op.214 (1971-72) (First Recording on CD)
5. The Dissembler, op.229 (1978)
Released 2012.