Release Date: 01 May 2026
Label: Decurio/galileo
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4255839900151
Genres: Classical  
Composer/Series: GERSHWIN IN VIENNA
Release Date: 01 May 2026
Label: Decurio/galileo
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4255839900151
Genres: Classical  
Composer/Series: GERSHWIN IN VIENNA
Description
Between jazz and twelve-tone - and on the tennis court: Gershwin in Vienna tells the surprising yet true story of the friendship between George Gershwin and Arnold Schoenberg, who in 1930s California were connected not only artistically but also as tennis partners. Levi Hammer follows this trail, placing Gershwin's piano works in a compelling dialogue with Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, making audible just how closely the American superstar was intertwined with the aesthetics of the Second Viennese School. Encounters such as Gershwin's legendary visit to Alban Berg in Vienna or Schoenberg's moving 1937 tribute open up a fascinating panorama of mutual influence. The result is a portrait of Gershwin as a modernist - and of a Viennese avant-garde that suddenly seems strikingly close to Broadway.
Walentin, Niklas / Nabil Shehata/Philharmonie Sudwestfalen
Treutler, Annika / Aris Quartett
Levi Hammer
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Ketil Bjornstad & Sandra Lied Haga
Vox Urbane
Sophie Dervaux, La Folia Barockorchester
Sergio Vartolo
Robert Plane (clarinet); Elias String Quaret, Gould Piano Trio; James Gilchrist (tenor); Tim Horton
Nordic Affect/Marco Casonato/Massimo Marchese/La Spagna baroque orchestra/Alejandro Marias
Michael Foyle, Iain Burnside