Release Date: 04 January 2006
Label: Cpo - Lower Mid Price / CPO
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 761203719129
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: TOCH
Description
\Surprising Sound Impressions and Wonderful Effects CrescendoBorn in Vienna, Ernest Toch was one of the most esteemed Austrian composers; conductors such as Erich Kleiber, Hermann Scherchen, Otto Klemperer, and Wilhelm Furtw?ñngler performed his works; and then 1933 came, when Toch, fortunately was able to emigrate in time to the United States.With an immense urge to express himself musically following his experiences of living as a Jew during WWII, he wrote seven symphonies within a very short space of time. Toch's music immediately appeals to the listener, in a modern form but with a romantic stance, displaying his mastery of contrapuntal design, wealth of color, and seemingly boundless powers of imagination.The discs in this boxset have all been praised highly from their individual releases: "Alun Francis once more procures some excellent performances in very clear sound. A marvellous conclusion to the series but not, one hopes, to CPO s advocacy of Toch." 'The Gramophone'.Also available:999686-2Toch: String Quartets 8 & 9 999687-2 Toch: String Quartets 11 & 13""
Tracklisting
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Salzburger Hofmusik; Bohdan Warch
Gernot Submuth; Ramon Jaffe; Monica Gutman
Yannick Debus; Ulrike Hofbauer; Anita Rosati; Nina Bernsteiner; Nils Wanderer; Seda Amir-Karayan; M
THERESIA; Vanni Moretto
Tanja Becker-Bender; Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim; Johannes Schlaefli
Stephanie Varnerin; L'Astree
Solomon's Knot; Les Passions de l'Ame; Jonathan Sells; Meret Luthi
Mathis Rochat; Stephen Waarts; Christine Theus; Camerata Schweiz; Howard Griffiths
