Music in Exile Vol. 8: Chamber Works by Frederick Block

ARC Ensemble
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Frederick Block (1899-1945) was on the brink of an auspicious European career when his future was shattered by the Nazi’s annexation of Austria in 1938. His brief exile in New York was tortured by recurring premonitions of his imminent death, which prompted a resolute quest to set down as many works as possible in the time he had left. On June 1, 1945, the premonitions fulfilled their promise, and his extraordinary legacy has remained unexplored since his death. For the eighth of its highly regarded “Music in Exile” recordings for Chandos, the ARC Ensemble (Artists of the Royal Conservatory) turns its attention to this forgotten Viennese émigré.

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Details & Specs

Weight 0.12 kg
SKU# ARCCD08

Contents

Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 26 (1930) 

1. I. Andante – Fließend – Tempo I

2. II.  Vivace – Noch schneller – Presto

3. III. Adagio – Un poco più mosso – Tempo I (etwas bewegter) – Bewegter – Wie Anfangs

4. IV. Vivace – Tango – Un poco più mosso – Wie zuvor –Tempo I – Molto vivace – Presto String Quartet, Op. 23 (1928 – 30) 

5.   I. Allegro – Tempo I – Tempo I etwas bewegter – Ruhig fließend (nicht schleppen)  sehr gesanglich - Tempo II

6.   II. Molto vivace – [ ] – Molto vivace (früherer Tempo)

7.  III. Allegretto (marionettenhaft) – Kaum merklich langsamer als Tempo I – Trio. Anmutig (nicht  eilen) – Tempo I – Kaum merklich langsamer als Tempo I – Tempo I (etwas schneller)

8.  IV. Andante moderato (nicht schleppen, etwas fließend) – Poco più mosso – Tempo I – Allegro –  Breit – Schnelle Viertel – Sehr breit Suite, Op. 73 (1944) for Clarinet and Piano 

9.    I. Spanish Prelude Vivace – Più mosso

10.    II. Pastoral Andante

11.   III. Gaiety Allegretto vivo

12.   IV. Orientale Andante – Poco più mosso

13.   V. Fugue Allegro – Largo

Quintet, Op. 19 (1929) for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano 

14.   I. Sehr bewegt (schneller Marschtempo) – [ ] – Fließend (Tempo I) – Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I  etwas fließender –Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I

15.  II. Andante moderato (nicht schleppen) – Mäßige Halbe zählen! – Verträumt, fließend (Viertel) – Tempo I (Viertel) – Halbe zählen! drängend – Breiter (Viertel) – Bewegter (Halbe Zählen) – Sehr ruhig (Viertel) ohne Steigerung

16.  III. (Finale.) Sehr lebhaft – Mäßiger als zuvor aber immer fließend – Tempo I – Langsamer werden  

  • Tempo II – Tempo I – Tempo II (aber viel bewegter als vorhin) – Tempo I

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