Music in Exile Vol. 9: Chamber Works by Ernest Kanitz

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The ARC Ensemble’s Music in Exile series continues with this exploration of chamber works by Ernest Kanitz. Born into a wealthy Viennese family in 1894, he was encouraged in music by his mother, started piano lessons aged seven, and was composing within a year. Persuaded by his parents to study for a degree in Law, Kanitz also studied piano, music theory, and composition (with Franz Schreker, who also served as a mentor). His reputation grew steadily, his works promoted by conductors such as George Szell and Clemens Krauss. In 1922 he gained a position as a teacher at the New Vienna Conservatory, and in 1930 established the Vienna Women’s Chamber Choir, which quickly gained a reputation across Europe for its performances of Kodály, Honegger, and Stravinsky (as well as Kanitz!). Although he had converted to Christianity in 1914, his Jewish ancestry necessitated emigration from Austria in 1938, following the annexation of Austria by National Socialist Germany. After a short spell in New York, Kanitz and his wife, Gertrude, moved to Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he had secured a teaching position. Following Gertrude’s early death from cancer, Kanitz moved to California, where he established a successful teaching career at the University of Southern California. Retirement from USC in 1960 gave him much more time for composition (although he was still teaching and lecturing), with successful premières given by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony, among many others. Following his death in 1978, his music, like that of so many émigré composers, has been forgotten.

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Details & Specs

Weight 0.12 kg
SKU# ARCCD09

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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