Kovacic, Ernst > Modern Period

Ernst Krenek: Music for Chamber Orchestra / Agata Zubel, soprano; Mathias Hausmann, baritone

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: Ernst Krenek: Von Vorn Herein, for orchestra, Op. 219; Die Nachtigall, Op 68; Im Tal der Zeit, for orchestra, Op. 232; Static and Ecstatic, for orchestra, Op. 214; The Dissembler, for voice & orchest...
Performers: Hausmann, Mathias; Zubel, Agata
Conductors: Kovacic, Ernst
Ensemble: ; Leopoldinum Orchestra

5 works for chamber orchestra by Krenek were written between 1931 and 1979 - both before and long after Krenek abandoned Hitler's Austria for California....continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw, Poland....continue...

Art of the Fugue / works by Mozart, Schumann, Reinecke, Eisler, Britten, Purcell, et al.

1 CD / CD Accord / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Kunst der Fugue, BWV 1080; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546; Robert Schumann: Six Fugues on the Name of BACH, Op. 60; Carl Reinecke: Sere...
Conductors: Kovacic, Ernst
Ensemble: ; NFM Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra

The compositions on this CD represent many stages in the beautiful and fascinating journey taken by composers who explored the form of the fugue over...continue...
Recording information: Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw (09/27/2010-09/29/2010)....continue...

Krenek: Symphonic Elegy / Ernst Kovacic

1 CD / Capriccio / 2009-09-29

Works: Ernst Krenek: Symphonic Elegy, Op. 105; Easy pieces (7), Op. 146; Adagio and Fugue, Op. 78; Short Pieces (5) for Stings, Op. 116; Symphonic Piece, Op. 86; Sinfonietta a Brasileira, Op. 131
Conductors: Kovacic, Ernst
Ensemble: Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra, Wroclaw

”This Disc is a marvelous edition to his recorded legacy and should bring him many new admirers.”-Fanfare...continue...