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Paul Ben-Haim, Music for Strings
Paul Ben-Haim

Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie

Paul Ben-Haim, Music for Strings

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Format: CD
Label: CAvi
UPC: 4260085534975
Catnr: AVI 8553497
Release date: 17 June 2022
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Label
CAvi
UPC
4260085534975
Catalogue number
AVI 8553497
Release date
17 June 2022

"The Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie shows itself on this CD as a top ensemble that can compete with renowned string orchestras."

Opus Klassiek, 01-7-2022
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About the album

Music for the “most noble among all instruments”:

The works for string orchestra by Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984)

All the works on this album are from the period ranging from 1945 to 1956. It was a good decade for Paul Ben-Haim, but it still represents only a fraction of the artistic career of a composer who left over 250 works to posterity.

These years were nevertheless particularly significant for him. The end of the Second World War in 1945 and the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 were part of a period filled with hope, awakening and renewal; at the same time, the shadow of the previous catastrophic events in Europe still lingered, along with painful memories of persecution, expulsion, and exile.

Born in Munich in 1897 as Paul Frankenburger, the Jewish composer already fled the menace of Nazi persecution in 1933 and settled in Palestine, changing his surname to Ben-Haim (“Son of Henry”). His exceptional musical abilities and his rapid adaptability soon permitted him to lead a new existence as composer, conductor, and conservatory professor.

And because he endeavored to find a musical language that would do justice to his artistic need for expression and to the circumstances of his new home, Ben-Haim soon found a personal style that would mark an entire generation of younger musicians in Israel……….. (Excerpts from the booklet notes by Tobias Reinhard)

Musik für das "edelste aller Instrumente":

Die Werke für Streichorchester von Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984)

Alle Werke auf diesem Album stammen aus der Zeit zwischen 1945 und 1956. Es war ein gutes Jahrzehnt für Paul Ben-Haim, aber es repräsentiert nur einen Bruchteil der künstlerischen Laufbahn eines Komponisten, der der Nachwelt über 250 Werke hinterlassen hat.

Dennoch waren diese Jahre für ihn von besonderer Bedeutung. Das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 1945 und die Gründung des Staates Israel 1948 gehörten zu einer Zeit der Hoffnung, des Aufbruchs und der Erneuerung, während der Schatten der vorangegangenen katastrophalen Ereignisse in Europa und die schmerzhaften Erinnerungen an Verfolgung, Vertreibung und Exil noch nachwirkten.

Der 1897 in München als Paul Frankenburger geborene jüdische Komponist floh bereits 1933 vor der drohenden Verfolgung durch die Nationalsozialisten und ließ sich in Palästina nieder, wo er seinen Nachnamen in Ben-Haim ("Sohn des Heinrich") änderte. Seine außergewöhnlichen musikalischen Fähigkeiten und seine rasche Anpassungsfähigkeit ermöglichten ihm bald eine neue Existenz als Komponist, Dirigent und Konservatoriums-Professor.

Und weil er sich bemühte, eine musikalische Sprache zu finden, die seinem künstlerischen Ausdrucksbedürfnis und den Gegebenheiten seiner neuen Heimat gerecht wurde, fand Ben-Haim bald einen persönlichen Stil, der eine ganze Generation jüngerer Musiker in Israel prägen sollte........... (Auszüge aus den Booklet-Notizen von Tobias Reinhard)

Artist(s)

Talia Or (soprano)

Born in Jerusalem, Talia Or grew up in Germany. The first stages in her professional singing career were in Munich: as a member of the Young Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, then of the regular ensemble of soloists at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. Talia was lucky enough to work with some major conductors, including Lorin Maazel, Gianandrea Noseda, Kirill Petrenko, Fabio Luisi, and Ivor Bolton. Extraordinary highlights in her career include concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Peter Schreier under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Her varied concert repertoire ranges from Mozart and Schumann to Richard Strauss, Mahler, and Schoenberg. She also performs works by contemporary composers including Unsuk Chin and Moritz Eggert. Important engagements have taken her to renowned...
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Born in Jerusalem, Talia Or grew up in Germany. The first stages in her professional singing career were in Munich: as a member of the Young Ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, then of the regular ensemble of soloists at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. Talia was lucky enough to work with some major conductors, including Lorin Maazel, Gianandrea Noseda, Kirill Petrenko, Fabio Luisi, and Ivor Bolton.
Extraordinary highlights in her career include concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Peter Schreier under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Her varied concert repertoire ranges from Mozart and Schumann to Richard Strauss, Mahler, and Schoenberg. She also performs works by contemporary composers including Unsuk Chin and Moritz Eggert.
Important engagements have taken her to renowned concert stages including the OSESP in São Paulo, the Tel Aviv Philharmonic, and the Munich Gasteig.

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Bettina Aust (clarinet)

Music critics are “sheerly overwhelmed by her richness of sound” (Crescendo Magazine). Bettina Aust thrills her audiences with lively, sensitive playing: not only as an enthusiastic chamber musician, but also as an outstanding clarinet soloist. First Prizes at the German National Music Competition (2015) and at the International Music Competition in Markneukirchen (2014) paved the way for her successful career. In 2021, she released her second CD featuring repertoire for clarinet and piano on the GENUIN Classics label. Bettina Aust is Principal Clarinet of the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and teaches at the Leopold Mozart Music Center of Augsburg University. She received her musical education from Sabine Meyer (Lübeck), Johannes Peitz (Hannover), and Pascal Moraguès (Paris). In her work, she focuses particularly on intercultural...
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Music critics are “sheerly overwhelmed by her richness of sound” (Crescendo Magazine). Bettina Aust thrills her audiences with lively, sensitive playing: not only as an enthusiastic chamber musician, but also as an outstanding clarinet soloist.
First Prizes at the German National Music Competition (2015) and at the International Music Competition in Markneukirchen (2014) paved the way for her successful career.
In 2021, she released her second CD featuring repertoire for clarinet and piano on the GENUIN Classics label. Bettina Aust is Principal Clarinet of the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and teaches at the Leopold Mozart Music Center of Augsburg University.
She received her musical education from Sabine Meyer (Lübeck), Johannes Peitz (Hannover), and Pascal Moraguès (Paris). In her work, she focuses particularly on intercultural music projects.

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Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie

For 35 years, the bayerische kammerphilharmonie has stood for unusual programmes and concepts. The orchestra is characterised by the strong integration and artistic energy of each one of its members, as expressed in its expert playing without a conductor. Over 25 top-notch CD recordings, a number of international concert tours, and collaborations with luminaires such as Christopher Hogwood, Simone Kermes, Albrecht Mayer, Martin Grubinger, and Reinhard Goebel all testify to the ensemble’s exceptional quality. Its commitment to contemporary music is reflected in a number of commissions, world premieres, and crossover projects. Ever since its foundation, the bayerische kammerphilharmonie has been prominently featuring the music of forgotten Jewish composers; the ensemble has been giving concerts in the Augsburg Synagogue for over fifteen years.  
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For 35 years, the bayerische kammerphilharmonie has stood for unusual programmes and concepts. The orchestra is characterised by the strong integration and artistic energy of each one of its members, as expressed in its expert playing without a conductor.
Over 25 top-notch CD recordings, a number of international concert tours, and collaborations with luminaires such as Christopher Hogwood, Simone Kermes, Albrecht Mayer, Martin Grubinger, and Reinhard Goebel all testify to the ensemble’s exceptional quality.
Its commitment to contemporary music is reflected in a number of commissions, world premieres, and crossover projects. Ever since its foundation, the bayerische kammerphilharmonie has been prominently featuring the music of forgotten Jewish composers; the ensemble has been giving concerts in the Augsburg Synagogue for over fifteen years.


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Gabriel Adorján (conductor)

Gabriel Adorján was born into a family of musicians in Munich and received his first violin lessons at the age of four. He studied with Prof. Ana Chumachenco, Aaron Rosand, and Prof. Igor Ozim. He has won prizes at a series of international competitions, including the ARD Competition in Munich and the Paganini Competition in Genoa. As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras including the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Rhineland-Palatinate State Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, under conductors such as Kirill Petrenko and Markus Poschner. Gabriel Adorján was a member of the Zurich Piano Trio and can be heard regularly in chamber music ensembles at home and abroad. As concertmaster and artistic director, he has been shaping the concerts of the...
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Gabriel Adorján was born into a family of musicians in Munich and received his first violin lessons at the age of four. He studied with Prof. Ana Chumachenco, Aaron Rosand, and Prof. Igor Ozim. He has won prizes at a series of international competitions, including the ARD Competition in Munich and the Paganini Competition in Genoa.
As a soloist, he has performed with orchestras including the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Rhineland-Palatinate State Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, under conductors such as Kirill Petrenko and Markus Poschner.
Gabriel Adorján was a member of the Zurich Piano Trio and can be heard regularly in chamber music ensembles at home and abroad. As concertmaster and artistic director, he has been shaping the concerts of the bayerische kammerphilhamonie for many years.
Adorján has lived in Berlin since 2001, where he is principal concertmaster of the Komische Oper Berlin. Since 2008, he has been the director of the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin. He is likewise in demand as a guest concertmaster with the DSO Berlin, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Bavarian State Orchestra, and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, among others.

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The Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie shows itself on this CD as a top ensemble that can compete with renowned string orchestras.
Opus Klassiek, 01-7-2022

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01.
Concerto for Strings, Op. 40 (1947): I. Praeambolo
04:02
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
02.
Concerto for Strings, Op. 40 (1947): II. Capriccio
05:20
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
03.
Concerto for Strings, Op. 40 (1947): III. Intermezzo Lirico
04:21
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
04.
Concerto for Strings, Op. 40 (1947): IV. Finale
05:59
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
05.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Theme
01:38
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
06.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Var I
01:39
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
07.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Var II
01:41
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
08.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Var III
01:53
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
09.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Var IV
02:20
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
10.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Var V
01:49
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
11.
Pastorale Variée, for Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (1945/1962): Var VI (Epilogue)
04:56
Bettina Aust, Christine Steinbrecher, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
12.
Three Songs without Words, for Voice or Instrument and 12 strings: No. 1 Aria
03:27
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
13.
Three Songs without Words, for Voice or Instrument and 12 strings: No. 2 Ballad
02:45
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
14.
Three Songs without Words, for Voice or Instrument and 12 strings: No. 3 Sephardic Melody
03:39
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
15.
Music for Strings (1955/56): I Melody
03:39
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
16.
Music for Strings (1955/56): II Canon
02:15
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
17.
Music for Strings (1955/56): III Serenade
02:41
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
18.
Music for Strings (1955/56): IV Aria
03:10
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
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Music for Strings (1955/56): V Finale
03:55
Talia Or, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
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