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Karl Amadeus Hartmann - New CD Release-Works for String Quartet with Archival and New Recordings

10 30, 2009

Karl Amadeus Hartmann und das Streichquartett/3 CD
Cybele Records released new Hartmann CDs with complete works for String Quartet with archival and new recordings featuring the voices of the Hartmann family.

Edition Artists in Conversation Vol. 1 - Professional and Private Lives

Audio Book/CDs CONTENTS:

SACD1:
1-3 1st String Quartet “Carillon” (1933) [21:11]
I. Langsam [8:04] II. (con sordino) [7:05] III. Ohne Bezeichnung [6:02]

4-6 2nd String Quartet (1945-48) [26:20]
I. Langsam [9:27] II. Andantino (sehr ausdrucksvoll) [10:08] III. Presto (alternative ending) [6:45]

SACD2:
1 Little Concerto for String Quartet and Percussion (1931/32) [11:10]
2-9 Chamber Concerto for Clarinet, String Quartet and String Orchestra (1930/1935) [27:50]
(Live Recording, April 23th, 2008, Jurriaanse Zaal - De Doelen, Rotterdam)
2 Introduction. Moderato [9:29] - 3-8 Dance Variations [8:27]:
3 Introduction and Theme. Vivo (I. Variation) [1:26] - 4 II. Variation (Ostinato). Allegro molto [0:43] - 5 III. Variation. Adagio [2:19] - 6 IV. Variation. Allegretto [2:26] - 7 V. Variation. Allegro [0:49] - 8 VI. Variation (Finale). Allegro molto vivace [0:44]
9 Fantasie. Langsam [9:54]

- VOICES -
SACD1:
7-19 Ulrich Dibelius in Conversation with K. A. Hartmann's Wife, Elisabeth Hartmann (1994) [21:19]
7 I wished that he could have told more [1:03] - 8 A 40-Year-Old Beginner [1:54] - 9 Orderly Scores, Orderly Mind [1:00] - 10 Our Honeymoon [1:20] - 11 Aimless between 1938 and 1945 [2:51] - 12 Buried Treasure during World War II [1:50] - 13 The Perils of Grocery-Store Brands [1:18] - 14 Flee to Switzerland? [1:39] - 15 Disappeared Scores [1:29] - 16 A Mood of Departure in Italy [1:05] - 17 The Birth of the Musica Viva Concert Series [3:12] - 18 Success: Open Doors after the War [0:44] - 19 Illness and Death [1:54]

SACD2:
10-14 Karl Amadeus Hartmann on Himself (ca. 1962) [34:44]
10 Autobiographical Sketches [12:52] - 11 Arnold Schoenberg [4:28] - 12 My Concerto funebre [1:13] - 13 A Confession about Opera [7:05] - 14 Art and Politics [9:06]

SACD3:
1-16 Mirjam Wiesemann in Conversation with K. A. Hartmann's Son, Dr. Richard P. Hartmann (2009) [41:36]

Interpreters:
SACD 1, Track 1-6, SACD 2 Track 1-9: DoelenKwartet:
Groot, Frank de (1st Violin) - Kraan, Maartje (2nd Violin) -
Dolman, Karin (Viola) - Woudenberg, Hans (Violoncello)
SACD 1, Track 7-19: Hartmann, Elisabeth - Dibelius, Ulrich
SACD 2, Track 1: Grootenboer, Wilbert (Percussion)
SACD 2, Track 2-9: Woudenberg, Arjan (Clarinet) - Sinfonia Rotterdam -
Alphen, Conrad van (Conductor)
SACD 2, Track 10-14: Hartmann, Karl Amadeus
SACD 3, Track 1-16: Hartmann, Dr. Richard P. - Wiesemann, Mirjam

Total Playing Times: 68:52 (SACD 1) / 73:46 (SACD 2) / 41:36 (SACD 3)

CYBELE 3SACD KiG 001 (Hybrid SACDs: Stereo and 5.0 Channel Surround Sound)
ISBN13: 978-3-937794-06-8
Booklet languages: German, English (78 pages in total with Digipak)

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