by Kenneth Woods | Oct 6, 2010 | News and Reviews
From MusicWeb International, published October 5, 2010 ….TheViolin Concerto comes from the period 1931-2 when Gál was at his most successful in Germany. It is in many ways quite an untroubled work. Throughout it I kept pinching myself that this was not a British...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 19, 2010 | News and Reviews
Classic FM, October 2010 issue Gál Violin Concerto, Triptych, Concertino for Violin and Strings Annette-Barbara Vogel, Northern Sinfonia/Kenneth Woods ***** (Five stars) One of a generation of native-born refugees from Nazi-dominated Austria in the 1930’s, Hans Gál...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 20, 2010 | News and Reviews
The Daily Mail 20 August 2010 GAL: VIOLIN CONCERTOS, ETC. (AVIE AV 2146) HANS GAL’S Violin Concerto, written in 1931-32, when he was head of the conservatory in Mainz, is beautifully performed by young German soloist Annette-Barbara Vogel. By the time Gal wrote his...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 22, 2010 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Colin Anderson writing in today’s Classical Source- ….There is something deceptive about Hans Gál’s music, the work of the long-lived (1890-1987), from Vienna to Edinburgh composer, whose output has been so well served by Avie. Gál’s other violin concerto,...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 9, 2009 | A view from the podium
Well, well, well…. Another day, another wonderful piece recorded. This afternoon we wrapped this week’s sessions with a final performance of the Gál Concertino for Violin and Strings. I’ll see the band in 2 weeks when we record the third item on the disc, the...
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