{"id":5033,"date":"2013-04-27T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2015-01-27T00:29:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T23:29:36","slug":"cd-review-grahan-rickson-the-arts-desk-on-galkrasa-complete-string-trios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/04\/27\/cd-review-grahan-rickson-the-arts-desk-on-galkrasa-complete-string-trios\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Review- Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk on Gal\/Krasa Complete String Trios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A review from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/classical-music\/classical-cds-weekly-g%C3%A1l-kr%C3%A1sa-kings-consort-duo-lechner-tiempo\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Rickson at The Arts Desk <\/a>of Ensemble Epomeo&#8217;s recording of the Complete String Trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/classical-music\/classical-cds-weekly-g%C3%A1l-kr%C3%A1sa-kings-consort-duo-lechner-tiempo\" target=\"_blank\">Read the whole thing here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdt.co.uk\/gal-hans-and-hans-krasa-string-trios-ensemble-epomeo-avie.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-6305 status-publish first instock product_cat-uncategorized product_tag-avie-records product_tag-ensemble-epomeo-2 product_tag-gramophone-choice product_tag-hans-gal-2 product_tag-hans-krasa-2 product_tag-string-trio-2 has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/ensemble-epomeo-hans-gal-and-hans-krasa-complete-string-trios\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Ensemble Epomeo: Hans G\u00e1l and Hans Kr\u00e1sa- Complete String Trios\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal.jpg 672w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Ensemble Epomeo: Hans G\u00e1l and Hans Kr\u00e1sa- Complete String Trios<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>12.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ensemble-epomeo.net\/brokenthirds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Epomeo Play Krasa and Gal\" src=\"http:\/\/ensemble-epomeo.net\/brokenthirds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Hans G\u00e1l &amp; Hans Kr\u00e1sa: Complete String Trios<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Ensemble Epomeo<\/em>\u00a0(Avie)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Avie have already successfully exhumed the four symphonies by the Austrian \u00e9migr\u00e9 Hans G\u00e1l, who pitched up in Edinburgh in the 1940s and enjoyed a long academic career. His early\u00a0<em>Serenade in D<\/em>\u00a0for string trio epitomises his early style \u2013 breezy, neoclassical and full of busy counterpoint which never sounds too studied or pedantic. This is supremely approachable, engaging music, and sweetly played here \u2013 every chromatic kink handled with deft skill. Best is the closing\u00a0<em>Alla Marcia,<\/em>\u00a0dazzling in terms of its technical facility, and, evidently, very enjoyable to play. The\u00a0<em>Serenade<\/em>\u00a0is paired with G\u00e1l\u2019s 1971\u00a0<em>Trio in F sharp minor<\/em>, a darker, brooding work originally featuring the viola d\u2019amore \u2013 though a standard viola is heard here. G\u00e1l\u2019s opening movement seems to hark back to\u00a0<em>fin-de-siecle<\/em>\u00a0<a title=\"Viennese recital by Rene Fleming reviewed on thearstdesk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/classical-music\/ren%C3%A9e-fleming-barbican-hall\">Vienna<\/a>, and the mood of bittersweet melancholy is neatly sidestepped in the trio\u2019s closing minutes. Cellist Kenneth Woods describes G\u00e1l as the Viennese classical tradition\u2019s \u201clast, modest master\u201d and it\u2019s hard not to agree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Also on the disc are several works by the Czech composer Hans Kr\u00e1sa. He died in<a title=\"Hitler's Children reviewed on theartsdesk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/tv\/hitlers-children-bbc-two\">Auschwitz<\/a>\u00a0in 1944, having spent two years interned in the Theresienstadt ghetto &#8211; where the short\u00a0<em>Tanec<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Passacaglia and Fuga<\/em>\u00a0for string trio were composed. This makes listening to both of these brilliantly communicative pieces an uneasy experience, each one a masterly exercise in musical doublespeak. I won\u2019t attempt to describe them \u2013 buy this disc and experience them for yourself. Eloquent performances in glowing sound.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/04\/27\/cd-review-grahan-rickson-the-arts-desk-on-galkrasa-complete-string-trios\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A review from Graham Rickson at The Arts Desk of Ensemble Epomeo&#8217;s recording of the Complete String Trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa. Read the whole thing here. Hans G\u00e1l &amp; Hans Kr\u00e1sa: Complete String Trios\u00a0Ensemble Epomeo\u00a0(Avie) Avie have already successfully exhumed the four symphonies by the Austrian \u00e9migr\u00e9 Hans G\u00e1l, who pitched up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsandreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6700,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions\/6700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}