{"id":5171,"date":"2013-05-24T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2013-05-26T01:17:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T01:17:29","slug":"cd-review-limelight-magazine-on-galkrasa-complete-string-trios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/05\/24\/cd-review-limelight-magazine-on-galkrasa-complete-string-trios\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Review- Limelight Magazine on Gal\/Krasa Complete String Trios"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A very nice review from the May 2013 issue of Limelight Magazine (Australia). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.limelightmagazine.com.au\/Review\/344184,ga769l-serenade-trio-kra769sa-tanec-passacaglia--fugue.aspx\">Read the whole thing here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdt.co.uk\/gal-hans-and-hans-krasa-string-trios-ensemble-epomeo-avie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from MDT UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/album.jsp?album_id=785957\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from Arkiv USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Hans-Gal-Krasa-Complete-String\/dp\/B008CWR7UO\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Comp-String-Trios-Tanec-Passacaglia\/dp\/B008CWR7UO\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy here from Amazon USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ensemble-epomeo.net\/brokenthirds\/home\/epomeo-play-krasa-and-gal\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Epomeo Play Krasa and Gal\" src=\"http:\/\/ensemble-epomeo.net\/brokenthirds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Epomeo-Play-Krasa-and-Gal.jpg\" width=\"322\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKRASA \u2022 GAL<br \/>\nTrio Op 104, Serenade in D, Tanec, Passacaglia and Fugue<br \/>\nEnsemble Epomeo<br \/>\nAVIE AV2259<br \/>\nBy Phillip Scott on May 22, 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cPowerful 20th-century String Trios Prove A Real Discovery\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Chamber music is the ideal medium for composers with a knack for polyphony. Here we have a fascinating disc of string trios by two exact contemporaries who were among the victims of Hitler\u2019s Germany. Hans G\u00e1l fled to Scotland and lived a long (if obscure) life, while the Czech Hans Kr\u00e1sa was interned at Terezin and killed in Auschwitz in 1944. While their music differs in intensity, both men were skilled at writing counterpoint so all these works are full of interest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">G\u00e1l\u2019s Serenade dates from 1932. Notable for its high spirits, it follows in the wake of similar trios by Beethoven and Dohn\u00e1nyi. The Trio of 1971 is understandably more autumnal in quality (apart from its Mendelssohnian Scherzo) and features a set of gentle, lyrical variations as its final movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kr\u00e1sa\u2019s music was heavily influenced by the Second Viennese School and is made of tougher stuff. Tanec (or Dance) is a short work evoking the sound of trains, with a tender chorale in the middle section. In the powerful Passacaglia and Fugue, the underlying emotional impetus stretches these highly structured forms almost to breaking point in Kr\u00e1sa\u2019s final composition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The performances by the Ensemble Epomeo are beyond praise: lively, warm-toned and well balanced in excellent sound. Cellist Kenneth Woods penned the informative sleeve note. Genuine buried treasure here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Copyright \u00a9 Limelight Magazine. All rights reserved<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This article appeared in the May 2013 issue of Limelight Magazine<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">AVIE AV2259<br \/>\nEnsemble Epomeo<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/05\/24\/cd-review-limelight-magazine-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>The performances by the Ensemble Epomeo are beyond praise: lively, warm-toned and well balanced in excellent sound. Cellist Kenneth Woods penned the informative sleeve note. 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