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"Spannende und tiefgründige Einblicke in eine bewegte
Zeit – gesellschaftlich, politisch, künstlerisch und ganz persönlich
menschlich. Sehr liebevoll ediert. Eine Chance, unerwartet
wunderbare Musik neu zu entdecken."
(Jury Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2010)
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus (1905-1963):
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
A man, and an artist in particular, is not allowed to live day in and day out without having had
something to say. (Karl Amadeus Hartmann)
- MUSIC -
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]
1 Richard’s Key Experience – A Child’s World and the Real World [5:46] – 2 The Sacred Spaces of His Father [4:35] – 3 Picking Beetles off Potatoes and Richard’s Dream [2:55] – 4 A Mission in Life, or: You Must See [3:13] – 5 I Could Not Do Otherwise – Writing against the Nazis [1:42] – 6 Family Squabbles [0:32] – 7 Richard the Flycatcher [1:36] – 8 Fanatical Devotee of Content [1:55] – 9 On His Father’s Transformation [4:11] – 10 The Youth as Composer [1:07] – 11 Epitaphs for His Father – Henze and Stockhausen [1:59] – 12 If Only I Could Have Stayed with You Longer [4:25] – 13 Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter – Music as Medicine [3:18] – 14 My Father’s Legacy [2:10] – 15–16 Two of Richard’s Poems: 15 A Sketch on Evolution [0:38] – 16 E = m*c² [1:32]
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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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