Ernst Bachrich (1892-1942) was a pupil and close collaborator of Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna. As a founding member of Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances, pianist and composer, he was one of the most important protagonists of the Second Viennese School. After working as a Kapellmeister in Dusseldorf and Duisburg, he returned to Vienna, where he attempted to make a stand against the increasing repressions after the Anschluss. He was deported in May 1942 and murdered in July of the same year in the Majdanek extermination camp. The present production is the first ever recorded presentation of Bachrich's works. It came into being in partnership with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and the EchoSpore project, which the Cologne College of Music launched in 2018 to rediscover and publish works by persecuted composers. Following first recordings of works by Roberto Gerhard, Viktor Ullmann and Jozef Koffler, eda records presents with Ernst Bachrich another composer from the Schoenberg School who was protected from epigonism by a strong artistic personality, who at the beginning of the 20th century endeavored to synthesize various tendencies of the avant-garde from a Central-European perspective.

Tracklist:

Sonate fÃ¼r Klavier Op. 1
Drei GesÃ¤nge Op. 3~Bestimmung
Drei GesÃ¤nge Op. 3~Schlummernd im schwellenden GrÃ¼n
Drei GesÃ¤nge Op. 3~Winter
Sonate fÃ¼r Violine und Klavier Op. 2~I. Allegro
Sonate fÃ¼r Violine und Klavier Op. 2~II. Larghetto
Sonate fÃ¼r Violine und Klavier Op. 2~III. Allegretto grazioso
Psalm Op. 10, I
OsterblÃ¼te Op. 10, II
Portraits: Drei KlavierstÃ¼cke Op. 6~I. Vivace impetuoso
Portraits: Drei KlavierstÃ¼cke Op. 6~II. Lento con abandono
Portraits: Drei KlavierstÃ¼cke Op. 6~III. Improvisation Ã¼ber eine amerikanische Volksweise
Sonnenhymne Op. 11
PrÃ©lude
Angelus
frÃ¼hen Verse Op. 15

UPC: 840387100449
Label: Eda Edition Abseits
Release Date: 7.19.19
Format: CD

Bachrich / Rubio / Breitenbach - Music for Piano Solo (CD)