Robert Kahn was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1865 and died in Biddenden, England in 1951. An influential professor of music at the Berlin Hochschule. His compositional style was along the lines of Mendelssohn, Schuman and Brahms, he was an admirer of Reger, whose contrapuntalism no doubt had an influence. He avoided large scale romantic forms, and became famed for his songs, choral works, chamber music and the huge Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen, (Music from the Tree of Life) a collection of solo piano works, suites for piano and lieder that run to over 1100 pieces. With the rise of the Nazis, Khan was branded "degenerate" by the National Socialists. He was thrown out of his teaching positions, and in 1937 left for the UK, settling in Kent and composing right up to his death. This album from the Ensemble Ã‰migrÃ©, is a fascinating introduction to a composer that political extremism and hatred tried, and failed, to erase.

Tracklist:

Romanze Op. 25 No. 1
Es Ist Ein So Stiller, Heiliger Tag
Novemberfeier
Idyll
Liebestrost
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 500, Variations on No. 1, Ab-Major
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 3, C#-Minor
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 4, C#-Minor
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 5, F-Minor 1
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 53 E-Major 1
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 473-475 Jeanne-Suite, 473A 1
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 473-475 Jeanne-Suite, 473B 1
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 473-475 Jeanne-Suite, 473C 1
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 473-475 Jeanne-Suite, 474 1
Tagebuch in TÃ¶nen No. 473-475 Jeanne-Suite, 475 1
Liebesbrief 1
Die Unke 1
Feuerbestattung 1
Gebet 2
Quintet Op. 54 I Allegro Non Troppo 2
Quintet Op. 54 II, Presto Assai 2
Quintet Op. 54 III, Andante Sostenuto 2
Quintet Op. 54 IV, Allegro Agitato

UPC: 5065002149398
Label: Rubicon
Release Date: 4.9.21
Format: CD

Ensemble Emigre - Khan: Leaves From The Tree Of Life (CD)