PÃ¡l Hermann, born in Budapest in 1902, was not only one of the leading cellists of his generation: he was also an important composer, one of the major figures in Hungarian music in the generation after his teachers BartÃ³k and KodÃ¡ly. But since only two of his works were published before his early death, in 1944, at the hands of the Nazis, and many more of them were lost, he has not had the esteem that he deserves. This series will present all his surviving compositions, most of them in first recordings. The major work on this first album, Hermann's Cello Concerto of 1925 in a reconstruction by the Italian composer Fabio Conti (b. 1967), sits somewhere between BartÃ³k and Korngold and bids fair to become a staple of the cello repertoire.

Tracklist:

Cello Concerto~I. Allegro cantabile
Cello Concerto~II. 'Disappearance': Allegro - Lento - Andante -
Cello Concerto~III. Allegro
Cello Concerto~IV. Andante
Cello Concerto~V. Allegro giocoso
Kammersonate for violin with string orchestra~I. Andante -
Kammersonate for violin with string orchestra~II. Allegro con brio
Kammersonate for violin with string orchestra~III. Largo
Kammersonate for violin with string orchestra~IV. Allegro grazioso
Suite for Piano~I. Allegretto
Suite for Piano~II. Molto allegro
Suite for Piano~III. Lento
OphÃ©lie

UPC: 5060113444431
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 4.2.21
Format: CD

Hermann / Various - Complete Surviving Music 1 (CD)