Bruno Canino, the pianist, is recognized as one of the finest chamber performers and pianists of our day, with a particular dedication to modern and contemporary repertoires.
Performer Biography
Luisa Sello, the flutist on this album, has been chosen by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage to represent Italian music worldwide.
Composer Biography
Arnold Schoenberg, a central figure in the Viennese musical revolution, faced antisemitism and struggled to find stable teaching positions due to his radical artistic innovations.
Album & Artwork
This album features four works for flute and piano by composers who lived between 1874 and 1991, all sharing a Central European origin.
Historical Context
The concept of Mitteleuropa (Central Europe) evokes the decline of the Hapsburg Empire after World War One and a multilingual, multicultural world where German was the lingua franca.
Historical Context
The four composers on this album, Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Křenek, Emil František Burian, and Paul Dessau, all experienced persecution and emigration, with Burian even interned in a concentration camp.
Historical Context
The extraordinary creativity of Mitteleuropa was ended by the advent of Nazism, which also led to the systematic resurgence of antisemitism.
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