Friedrich Cerha: I. Keintate | Eine letzte Art Chansons
2/17/2021, 17 Tracks, 1:08:38
Featuring
HK Gruber
Friedrich Cerha
Ernst Ottensamer
Norbert Täubl
Günter Högner
Volker Altmann
Kurt Prihoda
Gerti Winklbauer-Zourek
Ernst Kovacic
Erich Schagerl
Heinrich Koll
Gerhard Iberer
Josef Pitzek
Rainer Keuschnig
Ensemble Die Reihe
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Composer Biography
Friedrich Cerha, the composer, engaged in active resistance and deserted twice from the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Friedrich Cerha's 'Keintate' uses Viennese folk music as a point of departure for stylization and alienation, often with ironic distance.
Compositional Technique
The instrumentation of 'Keintate' (2 clarinets, 2 French horns, a string quintet, an accordion, and percussion) evokes the sound of a traditional Viennese wine tavern.
Performer Biography
HK Gruber, the chansonnier on this album, sang as a child with the Vienna Boys' Choir and played double bass in the ensemble die reihe.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For 'Eine letzte Art Chansons', Friedrich Cerha aimed for the direct qualities of the chanson, moving away from the 'sacrosanct realm of serious art' towards revues and variety shows.
Composition History
Friedrich Cerha's 'Keintate' was partly composed alongside the completion of his opera 'Baal'.
Composer Biography
Friedrich Cerha co-founded the ensemble die reihe in 1958, which was Austria's first permanent forum for avant-garde music.
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