The album's cover illustration, "Compositie van voorwerpen" (ca.1927), is by Thijs Rinsema, a Dutch artist associated with 'De Stijl' and 'Dada'.
Recording & Production
This CD features music that is "unheard" because, as far as the producers know, none of it has ever been issued before on CD or gramophone recording.
Performer Biography
The Ebony Band, founded in 1990 by Werner Herbers (former principal oboist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), is dedicated to rediscovering and rehabilitating music from the Interwar period.
Historical Context
The album's music conveys an uncompromising, selfless idealism that the Nazis cursed, but which made the music of the Interwar period rich and engrossing.
Performer Biography
The Ebony Quartet consists of musicians from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and has been the string nucleus of the Ebony Band for many years.
Recording & Production
The recording for this album took place in the Keizersgrachtkerk, Amsterdam, across several dates in December 2016 and March 2017.
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