Werke für Flöte und Klavier von Schulhoff, Smit, Gál, Raphael & Tansman

Featuring

Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann
Thomas Hoppe
Erwin Schulhoff
Leo Smit
Hans Gál
Günter Raphael

Alexandre Tansman

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Historical Context

The composers on this album—Erwin Schulhoff, Leo Smit, Hans Gál, Günter Raphael, and Alexandre Tansman—were all ostracised, and some murdered, by the National Socialists due to their Jewish heritage.

Composer Biography

Erwin Schulhoff, a prodigy and politically involved Communist, was arrested in Prague in 1941 and died of tuberculosis in Wülzburg Concentration Camp in 1942.

Composer Biography

Hans Gál's successful career in Germany was severely impacted by his expulsion in 1933 and emigration from Vienna in 1938, after which he found refuge in Great Britain.

Composer Biography

Leo Smit and his wife were deported from Amsterdam to the Sobibór death camp in 1943, where they were murdered.

Composer Biography

Alexandre Tansman, Leo Smit, and Erwin Schulhoff, though not native Frenchmen, were drawn to Paris and developed their styles through French modernism.

Performer Biography

Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann, one of Germany's renowned flautists, performs globally as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician and is a Professor of Music at the Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg.