Chamber Music From Theresienstadt 1941-1945

Album by Gideon Klein & Viktor Ullmann & Hawthorne String Quartet & Virginia Eskin

Chamber Music from Theresienstadt 1941–1945 is a compilation album of chamber works by Czech composer Gideon Klein, presenting pieces composed while he was interned in Theresienstadt between 1941 and 1945. The music blends late-Romantic lyricism, modernist dissonance and compact classical forms for small ensembles, documenting Klein's concentrated creative period and the wider phenomenon of music produced in Theresienstadt during the Holocaust.

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  1. 1.
    Trio: I. Allegro
    2:25
  2. 2.
    Trio: II. Variace na téma moravské lidové písné
    7:56
  3. 3.
    Trio: III. Molto vivace
    3:23
  4. 4.
    Fantasie a Fuga
    8:50
  5. 5.
    Sonáta pro Klavír: I. Allegro con fuoco
    5:05
  6. 6.
    Sonáta pro Klavír: II. Adagio
    3:27
  7. 7.
    Sonáta pro Klavír: III. Allegro vivace
    3:04
  8. 8.
    Kvartet, op. 2: Pomalu
    10:03
  9. 9.
    Kvartet, op. 2: I. Vivace, ma non troppo
    3:12
  10. 10.
    Kvartet, op. 2: II. Andante cantabile
    6:41
  11. 11.
    Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: I. Allegro moderato
    2:58
  12. 12.
    Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: II. Presto
    4:04
  13. 13.
    Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: III. Largo
    4:13
  14. 14.
    Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: IV. Allegro vivace
    2:46

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