Ensemble Emigré – Robert Kahn: Leaves from the tree of life (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ensemble Emigré – Robert Kahn: Leaves from the tree of life (2020)
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Robert Kahn was born in Mannheim in 1865 and died in Biddenden, Kent in 1951. How did a composer who impressed Brahms, and who the older composer offered to give lessons to end up in the UK in a small village? Kahn became an influential professor of music at the Berlin Hochschule, and before that had his works performed by the Joachim Quartet, and the Berlin Philharmonic under Hans von Bülow. Kahn was a friend of Joachim, von Bülow, Adolf Busch and Richard Mühlfeld. His compositional style was along the lines of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, he was an admirer of Reger, whose contrapuntalism no doubt had an influence upon Kahn. He avoided large scale romantic forms, and became famed for his songs, choral works, chamber music and the huge Tagebuch in Tönen, (Music from the Tree of Life) a collection of solo piano works, suites for piano and lieder that run to over 1100 pieces.

Things started to go wrong for Kahn with the rise of the Nazis. Branded ‘degenerate’ by the National Socialists, he was thrown out of his teaching positions, and in 1937 left for the UK, settling in Kent and composing right up to his death. This album is a fascinating introduction to a composer that political extremism and hatred tried and failed to erase.

Tracklist:
01. Ensemble Emigré – 3 Stücke for cello and piano, Op. 25: I. Romanze in F Minor (04:38)
02. Ensemble Emigré – 7 Gesänge, Op. 27: II. ‘s ist ein so stiller heil’ger Tag (01:48)
03. Ensemble Emigré – 6 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 20: II. Novemberfeier (01:18)
04. Ensemble Emigré – 6 Lieder, Op. 52: I. Idyll (02:44)
05. Ensemble Emigré – 10 Lieder, Op. 42: X. Liebestrost (02:20)
06. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life): No. 500 (Variations on No. 1) in A-Flat. Andante (06:25)
07. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life): No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor. Allegretto non troppo (01:18)
08. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life): No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor. Andantino con moto, quasi improvisato (01:58)
09. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life): No. 5 in F Minor. Assai sostenuto ed espressivo (02:33)
10. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life): No. 53 in E. Allegretto con moto (01:28)
11. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life), Jeanne Suite: No. 473a in G. Moderato (01:30)
12. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life), Jeanne Suite: No. 473b in G. Poco allegretto (00:57)
13. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life), Jeanne Suite: No. 473c in G. Allegretto vivace (00:45)
14. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life), Jeanne Suite: No. 474 in E Minor. Andante sostenuto (01:52)
15. Ensemble Emigré – Tagebuch in Tönen (Leaves from the Tree of Life), Jeanne Suite: No. 475 in G. Vivace (00:46)
16. Ensemble Emigré – 9 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, Op. 31: No. 2. Liebesbrief (01:38)
17. Ensemble Emigré – 9 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, Op. 31: No. 8. Die Unke (02:14)
18. Ensemble Emigré – 5 Lieder, Op. 38: No. 5. Feuerbestattung (02:07)
19. Ensemble Emigré – 9 Lieder im Volkston, Op. 47: No. 9. Gebet (01:36)
20. Ensemble Emigré – Quintet in C Minor for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and horn, Op. 54: I. Allegro non troppo (05:30)
21. Ensemble Emigré – Quintet in C Minor for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and horn, Op. 54: II. Presto assai (03:30)
22. Ensemble Emigré – Quintet in C Minor for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and horn, Op. 54: III. Andante sostenuto (06:56)
23. Ensemble Emigré – Quintet in C Minor for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and horn, Op. 54: IV. Allegro agitato (05:42)

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