ARC Ensemble, Anna Štube, Wallace Halladay - Chamber Works (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The ARC Ensemble's Music in Exile series continues with this exploration of chamber works by Ernest Kanitz. Born into a wealthy Viennese family in 1894, he was encouraged in music by his mother, started piano lessons aged seven, and was composing within a year. Persuaded by his parents to study for a degree in Law, Kanitz also studied piano, music theory, and composition (with Franz Schreker, who also served as a mentor). His reputation grew steadily, his works promoted by conductors such as George Szell and Clemens Krauss. In 1922 he gained a position as a teacher at the New Vienna Conservatory, and in 1930 established the Vienna Women's Chamber Choir, which quickly gained a reputation across Europe for its performances of Kodaly, Honegger, and Stravinsky (as well as Kanitz!). Although he had converted to Christianity in 1914, his Jewish ancestry necessitated emigration from Austria in 1938, following the annexation of Austria by National Socialist Germany. After a short spell in New York, Kanitz and his wife, Gertrude, moved to Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he had secured a teaching position. Following Gertrude's early death from cancer, Kanitz moved to California, where he established a successful teaching career at the University of Southern California. Retirement from USC in 1960 gave him much more time for composition (although he was still teaching and lecturing), with successful premieres given by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony, among many others. Following his death in 1978, his music, like that of so many emigre composers, has been forgotten.

TRACKLIST

1. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 10: I. Lento non troppo
2. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 10: II. Adagio
3. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 10: III. Epilogo
4. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: String Quartet: I. Elegy
5. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: String Quartet: II. Rondino
6. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: String Quartet: III. Old Viennese Tune and Variations
7. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: String Quartet: IV. Finale
8. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata for Solo Cello: I. Allegro deciso
9. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata for Solo Cello: II. Poco adagio
10. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata for Solo Cello: III. Quasi presto e molto leggiero
11. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Concertino: I. Ouverture
12. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Concertino: II. Air
13. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Concertino: III. Fugue
14. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata Californiana: I. Sky and Water
15. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata Californiana: II. Lament
16. ARC Ensemble - Kanitz: Sonata Californiana: III. Hollywood



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