Blacher: Dance Scenes (La Vie); Chiarina; Alla Marcia
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COMPOSERS: Blacher
LABELS: Largo
WORKS: Dance Scenes (La Vie); Chiarina; Alla Marcia
PERFORMER: Berlin RSO, LPO/Noam Sheriff
CATALOGUE NO: 5142 Reissue
Originally released as part of Largo’s outstanding two-disc set Testimonies of War, this compilation of Blacher’s orchestral works from the Thirties and Fortiess provides a highly attractive introduction to a German composer whose neo-Stravinskian energy and audacity proved such a thorn in the flesh for zealous Nazi musical propagandists. Erik Levi
Authors
Erik Levi is a journalist and critic for BBC Music Magazine and a visiting professor in music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a leading authority on the music of the 20th century, and has written books on the topic of music in the Nazi era, including 'Music in the Third Reich' (1994) and 'Music and the Nazis' (2010). He is also a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio 3 and is on the reviewing roster for International Piano Magazine.