The Early Years
Donald Macleod explores Hans Gal's early life.
Donald Macleod explores the early life and work of Viennese-born composer Hans Gal. Although he learned very little music at school, Gal was encouraged in his vocation by his aunt Jenny. By the time of WW1, when he was in his early 20s, he had made a promising start as a composer: he'd completed an opera and a symphony - which won him the Austrian State Prize for Composition. But Gal was a very self-critical young man, with a seriousness of purpose, and he allowed very little of these early works to be published. And, as Hans Gal expert Kenneth Woods explains, he didn't allow his service in the war to stem the flow of his compositions.
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Hans G谩l
Variations on a Viennese 'Heurigen' melody Op.9 for piano trio
Performer: Doris Adam. Performer: Karin Adam.- Camerata: CM 28149.
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Quartet no. 2 Op.35 for strings- mvmt 3, 4 and 5
Ensemble: Edinburgh Quartet.- Meridian: CDE 84531.
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Hans G谩l
Two Religious Songs (Zwei Geistliche Gesange) - In Heaven & Up There
Performer: Orchestra Wiener Akademie. Conductor: Martin Haselb枚ck.- NCA: 60162.
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Hans G谩l
Symphony No 1 - Rondo
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.- AVIE: AV2233.
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Hans G谩l
Sonata in B flat minor for violin and piano - i Patetico, molto moderato Op. 17
Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: Evgueni Sinaiski.- GRAMOLA : 98921.
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