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Ernst Toch's early piano works are marked by his use of harmony and the way he plays with tonality, more than anything else. The pieces on this disc by Christian Seibert all feature a theme or melody, but Toch frequently changes key or uses more than one key at once to cast a theme in a new light. The resulting music is angular and chromatic, but in a playful way, not jarringly, particularly in Seibert's hands. The Capriccetti and Kleinstadtbilder have streamlined textures and feel intimately balletic, as if one or two dancers were acting out a tableau for each caprice or picture. Often Toch mixes moods as well as tonalities in these miniatures. The other works on the disc are only slightly more substantial in length and in texture, and are more abstract, more serious, in their disposition. The use of thematic material is most obvious in the Sonata, where it serves as an anchor, just as a particular technique anchors each of the etudes. The Burlesques, again, are more substantial than the opening miniatures, but they contain the same humor and picturesque expression. The third burlesque gives Seibert a chance to be virtuosically showier, sounding as it does like hyperactive Debussy. Seibert has an impressive touch and control that allow the listener to immediately hear, understand, and enjoy all the contrasts in Toch's music. Seibert proves that not all music from the 1920s and 1930s is intimidating.
© TiVo
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Capricetti, Op. 36 (Ernst Toch)
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Kleinstadtbilder, Op. 49 (Ernst Toch)
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Piano Sonata, Op. 47 (Ernst Toch)
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Burlesken, Op. 31 (Ernst Toch)
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
10 Konzertetüden, Op. 55 (Ernst Toch)
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Ernst Toch, Composer - Christian Seibert, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
Album review
Ernst Toch's early piano works are marked by his use of harmony and the way he plays with tonality, more than anything else. The pieces on this disc by Christian Seibert all feature a theme or melody, but Toch frequently changes key or uses more than one key at once to cast a theme in a new light. The resulting music is angular and chromatic, but in a playful way, not jarringly, particularly in Seibert's hands. The Capriccetti and Kleinstadtbilder have streamlined textures and feel intimately balletic, as if one or two dancers were acting out a tableau for each caprice or picture. Often Toch mixes moods as well as tonalities in these miniatures. The other works on the disc are only slightly more substantial in length and in texture, and are more abstract, more serious, in their disposition. The use of thematic material is most obvious in the Sonata, where it serves as an anchor, just as a particular technique anchors each of the etudes. The Burlesques, again, are more substantial than the opening miniatures, but they contain the same humor and picturesque expression. The third burlesque gives Seibert a chance to be virtuosically showier, sounding as it does like hyperactive Debussy. Seibert has an impressive touch and control that allow the listener to immediately hear, understand, and enjoy all the contrasts in Toch's music. Seibert proves that not all music from the 1920s and 1930s is intimidating.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:30
- Main artists: Christian Seibert
- Composer: Ernst Toch
- Label: CPO
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2005 CPO (P) 2005 CPO
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