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Viktor Ullmann was one of the most promising composers of his generation, and he would have achieved greater renown had he not been gassed by the Nazis at Auschwitz in 1944. Comparatively little of his music has been recorded, though his seven piano sonatas have received the most exposure, chiefly because of their appeal to pianists seeking new, exciting repertoire. Christophe Sirodeau's two-CD set on BIS joins María Garzón's album of four of the sonatas on Heritage, and Jeanne Golan's complete cycle on Steinway & Sons, increasing the works' availability to an audience that previously might have only heard of Ullmann through collections of Jewish music composed in the concentration camps. Ullmann wrote his first four sonatas while he lived in Prague, and the final three were written in Theresienstadt (Terezin), where he was allowed some freedom to compose and play music with other prisoners. The music reflects his deepest influences, which included Arnold Schoenberg (acknowledged in the Variations and Double Fugue on a Theme by Arnold Schoenberg, which closes this disc), Béla Bartók, jazz, and indirectly, Gustav Mahler, who was the dedicatee of the slow movement of the Piano Sonata No. 1. While Ullmann's style is most strikingly expressionist and atonal, he maintained his individuality and stayed away from strict twelve-tone composition. Instead, his music is noted for its edgy percussive attacks and restless activity, which allows for rather virtuosic passages, and his use of folk melodies and dance rhythms makes the music fairly accessible, in spite of its strong dissonance. Sirodeau's playing is athletic and energetically accented, which conveys Ullmann's expressions convincingly, though the fairly echoic studio sound detracts somewhat.
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Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 10 (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 26b (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 38 (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
DISC 2
Piano Sonata No. 5, "Von meiner Jugend", Op. 45 (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 49a (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Piano Sonata No. 7 (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Variations and Double Fugue on a Theme by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 3a (Viktor Ullmann)
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Viktor Ullmann, Composer - Christophe Sirodeau, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Album review
Viktor Ullmann was one of the most promising composers of his generation, and he would have achieved greater renown had he not been gassed by the Nazis at Auschwitz in 1944. Comparatively little of his music has been recorded, though his seven piano sonatas have received the most exposure, chiefly because of their appeal to pianists seeking new, exciting repertoire. Christophe Sirodeau's two-CD set on BIS joins María Garzón's album of four of the sonatas on Heritage, and Jeanne Golan's complete cycle on Steinway & Sons, increasing the works' availability to an audience that previously might have only heard of Ullmann through collections of Jewish music composed in the concentration camps. Ullmann wrote his first four sonatas while he lived in Prague, and the final three were written in Theresienstadt (Terezin), where he was allowed some freedom to compose and play music with other prisoners. The music reflects his deepest influences, which included Arnold Schoenberg (acknowledged in the Variations and Double Fugue on a Theme by Arnold Schoenberg, which closes this disc), Béla Bartók, jazz, and indirectly, Gustav Mahler, who was the dedicatee of the slow movement of the Piano Sonata No. 1. While Ullmann's style is most strikingly expressionist and atonal, he maintained his individuality and stayed away from strict twelve-tone composition. Instead, his music is noted for its edgy percussive attacks and restless activity, which allows for rather virtuosic passages, and his use of folk melodies and dance rhythms makes the music fairly accessible, in spite of its strong dissonance. Sirodeau's playing is athletic and energetically accented, which conveys Ullmann's expressions convincingly, though the fairly echoic studio sound detracts somewhat.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 02:04:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Christophe Sirodeau
- Composer: Viktor Ullmann
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
2014 BIS 2014 BIS
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