Description
Although Erwin Schulhoff (8 July 1894, Prague-18 August 1942, Wlzbourg internment camp, in Bavaria) did not settle permanently in the city of his birth until the end of 1932 (he had studied and worked primarily in Germany up to that time), he soon made his name as a composer among both the German speaking inhabitants of Prague and in native Czech musical circles. One additional proof of this is the commission which Schulhoff received from the Czech National Theatre in the spring of 1926 to compose the stage music for Molire’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. The play was given an extremely modern treatment by the director, and he chose his co-workers accordingly. He considered Schulhoff the most suitable man for the job, because the composer showed a sense of humor and a feeling for the ridiculous in his work, he was fond of jazz, expressed himself succinctly and pithily, and was responsive and inventive. Schulhoff’s participation in the Dada movement also played a role in the choice: at the time, Dadaist art was still the most current style among theatrical artists in Prague….
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Recording location | Vredenburg Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Mastering equiment | Sony digital Editor 3000 |
Mastering engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
Mixing console | Rens Heijnis Custom made |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps |
Recording notes | Live Recording |
Recording format | PCM 44.1 |
Analog to digital converter | dCS900 |
Recording date | June 1994 |
Editing | Bert van der Wolf, Tom Peeters |
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Recording engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
Producer | Ted Diehl |
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Digital to analog converter | Sony |
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Fono Forum
(…) Die Wiedergaben der Ebony Band …. sind ausgesprochen anregend und spannungsreich.(…)
Entreacte
(…) De Ebony Band verdient dan ook alle lof voor dit eerste deel van de werken voor ensemble…(…) Over het concert voor strijkkwartet en blazers uit 1930: (…) Dit stuk is zonder meer een meesterwerk en rechtvaardigt op zich al deze uitgave. (…)
Diapason
(…) LEbony Band, nous offre de bonnes interprtations (…)
Luister
(…) niets dan lof voor deze fraaie vertolkingen (…) (…) Herbers en zijn musici tonen zich voortreffelijke pleitbezorgers van deze muziek (…)
Le Monde de la Musique
(…) Lyrique et mlodieux (…) (…) On attend avec impatience son second disque (…)
NRC/Handelsblad
(…) De toon is volstrekt onromantisch, brutaal en af en toe behoorlijk ruig – al blijft de balans tussen het strijkkwartet en al die blazers (waaronder ook het stevige koper) overeind. Dirigent Werner Herbers en zijn Ebony Band verdedigen deze muziek met een flair alsof ze zelf iedere nacht optreden in mondaine, rokerige bars.
Dissonanz
(…) virtuos gespielt (…)
Volkskrant
(…) Iets voor muzikale avonturiers.
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