
Schubert and Gál are billed as “kindred spirits” in this […]
Aside from having a remarkably flat head (see cover photo),
The disc’s title suggests that Franz Schubert and Hans Gal, though separated by a century, are “Kindred Spirits” because they both were innovative Viennese composers–although
Piano music occupied Hans Gál (1890-1987) throughout his long life, and all of it is immediately appealing, harmonically ingenuous, extremely fluent, well crafted, and supremely
This jam-packed two-disc compilation of works for violin and piano rests on the tenuous premise that composers in England, Vienna, and Berlin who wrote music
Throughout his long life, Hans Gál (1890-1987) divided his professional activities between composing and teaching; he also edited and authored numerous books about music. Gál’s