ULLMANN; VIKTOR

Ullmann’s Kaiser, With Orchestra

David Vernier

This is the version of Viktor Ullmann’s opera, recorded live in October, 2021 in Munich, that features an expanded instrumental score, although precious little information

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Ullmann’s Kaiser Still–And Forever–Relevant

David Vernier

In the three or four generations since composer Viktor Ullmann wrote his opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis with librettist Peter Kien, in the Nazi ghetto-prison

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Dover’s Defiant Voices

David Vernier

It’s impossible to know what is in the mind of a composer through the process of writing a piece, but that doesn’t stop people from

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Ullmann’s Complete Piano Sonatas: So-So On Steinway

David Hurwitz

Viktor Ullmann’s seven piano sonatas were composed between 1936-44, the

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A Big Bad Box of Gergiev

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