Hans Gál OBE (5 August 1890 – 3 October 1987) was an Austrian composer, pedagogue, musicologist, and author, who emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1938. Gál was born to a …

May 26, 2017 · The Concertino for Cello and Strings, the last of Gál’s five concertinos, was written in 1965, inspired purely by Gál’s inner impulse, rather than a commission. It was premiered in …

Both works demonstrate how much fondness Gál had for the cello as well as a thorough understanding of its tonal colours, its range and abilities all of which he fully exploits.

Laced with melody and introspection are the unaccompanied Cello Sonata and Cello Suite, both from 1982, and the sturdy, Brahmsian utterances of the Sonata for Violoncello and Pianoforte …

The Cello Concerto, completed in 1944 but not premiered until 1950, reveals him as a composer of impressive technical fluency with an astute ear for translucent orchestration, particularly …

Apr 25, 2012 · cellist s brilliant international career and a string of acclaimed recordings including a half-dozen for Avie. His latest for the label includes a. couple of firsts: the world premiere …

Die Heilige Ente (The Sacred Duck) was Gál's most successful opera, performed extensively before the banning of Gál's works by the Nazis in 1933. This revival in 2020 follows the widely …

The present disc provides us with the first recording of the three-movement Cello Concertino, a late work (the composer was 75 when he wrote it) written without commission and premiered …

After the rise of Hitler and National Socialism, Gál, an Austrian Jew working in Germany, was dismissed from Mainz Conservatory, and his music was banned. Fearful for his life, he fled to …

Avie’s latest contribution to its burgeoning discography of music by Austrian-born Hans Gál focuses on the cello, an instrument that very much resonated with his lyrical inclinations.