Alberto Hemsi: Chamber Works

ARC Ensemble

Het ARC Ensemble zet zijn Music in Exile-serie voort met meer première-opnames. Alberto Hemsi reisde door de Sefardische diaspora en verzamelde en noteerde traditionele muziek, die een grote invloed op zijn eigen composities bleek te hebben.

Hemsi, A:
 Danze nuziali greche, Op.37 bis - after an original work for solo piano, Op.37 (c.1953)
 Méditation, Op.16 - (in Armenian style) for Cello and Piano
 Pilpúl Sonata, Op.27 - for Violin and Piano
 Quintet, Op.28 *dann - for Viola and String Quartet
 Tre arie antiche (dalle 'Coplas Sefardies'), Op.30 (Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies) for String Quartet

"It’s another excellently carried through and enterprising disc from Chandos. The standards for such unusual music, appearing on disc for the first time, are high; not to be taken for granted."
MusicWeb Internationa -P lOctober 2022

"The present collection, beautifully recorded in Toronto by the Royal Conservatory’s ensemble-in-residence, gives a most interesting overview of Hemsi’s chamber music for strings."
The Strad - November 2022