Chamber Music

Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Eldar Nebolsin (piano), Valeriy Sokolov (violin), Jens Peter Maintz (cello), Spectrum Concerts Berlin

The music of the Prague-born prodigy Erwin Schulhoff has become increasingly popular in recent decades. He moved through successive creative phases and, on this recording, Spectrum Concerts Berlin focuses on music written between 1924 and 1927. The Cinq Études de jazz explore the “rhythmic intoxication” he described in a letter to Alban Berg, while the Duo for violin and cello and the Violin Sonata No.2 offer striking parallels to similar works by Bartók, Kodály, and Debussy. The String Sextet contains violent contrasts and almost Cubist montage and was a key work in Schulhoff’s artistic development.

Schulhoff:
 Cinq études de jazz, WV 81
 Duo for violin & cello
 Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2
 String Sextet

"No praise is too high for Spectrum Concerts Berlin, who spare no effort in bringing Schulhoff freshly to life. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a more winning introduction to his output, which is also beautifully recorded"
Gramophone Magazine - January 2017

"This fascinating release demonstrates the breadth of [Schulhoff’s] interests in four strikingly contrasted works…the stellar soloists featured here certainly play the music with great conviction and the CD offers a good introduction to a prodigiously talented composer."
BBC Music Magazine - March 2017 ****