Josef Mayr (piano)
'Österreichische Klaviermusik des 20. Jahrhunderts'
Berg, Korngold, Wellesz, Petyrek, Salmhofer, Takács, Seits, Krenek, Gruber, Frieberger and others.
Includes 'Capriccio' from the Suite Op.24 by Hans Gál *
CD 1
1. - 4. Sonata, Op. 28 (1927) * (18:20)
5. - 9. Suite, Op. 24 (1922) * (14:16)
10. - 12. Sonatina No. 1 Op. 58 (1951) * (10:26)
13. - 16. Sonatina No. 2 Op. 58 (1949) * (11:48)
17. - 19. Three Sketches Op. 7 (1910-11) * (6:18)
20. - 22. Three Small Pieces Op. 64 (1933) * (8:55)
23. - 25. Three Preludes for Piano Op. 65 (1944) * (8:38)
Total time CD 1: 78:47
CD 2
1. - 24. Twenty-four Preludes Op. 83 (1960) (50:02)
CD 3
1. - 24. Twenty-four Fugues Op. 108 (1980) * (59:54)
Total time: 3:08:43
* world premiere recordings
Recorded 10 - 13 November 2004 and 26 - 28 March 2005, at Potton Hall, Suffolk
Recording producer: Simon Fox-Gál
Hans Gál: Piano Quartet in A-major (for piano left hand commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein in 1926); Concertino op.43 for Piano and Strings; Suite for Piano, op. 24; Impromptu for viola and piano
Gottlieb Wallisch (piano), Aron Quartett, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Budapest, Hartmut Rohde (conductor and viola)
CPO 2022
cpo 555 276–2
First performance: Vienna, Feb.1927 (Friedrich Wührer)
Other performances: Hans Gál, Vienna, Mar. 1929
Dresden, Jul. 1929
Friedmann, Vienna Radio, Jan. 1930
Dettmann, Berlin, Mar. 1931
Rudolph, Königsberg Radio, Mar. 1933
Erna Gál, Vienna Radio, Apr. 1933
Hans Gál, Brussels Radio, Dec. 1936
Hans Gál, Edinburgh, Mar.1940; London, May 1941, Glasgow, Apr. 1944
Hans Gál, Manchester, Apr. 1945; Edinburgh, Nov. 1946
Vienna, Oct. 1997
Leon McCawley, Frick Collection, New York, Oct. 2006