FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 63:19 | 193 MbThe tale of Hans Winterberg (1901–91) is a strange one.

A survivor of the Terezín concentration camp, where he had been interned as a Czech Jew, he settled in Munich after the Second World War as a German citizen, and his music enjoyed a number of broadcasts – but with his death his estate disappeared into a legal limbo, emerging only in 2015.

This first album of his piano music reveals an unusual and individual voice, an idiosyncratic blend of Janáček, Ravel, Schoenberg and other mid-twentieth-century masters, animated by a hard-edged, freewheeling energy and grim humour reminiscent of his close contemporary, Nikos Skalkottas.

Tracklist:01. Klaviersonate No. 2: I. Agitato02. Klaviersonate No. 2: II. Andante sostenuto03. Klaviersonate No. 2: III. Molto vivace04. 4 Intermezzi: No. 1, Breit05. 4 Intermezzi: No. 2, Leicht, flüchtig06. 4 Intermezzi: No. 3, Sehr langsam, verträumt07. 4 Intermezzi: No. 4, Wild, heftig08. Piano Suite “Theresienstadt 1945”: I. Präludium09. Piano Suite “Theresienstadt 1945”: II. Intermezzo10. Piano Suite “Theresienstadt 1945”: III. Postludium11. Piano Suite “1955”: I. Vorspiel12. Piano Suite “1955”: II. Passacaglia13. Piano Suite “1955”: III. Marsch14. Piano Suite “1955”: IV. Bucólica15. Piano Suite “1955”: V. Toccata16. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 1, Sehr schnell, leicht fliessend17. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 2, Malinconia, molto moderato18. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 3, Sehr bewegt19. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 4, Vivacissimo20. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 5, Impetuoso21. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 6, Molto movimento22. 7 Neo-Impressionist Pieces in 12-Tone: No. 7, Molto vivace, alla toccata