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MARC BLITZSTEIN

Parabola and Circula Opera in one act (1929) Libretto by George Whitsett
Aleksander Nohr · Mari Eriksmoen · Norrköping Symphony Orchestra · Karl-Heinz Steffens

C5564 · [11/2026] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055640

MARC BLITZSTEIN (1905-1964)
The new CD edition “Bauhaus Music, Volume 1” by the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung brings the rich and long-overlooked music history of the Bauhaus back to life. The series opens with an absolute sensation – Marc Blitzstein’s “Parabola and Circula”, believed to be the only geometric opera in the world. Developed in 1929/30, the piece was supposed to debut at a Bauhaus event but, for various reasons, remained unperformed for almost a century. It wasn’t until 2025 when the research project “Bauhaus Music”, initiated by the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, presented the world premiere of a reconstructed version at the Musikfest Berlin in the Berliner Philharmonie. Modern, poignant and richly multifaceted, Blitzstein’s opera tells a tragic love story in the realm of geometric forms that evokes the artistic visions of the Bauhaus stage. With this CD, you can now enjoy the first recording of the 2025 debut performance – an acoustic document that captures an extraordinary moment of music and Bauhaus research.
Bauhaus Music is funded by the German Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media
 

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KAPUSTIN: Complete Piano Concertos

Frank Dupree ·
SWR Big Band · SWR Symphonieorchester · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Württ. Kammerorchester Heilbronn · Dominik Beykirch

4CD · C7480 · [11/2026] UPC: 845221074801

“…our life is like jazz improvisation; it should always be spontaneous, always in the moment, and always free.” (Nikolai Kapustin) Mission accomplished! After six years of rehearsals, concerts, and productions, all six piano concertos by the Russian jazz wizard Nikolai Kapustin are now available as recordings. Concertos Nos. 1 and 3, along with the no less virtuosic 8 Concert Etudes Op. 40, are released here for the first time, thereby completing this successful cycle. Drawing a parallel to one of the most prominent figures of symphonic jazz, Kapustin is often described as a “Russian following in Gershwin’s footsteps.” Frank Dupree has tirelessly followed that path, finally presenting us this significant gap in musical history.

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NOSKOWSKI

Zygmunt Noskowski (1846 - 1909): Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Viotti · String Quartet No. 2 · Humorous Quartet
Meccore String Quartet

C5559 [06/2026] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055596

Zygmunt Noskowski, the influential Polish conductor and composer, is perhaps better remembered for his role as a teacher and mentor to later luminaries such as Karol Szymanowski and Mieczysław Karłowicz – and for his connection to Stanisław Moniuszko – than for his own compositions. Yet for much of the 19th century, he was Poland’s leading exponent of modern music and his works are central to the Polish tradition. After the Capriccio recordings of his Symphonies (CD C5509 and C5547) this album presents some of his string quartets and shows us again a veritable picture book of Polish romanticism.

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KJELL FLEM

Piano Concerto (1992) · Cello Concerto (2005)
Oliver Triendl, piano · Benedict Kloeckner, cello · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Markus L. Frank

C5565 [06/2026] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055657

A student of Einar Englund and Einojuhani Rautavaara, Kjell Flem has been active in the Norwegian music community as a composer, organist, pianist, music teacher and critic for many years. His relatively small number of compositions is founded on traditional forms, creating an atmospheric ambience deeply rooted in the natural landscape of his homeland. Flem's creative process extends over a long period of time as, in his own words, truly magical moments of inspiration are rare.

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HANS WINTERBERG

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1949-51) · Symphony No. 2 (1943-46)
Jonathan Powell, piano · Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz · Roland Kluttig

C5557 [10/2026] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055572

Hans Winterberg (1901-1991) grew up in Prague where he was one of a whole cadre of composers in the new Czech musical tradition. He claimed to have been inspired by Schoenberg, but in reality, he cultivated a Central European Impressionism which he skillfully blended with complex rhythms. The two works presented on this CD mark high points in Winterberg's oeuvre. The circumstances in which they were composed could not have been more different. While the Second Symphony was written during the darkest moments of his existence, he composed the Second Piano Concerto less than ten years later, in what was probably the brightest moment of his life, the early 1950s, when his breakthrough as a composer, which he had been unable to achieve in Czechoslovakia, now seemed certain in the young Federal Republic of Germany.

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