Robert Müller-Hartmann: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble

• Robert Müller-Hartmann (1884 - 1950): Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5:
• 1Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5: I. Mäßig schnell. Sehr zögernd beginnen06:33
• Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5:
• 2Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5: II. Ruhevoll (aber nicht schleppen)06:11
• 3Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 5: III. Sehr schnell – Gesangvoll, fließend06:40
• Two Pieces for Cello and Piano:
• 4Müller-Hartmann: Two Pieces for Cello and Piano: I. Meditation03:37
• 5Müller-Hartmann: Two Pieces for Cello and Piano: II. Elegy02:48
• Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22:
• 6Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: I. Schnell – Weniger schnell (doch flüssig)03:34
• 7Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: II. Kanon. Ruhig bewegt02:44
• 8Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: III. Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft – Mäßig bewegt – Da capo03:25
• 9Müller-Hartmann: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 22: IV. Schnell, mit Anmut03:07
• Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22:
• 10Müller-Hartmann: Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Intermezzo I. Etwas bewegt02:30
• 11Müller-Hartmann: Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Intermezzo II. Zart, fließend01:16
• 12Müller-Hartmann: Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Intermezzo III. Etwas bewegt02:43
• 13Müller-Hartmann: Three Intermezzi and Scherzo for Piano, Op. 22: Scherzo. Sehr lebhaft03:35
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38:
• 14Müller-Hartmann: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: I. Andante tranquillo07:16
• 15Müller-Hartmann: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: II. Vivace e scherzando04:18
• 16Müller-Hartmann: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: III. Adagio02:59
• 17Müller-Hartmann: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38: IV. Allegro molto05:51
• Total Runtime01:09:07

Info for Robert Müller-Hartmann: Chamber Works

Robert Müller-Hartmann was born in Hamburg, in 1884, the son of the piano teacher and clarinettist Josef Müller and his wife, Jenny. He studied in Berlin for four years, but then returned to Hamburg where he pursued a successful career combining teaching, composing, and writing. His works were widely performed by conductors such as Karl Muck, Carl Schuricht, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, and Fritz Busch, and regularly played on German Radio. With the advent of National Socialism, in 1933, Müller-Hartmann was forced to resign from his teaching posts at the University and Conservatory. He continued to teach at Hamburg’s Jewish girls’ school, and was an active contributor to the Jüdischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation).

In the mid 1930s, Eugenia and Jacob (Yanya) Hornstein, Hamburg friends of the Müller-Hartmanns, moved to the town of Dorking, some twenty-five miles south of London, and in 1937 the Müller-Hartmanns followed them. The thirteen years Robert spent in England saw the country scarred by the losses, destruction, and privations of war. There was very little time or opportunity for him to secure a place in his adoptive country’s musical life, and despite his considerable success in Germany during the 1920s and ’30s, his reputation had failed to cross the English Channel. A general antipathy to the inclusion of German musical exiles and his modest, rather retiring personality ensured that he would soon be forgotten.

Erika Raum, violin
Marie Bérard, violin
Thomas Wiebe, cello
Steven Dann, viola
Kevin Ahfat, piano

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The ARC Ensemble has appeared at major festivals and series, including the Budapest Spring Festival, the Enescu Festival (Bucharest), New York's Lincoln Center Festival, Canada's Stratford Festival, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, London's Wigmore and Cadogan Halls and Washington's Kennedy Center. The ARC Ensemble's “Music in Exile” series has been presented in Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Toronto, New York and London, and its performances and recordings (on Sony's RCA Red Seal label and Chandos) continue to earn unanimous critical acclaim and regularly broadcasts on stations around the world.

Comprised of the senior faculty of the Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School, with special guests drawn from the organization's most accomplished students and alumni, the ARC Ensemble's core group consists of piano, string quartet and clarinet with additional forces as repertoire demands. The ARC Ensemble collaborates with a range of artists, they include the pianist Leon Fleisher, the novelist Yann Martel, actors Saul Rubinek and R.H. Thompson, and composers R. Murray Schafer, Omar Daniel and Vincent Ho.

EXIT: MUSIC, a documentary describing the ensemble's work premiered in November 2016 and has been screened at a number of international festivals. It is distributed internationally by First Run Features in the US and Euroarts, Berlin in other territories. The ARC Ensemble's most recent release, its sixth, is devoted to the music of the Auschwitz survivor and onetime conductor of the camp's orchestra, Szymon Laks. The recording was nominated for a 2018 Juno Award. Highlights of ARC's 2019 season includes concerts at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, the Parco della Musica, Rome, and UCLA's Schoenberg Hall.

James Conlon, Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera and a pioneer in the recovery of lost twentieth century repertoire, is the ARC Ensemble's Honorary Chairman, its Artistic Director is Simon Wynberg.

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