Musical Rebellion Composers displaced by the Third Reich - heard by HOWARD SMITH '... piano music of singular merit.'

Exil ('Exile') concentrates on five European composers moved to emigrate with the emergence of the Third Reich (1933-1945) and eventual Anschluss (1938).

They were Erich Korngold (Austro-Hungarian, 1897-1957), Erich Zeisl (Austrian, 1905-1959), Ernst Toch (Austrian, 1887-1964), Arnold Schoenberg (Austrian, 1874-1951) and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Italian, 1895-1968).

In today's musical aware homes composers Zeisl and Toch are virtually forgotten. Now thankfully we hear piano music of singular merit...

ERIC LE VAN

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD

ERNST TOCH

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

THIRD REICH

PIANO MUSIC