Winterberg: Symphony No. 1 'Sinfonia drammatica' / Piano Concerto No. 1

Hans Winterberg, raised in the Prague crucible of the new Czech musical tradition, is one of the few surviving Jewish composers of his time. He himself understood his music as a bridge between the West and the Slavic East. His starting point was Schoenberg, he himself said, but in fact he cultivated a Central European impressionism, which he was able to skillfully combine with complex rhythms. This album brings three orchestral works from different periods of creation to light: the Symphony No. 1 (from 1936), the Piano Concerto No. 1 (1948) and the "Rhythmophonie" (1966/67).