Mischa Spoliansky: Orchestral Music
The Russian-born Mischa Spoliansky (1898—1985) became one of the major names in cabaret in 1920s Berlin and then, as a refugee from Nazi Germany, in London, he became one of the best-known composers of film scores. He also wrote a handful of orchestral works, which have remained unknown until now. His Boogie is a witty, tongue-in-cheek piece of orchestral jazz, and the Overture to My Husband and I, one of his stage shows, has a Mozartian sparkle and wit. But it is his only Symphony, an epic statement composed over a period of nearly three decades, that constitutes his real achievement as an orchestral composer – the fourth of its five movements apparently offering Spoliansky’s own musical commentary on the Holocaust.
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
- Overture: Allegro furioso
- Maestoso – Allegro con brio (Quasi boogie-woogie)
- I And thus was man created: Monumentale
- II Ode to Love: Animato
- III Humoresque: Of Laughter: Rubato
- IV Of Weeping (Lament): Pesante
- V And new life blooms from the ruins (Epilogue): Andante con passione
My Husband and I: Overture (1967)
Boogie (1958)
Symphony in Five Movements (c. 1941–69)
FIRST RECORDINGS
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