Albert Maria Herz (1878-1950)
Chaconne
Cinq Lieder sur des textes de Stefan George, op. 7 (trans. pour ensemble de C.M. Wagner)
Quatre petites pièces pour quatuors à cordes, op. 5
Musique radiophonique pour 8 instruments, op. 9

Christiane Oelze, soprano
Asasello-Quartett
E-MEX-Ensemble

Rediscovering a great composer is possible with the new GENUIN CD of works by Maria Herz. She was born in Cologne in 1878 and died in New York in 1950. The singer Christiane Oelze, the Asasello-Quartett, and the E-MEX-Ensemble for New Music have partnered up to present a cross-section of the work of the Jewish composer, who used at times the pen name Albert Maria Herz. From arrangements of Bach to lieder as well as string quartets and mixed chamber music, the works span stylistically from the enthusiasm for baroque music of the 1920s to free tonality. All this is excitingly new, well worth hearing, and recorded superbly!