Political crises and rising anti-Semitism in Europe during the first half of the 20th century prompted many leading musicians to immigrate to America. An influx of refugees formed a flourishing artistic community centered within a few square miles near Hollywood and this exceptional gathering of composers transformed America’s musical landscape. This survey explores their diverse output through music for cello and piano, including arrangements by the composers and their fellow expatriate performers never before heard on the cello.
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“Émigré composers who wound up in Hollywood (or at least in the neighbourhood) are the agents that bind this excellently performed, programmed and engineered cello recital...”
Jed Distler - Gramophone magazine - July 2020
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