As an internationally successful pianist and composer, Erwin Schulhoff was one of the most important Czech artists in the first half of the 20th century. Over the last 25 years, his works have gradually enjoyed a renaissance, revealing him as a polystylist who was always ready to shun mainstream practices and absorb all the emerging compositional styles of his time. Examples of this musical diversity are now available for the first time in a 6-CD box of Schulhoff's works. From the early piano pieces and string quartets, to his symphonies and jazz improvisations, the collection shows how astutely he accommodated the different trends of his time.

Artists

Jacques Zoon (flute), Frank-Immo Zichner (piano), Rainer Johannes Kimstedt (viola), Michael Sanderling (cello), Conrad Muck (violin), Hans-Jakob Eschenburg (cello), Margarete Babinsky (piano), Maria Lettberg (piano), Andreas Wykydal (piano)

Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Leipziger Streichquartett, Petersen Quartett, James Conlon, Roland Kluttig

• Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 ‘Rage over a lost penny'
• Schulhoff: Burlesken Op. 23
• Schulhoff: Concerto doppio
• Schulhoff: Concerto for piano and small orchestra, Op. 43 WV 66
• Schulhoff: Concerto for String Quartet and Winds
• Schulhoff: Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and String Orchestra with Two Horns
• Schulhoff: Duo for violin & cello
• Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
• Schulhoff: Fünf Pittoresken, Op. 31 (1919)
• Schulhoff: Grotesken Op. 21
• Schulhoff: Ironien Op. 34
• Schulhoff: Jazz Improvisations for 2 pianos
• Schulhoff: Piano Sonata No. 1, WV 69
• Schulhoff: Piano Sonata No. 3
• Schulhoff: Pieces (5) for String Quartet
• Schulhoff: Sonata for Solo Violin
• Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 0, Op. 25
• Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 1
• Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 2
• Schulhoff: String Sextet
• Schulhoff: Suite for Chamber Orchestra
• Schulhoff: Symphony No. 2
• Schulhoff: Symphony No. 5