HANS HELLER (1898-1969): Piano Sonata, Op. 3, 2 Scherzi, Op. 4, Little Suite, Divertimento, Songs: Vom kleinen Alltag, Op. 8, Schlafen, schlafen…, Les Aveugles.

Description: Another of the German Jewish composers whose careers were erased by the Nazis, Heller studied composition and instrumentation with Schreker where he developed a decidedly individual style characterized by an Expressionistic, freely atonal musical language which is evident in the sonata and scherzi from 1926-27 while the later songs from the 1930s are in line with the prevailing “New Objectivity” of the Hindemith school. German texts. Jascha Nemtsov (piano), Thekla Nini Goldstein (piano).