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Third new release:

Oxalys
Nonetto: Works by Nino Rota, Hanns Eisler & Bohuslav Martinů
Qobuz 24/96




So far so good!
Three out of three very worthy of our time.

Oxalys is another of our favourite (and of our 'own') ensembles.
They play chamber music from the classical period till the 20th century.
These pieces are beautiful, and not so well known.

In 1959, two composers wrote nonets: Nino Rota’s melodic Nonetto, on which he would continue to work for almost twenty years, and Bohuslav Martinů’s farewell chamber music piece, a Nonet, which he composed as a last piece to satisfy his longing for his homeland.
Eisler did not compose his nonet in his native country either, but arrived in Mexico in 1941 as a refugee from the Nazis. There he wrote the music for John Steinbeck’s documentary film The Forgotten Village, which served as the inspiration for his Nonet No. 2. With this recording, the ensemble Oxalys presents us with the opportunity to rediscover these three nonets - three masterpieces by key protagonists of 20th century music history. © Passacaille