Anima Chamber Orchestra - Emanuel Mo�r: Music for Viola

The works of Emanuel Mo�r (1863�1931) ought to be celebrated as among the major achievements of Romantic music, but because of Mo�r�s peripatetic life � he was born in Hungary, studied in Vienna (with Bruckner), performed in the US and across Europe, became a UK citizen and settled and died in Switzerland � no country has claimed and promoted him to the degree he deserves. Mo�r�s musical language offers a deeply satisfying blend of contrapuntal mastery and ardent lyricism, as the works on this album � written for or involving the viola � demonstrate. In time he will be recognised as one of the masters of his age.