This CD focuses on Moser’s orchestral music. The compilation of works from his middle and late periods reveals a mature artist who has found his style. He caused a stir amongst the public, who admired him for his intellectual art of composition but criticised him for his lack of emotional sensitivity and expressiveness. However, this may also be due to the fact that some of Moser’s works were initially performed by amateur orchestras, which were unable to adequately express the musical complexity of his compositions.

As a young man, the composer Hans Gál experienced an artistic turning point, as the worlds of late Romanticism and New Music collided during the First World War. Everything was in motion. During this turbulent time, Gál shaped his own style with ingenious formal progressions.