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Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator
Works for Orchestra
Anssi Karttunen (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
It’s hard to imagine finer performances than we get here, and the BBC recording captures everything well. Strongly recommended for Henze fans, and for those who aren’t. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Feldman: Complete Works for Multiple Pianos
Jovita Zähl, Philipp Kronbichler, Rohan de Saram, Peter Degenhardt, John McAlpine, Friedrich Jaecker, Sarah Becker (soprano), Claudia Boettcher (soprano), Nicole Ferrein (soprano), Sylvia Koke (soprano), Stefanie Kunschke (soprano)
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New. Hübner: Crunch
Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, Leonhard Garms, Olaf Katzer
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This composer obviously feels things deeply and believes in traditional “expression.” But the sort of frenetic jagged eruptions one hears in the first movement are at least as much a fruit of... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Manoury: lab.oratorium
Rinnat Moriah (soprano), Tora Augestad (mezzo-soprano), Patrycia Ziolkowska, Sebastian Rudolph (actor), SWR Vokalensemble, lab.chor, IRCAM, Nicolas Stemann, Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Francois-Xavier Roth
As a j’accuse aimed at the arrogance of European governments and attitudes, lab.oratorium hits home with force and a certain nervous tension between deeply felt aesthetic and moral imperatives. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Eötvös: Halleluja & Alle vittime senza nome
Matthias Brandt, Topi Lehtipuu, Iris Vermillion
Antonio Pappano, Peter Eötvös
The performance of the Oratorium is breathtaking. I was overwhelmed by the precision the composer brings to the playing of this remarkably complex work. All of the performers seem to be in one... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Contemporary
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The wider influence of these pieces has yet to be fully considered…Whether or not at least some of them could yet enter the standard repertoire, the intrinsic qualities as music can no longer... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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New. Matthias Krüger: Rosebud
Tobias Hagedorn, Claudia Chan, Xavier Larsson Paez, Sofia von Atzingen, Nejc Grm, Victor Virnot, Matthias Krüger
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New. Reimann: Ein Traumspiel / Denn Bleiben ist nirgends
Hofer Symphoniker, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Walter E. Gugerbauer, Manuel Nawri
Overall, these are skilled, diligent performances of both of Reimann's scores, made by two orchestras with different conductors in 2018 and 2014 respectively. Indeed, the orchestral writing... —
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New. Cvijović: Vida
Sebastian Berweck, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Trio Splitsignals Berlin, Enno Poppe, Gregor A. Mayrhofer
