Albert Schnelzer: Tales from Suburbia

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Throughout, Schnelzer is revealed as an expert orchestrator with a thoughtful and appealing mindset. Perhaps a slightly more reckless approach might be of benefit to his music in future; for... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018 More…

Release Date: 27th Jul 2018
Catalogue No: BIS2313
Label: BIS
Length: 71 minutes

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Schnelzer: Cello Concerto - Crazy Diamond

Work length27:55

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Claes Gunnarsson (cello)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Shwartz
Recorded: May 2017
Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

I. You Shone like the Sun

Track length6:53

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II. If the Cloud Bursts, Thunder in Your Ear

Track length6:54

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III. Re-arrange Me 'til I'm Sane

Track length4:33

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IV. Trade Your Heroes for Ghosts?

Track length9:35

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Schnelzer: Tales from Suburbia

Work length16:35

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$5.15

$7.00

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Shwartz

Schnelzer: Concerto for Orchestra "Brain Damage"

Work length27:18

$4.50

$9.05

$12.25

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Shwartz
Recorded: May 2017
Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

I. If Your Head Explodes

Track length10:50

$1.50

$3.85

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II. Folded Faces

Track length7:42

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$2.60

$3.50

III. Dam Breaks Open

Track length8:46

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$2.60

$3.50

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Born in 1972, Albert Schnelzer has established himself as one of the most successful of contemporary Swedish composers. Taking inspiration from both dance and literature, he writes music that has been described as pulsating with feverish tension and vibrating rhythms, outgoing but with room for fragile and lyrically expressive moments. The three works gathered here were composed between 2011 and 2014, with two multi-movement works flanking the single-movement Tales from Suburbia. The work is inspired by the idea of suburbs embodying the transition between countryside and urbanity, where the organic world of nature contrasts with concrete structures and where past meets present. Framing Tales from Suburbia are two concertos, one for cello and one for orchestra, which both owe a debt to the rock band Pink Floyd’s iconic album Dark Side of the Moon. The work titles – Crazy Diamond and Brain Damage – are both borrowed from the album tracklist, and the individual movements carry titles taken from the lyrics. As Schnelzer himself explains in his liner notes, he hasn’t used any actual musical quotations but the lyrics have provided catalysts for his own music. In the cello concerto his focus has been on the fate of Syd Barrett, one of the founder members of Pink Floyd who was forced to leave the band due to deteriorating mental health. Brain Damage – Concerto for Orchestra on the other hand can be seen in terms of wandering through a series of different moods: anger, frustration, grief and perhaps even a glimpse of hope.

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Awards Issue 2018

Throughout, Schnelzer is revealed as an expert orchestrator with a thoughtful and appealing mindset. Perhaps a slightly more reckless approach might be of benefit to his music in future; for now, the technical finesse and expressive poise of these pieces are their own justification.

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