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HINDEMITH: MATHIS DER MALER
Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor · Wiener Symphoniker · Bertrand de Billy
MATHIS DER MALER
Oper in sieben Bildern / Opera in seven scenes (1938)
MATHIS, Hofmaler des Erzbischofs: Wolfgang Koch
ALBRECHT VON BRANDENBURG,
Kardinal und Erzbischof von Mainz: Kurt Streit
LORENZ VON POMMERSFELDEN, Domdechant: Martin Snell
WOLFGANG CAPITO, Rat des Kardinals: Charles Reid
RIEDINGER, Ein reicher Mainzer Bürger: Franz Grundheber
URSULA, seine Tochter: Manuela Uhl
HANS SCHWALB, ein Bauernführer: Raymond Very
REGINA, seine Tochter: Katerina Tretyakova
SYLVESTER VON SCHAUMBURG, Offizier: Oliver Ringelhahn
TRUCHSESS VON WALDBURG, Heeresbefehlshaber: Ben Connor
GRÄFIN HELFENSTEIN: Magdalena Anna Hofmann
DER PFEIFER DES GRAFEN: Andrew Owens
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NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Frank Dupree · Rosanne Philippens · Meinhard Jenne · Württembergisches Kammerorchester · Case Scaglione
Drawing parallels to another famous composer of symphonic jazz, Kapustin is occasionally considered a ‘Russian in Gershwin’s clothing’. Most of his compositions are influenced by jazz and expertly combine jazz elements with those of the tradition from Bach to Prokofiev and Stravinsky. The aesthetic diversity with which classical garb and the stylistic devices of jazz are amalgamated in Kapustin’s output could be taken as the byword for all three compositions included on this recording. Only late – perhaps too late for Kapustin – did his catalogue of works reach greater international recognition. People who knew him, describe him as a man who never desired the limelight. Apparently, he was happiest when he was able to compose work after work in his apartment, far away from the public eye.
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Alfred Schnittke: Film Music Vol. 5
Rundfunkchor Berlin · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Frank Strobel
Alfred Schnittke’s film music encapsulates almost everything that characterises the Russian composer’s compositional style. A self-described polystylist, he began writing for film in the 1960s, penning 66 film scores between 1962 and 1984 for Soviet film companies. His method of drawing on the past was rejected by the avant-garde but embraced by filmgoers and – after he invited the film music expert Frank Strobel to condense his film scores into suites – concertgoers too. Volume five in this series of Schnittke’s film music presents music from the films Tagessterne (‘The Stars of the day’), Der Liebling des Publikums (‘The Favorite') and Vater Sergius (‘Father Sergius’), recorded with Strobel and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
SCHNITTKE – Film Music Edition Vol. 1-4
4CD-Set · C7196
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POETRY OF WOMEN COMPOSERS
Elfi Aichinger · Nazanin Aghakhani · Pamelia Stickney.... and many more
One of the modules in the exhibition MusicaFemina – Women Made Music, presented in 2018 in Vienna, featured 100 female composers who have characterised female composition of music from the time of Sappho to the present day. When the exhibition was open for two months and viewed by 56,000 visitors, the poet, filmmaker and composer Sophie Reyer had the idea, inspired by her ancestresses, of composing 100 poetic texts to complement the series of 100 short biographies. She offered the 100 poetic passages as texts or audio portraits to contemporary composers for composition, with the poet eagerly creating postscripts for those particularly forgotten, those whom the female composers particularly wished to be remembered. The compositional work about the ancestresses was a voyage of discovery: into the history of the female composers; into one’s own history. This poetic-musicological project represents an impressive, profound snapshot of female composing, a poetic encyclopaedia, a first-time and unparalleled bridging of the chasm between historic and contemporary composing. it is an opportunity to take a look at the history of music and clear the path for further opportunities.
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#bruckner24 Symphony #6
Symphony No. 6 Bruckner Orchester Linz · Markus Poschner
Start of the most comprehensive Bruckner Symphonies Edition incl. all available 19 versions.
Bruckner burst out of the confines of the cathedral using that most secular of musical forms: the symphony. It is with reflexive reoccurrence in music history that supposed performance traditions burn themselves into a score as if they were a given… and the more so, the further we get from the work’s creation. So many clichés and truths about his person and his work are at last being questioned or, if they aren’t yet, are overdue some scrutiny. It is an essential aspect of this CD Edition to read and understand the text fresh and anew. Whence does Bruckner’s music come and whereunto does it point? With the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Capriccio could engage two of the best Austrian orchestras for this in total 19 versions counting cycle. With about 1065 minutes of music this complete symphonic edition will be finished in 2024, when we will celebrate Bruckner’s 200th Birthday.
