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ANTON SCHWEITZER

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST (1776) · CANTATA · MISSA BREVIS IN C MAJOR (1780)
Thüringer Bach Collegium · Gernot Süßmuth

2CD-Set · C5425 PC: 22 UPC 845221054254

Only few testimonies provide us any details about this now little known but once esteemed composer. Born in Coburg, 1735, Anton Schweitzer died 1787 in Gotha, where he had settled following the Weimar palace fire in 1774. Regrettably, only relatively few manuscripts have survived. Some of the works recorded here (which comprise almost the entire existing church music) have been preserved in several copies, which were recently found in different archives in Thuringia. This recording shows us a colorful virtuoso music of an unjustly forgotten composer.

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PANCHO VLADIGEROV EDITION: Orchestral Works 2

Bulgarian Rhapsody "Varda" · Bulgarian Suite · Four Romanian Dances...
BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · ALEXANDER VLADIGEROV

2CD-Set · C8053 PC: 21 UPC: 845221080536

COMPACT DISC 1

¹ Bulgarian Rhapsody "Varda", Op. 16 (1928)
[2] – [8] Seven Symphonic Bulgarian Dances, Op. 23
[9] Rachenitsa, Op. 18
[10] – [13] Bulgarian Suite, Op. 21

COMPACT DISC 2

¹ – [4] Four Romanian Symphonic Dances, op. 38
[5] – [6] Two Romanian Symphonic Sketches, op. 39
[7] Balkan Dance, op. 46
[8] – [11] Four Waltzes for Orchestra
[12] Danza primordiale op. 53
[13] Foxtrott
[14]  Hora Staccato (o.op)
[15] Bonus-Track: Pancho Vladigerov Interview

In Bulgaria, both folk and art music evince an ancient tradition that strikes awe even in some of the great music nations today. The way Pancho Vladigerov incorporated these folk-music themes into his concert pieces shows not only his affinity for them but also suggests that he felt something of a calling to promulgate and champion the folk-traditions of his central European homeland. The most-performed work of Pancho Vladigerov’s is undoubtedly his Bulgarian Rhapsody op.16 “Vardar” from 1922. The most outstanding must be his Seven Symphonic Bulgarian Dances op.23 (1931), with which he might have wanted to create a counterpart to Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, or Grieg’s Norwegian Dances or similar such popular aural nationalistic postcards.

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GEORGI CATOIRE

(1861-1926) Piano Concerto in A flat major, Op. 21 · Piano Quintet, Op. 28 · Piano Quartet, Op. 31
Oliver Triendl · Vogler Quartett · Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin · Roland Kluttig

C5403 PC: 21 UPC: 845221054032

“Now I have come across someone who really has a great creative talent.” (Peter Tchaikovsky)

Although the originality of his musical language paved the way for Russian modernism, Catoire's work still followed the artistic ideals of Russia and not the new culture of the Soviet Republic. His work is highly expressive and of enormous polyphonic density, greatest expressiveness, fine colors, rhythmic and harmonious scope. Catoire's music was almost never performed and his name remained almost unknown also to expert circles. He left behind 36 works including some symphonic pieces, a piano concerto, chamber music, songs and piano cycles. This music was written in the “fin de siecle”, with its shine and nobility, but also with its fragility.

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KARLSRUHER SCHULE

WOLFGANG RIHM · EUGEN WERNER VELTE · JÖRG WIDMANN · REBECCA SAUNDERS · JOACHIM KREBS
with: Reinhold Friedrich · Frank Dupree · Benedict Kloeckner · Sontraud Speidel · Martin Ostertag · Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken

3CD-Set · C7367 PC: 23 UPC: 845221073675

The composers and educators Eugen Werner Velte and Wolfgang Rihm as well as alumni whose music is presented here demonstrate the characteristics of a school. The main function of an institution such as the University of Music Karlsruhe is first and foremost as a site for studies and second, a place for individual composition and pedagogic work. The Karlsruhe School is in no way a forced stylistic unit stubbornly passed along simultaneously as a solidified traditional framework. For 50 years, the University of Music Karlsruhe has radiated as a living,
recreative phenomenon of this artistic freedom, extending far into a shared future. In the music of alumni taught by Wolfgang Rihm, ideals of musical freedom and openness continue to resound in concrete form. Jörg Widmann, Rebecca Saunders and Markus Hechtle, among others, contribute to the further development of the unique Karlsruhe School at their professional homes.
Booklet-Errata zur CD „Velte. Rihm. Karlsruher Schule“
(Capriccio C7367,  UPC 845221073675)
•       Die Quelle des biographischen Texts von Eugen Werner Velte auf dem Seiten 18-20 sowie der englischen Fassung auf den Seiten 50-51 ist
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Werner_Velte
(abgerufen am 18.12.2019)
•       Der Wikipedia-Text wurde für das Booklet von Sontraud Speidel geringfügig ergänzt, sie ist jedoch nicht die Autorin des Artikels.

Errata in the booklet of the CD „Velte. Rihm. Karlsruher Schule“
(Capriccio C7367,  UPC 845221073675)
•       The source of the biographical text about Eugen Werner Velte on pages 18-20 (german version) and pages 50-51 (english version) is
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Werner_Velte
(accessed 2019-12-18)
•       The wikipedia text was slightly expanded for the booklet by Sontraud Speidel. However, she is not the orginal author of the full text.

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BENNO AMMANN

MISSA DEFENSOR PACIS ad 6–12 voces inaequales in honorem Sancti Nicolai Helvetii Eremitae (1946)
BASLER MADRIGALISTEN · RAPHAEL IMMOOS

C5415 PC: 21 UPC: 845221054155

Benno Ammann’s oeuvre reveals influences from impressionism to free tonality, yet he belongs to no stylistic school. The Swiss composer wrote Missa Defensor Pacis (‘Defender of the Faith’) in 1946 for the official canonisation, at St Peter’s in Rome, of Nicholas of Flüe, patron saint of Switzerland. This prestigious commission, with its complex polyphony, countless variations, and use of the cantus firmus technique, is one of the most important and extensive Masses by a Swiss composer for a cappella choir.

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