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Eggert: The Raven Nevermore

Eggert: The Raven Nevermore

Music of Infinite Variety


Eggert:

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Tetragrammoton

Der Rabe Nimmermehr Ouvertüre

Adagio – an answered question

Der ewige Gesang

Drei Seelen


Inga Humpe (vocals), Adrian Iliescu (violin) & Moritz Eggert (piano)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Michael Hofstetter

“A composer is someone who has a lot of music in his head which needs to get out.”

That is how Moritz Eggert once described to some children the act of composing. “As artists we are chroniclers of the emotions of a particular time, and if we are lucky, our chronicles radiate a little, illuminating the path.” Moritz Eggert’s new SACD with the Stuttgart Kammerorchester shows how diverse these paths can be. The spectrum of the works presented here is great and ranges from pieces such as Der Rabe Nimmermehr Ouvertüre to Tetragrammaton which was composed for the Stuttgart Kammerorchester and which almost drills into sound. As a special guest artist, Inga Humpe of ‘2raumwohnung’ sings Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, a piece co-written with Moritz Eggert. This encounter of two different musical spheres results in a touching orchestral chanson which, through its history of origin and the use of Rückert’s text, is also a homage to Gustav Mahler.

Super Audio CD

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Hybrid Multi-channel

Audite - AUDITE92687

(SACD)

$17.00

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Horizon 1: Premieres 2007

Horizon 1: Premieres 2007

Recorded 18 January 2007 (Matthews), 21 and 22 June 2007 (Eggert); 18 and 19 September 2007 (Verbeij and Glanert) all at Concertgebouw Amsterdam


Eggert:

Number 9 VI: a bigger splash

Glanert:

Theatrum bestiarum (A Theatrical Bestiary)

Matthews, C:

Turning Point

Verbey:

Lied for trombone and orchestra


The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is famous throughout the world for its interpretations of works in the Classical symphonic repertoire. But, as with its legendary performances of the works of Mahler and Strauss at the beginning of the 20th-century, the orchestra is also open to new developments in contemporary music. Exploring new horizons and sound spaces, the orchestra continues to foster relationships with contemporary composers employing unconventional working methods. Compositions by Theo Verbey, Moritz Eggert, Colin Matthews and Detlev Glanert, the first three having been written specially for the RCO, attest to the orchestra's unrivalled sound inspire tour-de-force performances by the musicians.

A supporter and enthusiastic advocate of such orchestral exploits, conductor Markus Stenz leaves his own unmistakable stamp on these live recordings. Jörgen van Rijen was featured in One to Watch in Gramophone, May issue.A Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winner, the Verbeij concerto was commisioned by the RCO for him, the youngest member when he joined as principal trombone in 1997.

“All four pieces… share an exuberant love of the possibilities of large forces and the Amsterdamers respond with a deal of warm-spirited élan - letting their hair down with very un-North European abandon in Eggert's Hockney-derived romp which somehow manages to hold together a collage of very different styles: lush to louche, incisive to relaxed. Throughout, Stenz conducts with tremendous authority, acuity and verve.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 *****

“Modern works superbly delivered by the RCO…” Gramophone Magazine, November 2008

“Markus Stenz is a natural interpreter of these pieces, and I hope that Horizon 1 will have numerous successors.” Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone Magazine, November 2008

“one of the most spirited collages of every style under the sun to have come my way.” Sunday Times

“Colin Matthews's Turning Point that will attract the most attention, though, for it's a major achievement, a 20-minute single movement that seems to change direction completely around its half-way mark, transforming from a lightning fast scherzo to a glacially slow unfolding that reaches a catastrophic climax.” Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 5th September 2008 ***

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Hybrid Multi-channel

RCO Live Horizon - RCO08003

(SACD)

$17.00

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