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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.

“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 ***

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

“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 *****

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

“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

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

RCO Live Horizon - RCO08003

(SACD)

$17.00

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93, etc.

Glanert:

Theatrum bestiarum (A Theatrical Bestiary)

Shostakovich:

Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93


WDR Sinfonie-Orchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov

To paraphrase The Gramophone, Semyon Bychkov “had big competition in the Shostakovich stakes” during the composer’s centenary year, but “he smashes past them brilliantly” (Editor’s Choice, Symphony No. 11, AV 2062). Further superlatives have poured forth for Bychkov’s ongoing Shostakovich series, and sales have followed. Nearly two decades into his Music Directorship of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov has enjoyed an enormously fruitful relationship with the celebrated ensemble, including eight critically acclaimed and award-winning recordings for Avie.

“Shostakovich played straight and a set of dark, but rather entertaining, dances… What these composers share is a fondness for big-scale gestures combined with inscrutable satirical intent.” Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

Avie - AV2137

(SACD)

$16.75

Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days.

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