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| |  | Earle Brown - A Life In Music Volume 4
Hamburger Kammersolisten, Quatuor Parrenin, Hamann Quartett, Quartetto di Nuova Musica, New York String Quartet & Internationales Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble, Bruno Maderna & Francis Travis The 18 LPs of Earle Brown's legendary Contemporary Sound Series, now re-released by WERGO on CD (six 3-CD sets), have become a rarity in great demand. 'Earle Brown – A Life in Music – Vol. 4' is the most recent CD set in this unique series presented by WERGO. CD 1 contains three stylistically quite different string quartets by Pierre Boulez, Giacinto Scelsi and Earle Brown himself, performed by the ensembles Quatuor Parrenin, Hamann Quartet, Quartetto di Nuova Musica, and the New York String Quartet. CD 2 focuses on works for chamber orchestra by Iannis Xenakis, Aldo Clementi, Bo Nilsson, Wlodzimierz Kotonski, and Yuji Takahashi; apart from them, the first recording of Arnold Schoenberg's 'Drei Stücke' is outstanding as well. The works were performed by the International Kranichsteiner Kammerensemble under the direction of Bruno Maderna, the Hamburger Kammersolisten under the direction of Francis Travis, as well as the exceptional violinist Paul Zukofsky. CD 3 presents four works premiered by the Hamburger Kammersolisten: 'Études contrapuntiques' by Milko Kelemen, 'Tropi' by Niccolò Castiglioni, 'Serenata' by Vittorio Fellegara and 'Musik für sieben Instrumente' by Isang Yun. “Brown's own "String Quartet" [is] a characteristic collusion of raindrop pizzicato, smeary dissonance and bleak chromaticism...Xenakis' 'Achorripsis' is far less alarming than it first sounds, like wandering through a forest as dawn breaks to light one's way.” The Independent, 28th December 2011 *** “The sets provide an invaluable record of how the challenging music of the time was presented when it was new, with the musicians approaching it with more concern for edginess and rather less freedom than players might choose now. It’s a time machine experience, offering transport back to a time when rebarbativeness was more fashionable than it is now.” The Irish Times, 2nd March 2012 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Le Domaine Musical (Vol. 2)
Berg: | Piano Sonata, Op. 1 Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 | Schoenberg: | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 Serenade, Op. 24 Septet (Suite) in E flat major, Op. 29 | Stravinsky: | Concertino for twelve instruments Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet Three Pieces for String Quartet Symphonies of Wind Instruments Renard Agon ‘Ballet for Twelve Dancers’ | Webern: | Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 Zwei Lieder, Op. 8 Vier Lieder, Op. 12 Cantata No.1 for Soprano Chorus and Orchestra op.29 Cantata No. 2, Op. 31 Variations, Op. 27 Symphony, Op. 21 |
“…in the throes of his love-hate relationship with Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez directs pugnacious accounts of the Serenade and Suite and a high-pressure First Chamber Symphony. An intense Verklärte Nacht is still among the finest, and if Pierrot lunaire can yield more expressive light and shade, the recitation of Helga Pilarczyk has lost little in immediacy. Webern was of especial importance to Boulez at this time: performances of the Symphony and Cantatas have an eloquent poise, while Yvonne Loriod maps out emotional tension in the Variations with an unerring rightness and largely eschews rhetoric in Berg's Sonata.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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Schoenberg: | Septet (Suite) in E flat major, Op. 29 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra Serenade, Op. 24 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (version for string orchestra) Erwartung, Op. 17 Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 Lied der Waldtaube (from Gurrelieder) Friede auf Erden, Op. 13 Kol Nidre, for Rabbi-Narrator, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 39 Folksong Arrangements (4) Kanons (2) Four Pieces for Mixed Chorus, Op. 27 Three Satires for Mixed Chorus, Op. 28 Stücke (6), Op. 35 Dreimal tausend jahre, Op. 50a De Profundis (Psalm 130), Op. 50b for mixed choir a cappella Moderner Psalm für Sprecher, Chor und Orchester, Op. 50c A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 Gurrelieder Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 22 Die Jakobsleiter Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, Op. 34 Moses und Aron Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38b |
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