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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

Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz

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... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Aug 2008
Catalogue No: RCO08003
Label: RCO Live
Series: Horizon
Length: 77 minutes

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Eggert: Number 9 VI: a bigger splash

Work length16:04

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Markus Stenz
Recorded: 21-22 June 2007
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Verbey: Lied for trombone and orchestra

Work length18:56

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Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Markus Stenz
Recorded: 18-19 September 2007
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

quarter note = 56

Track length4:10

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quarter note = 112

Track length4:57

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quarter note = 66

Track length6:38

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Track length3:11

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Matthews, C: Turning Point

Work length20:15

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Markus Stenz
Recorded: 18 January 2007
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Glanert: Theatrum bestiarum

Work length22:22

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Markus Stenz
Recorded: 18-19 September 2007
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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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.

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February 2009

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.

November 2008

Modern works superbly delivered by the RCO…

November 2008

Markus Stenz is a natural interpreter of these pieces, and I hope that Horizon 1 will have numerous successors.

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

5th September 2008

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.

Horizon 1: Premieres 2007

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