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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 4010276018698 Format: Import Label: Hanssler Classics Manufacturer: Hanssler Classics Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Hanssler Classics Release Date: April 10, 2007 Studio: Hanssler Classics Average Rating:
 Rating: - Four concertos of concentrated expression and virtuoso demandsWith a career of over 35 years and some 400 compositions, Wolfgang Rihm is one of Germany's eminent composers. He first rose to prominence in the early 1970s when he chose neither serialist complexity nor minimalist crawling, writing instead almost bar by bar in a furious expressionist style. His Darmstadt credo, "Music must be full of emotion and the emotions full of complexity" inspires him to this day. Hanssler Classic is to be commended on having launched the Rihm Edition, which will make many ... Read More Rating: - Four concertos, the best Rihm yet on disc!This Hannsler disc bears the title RIHM-EDITION, VOL. 1. This is great news for admirers of Rihm's music, and the Edition is off to an amazing start with this collection of four concertos from the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Frieburg, with conductors Michael Gielen and Hans Zender. I recommend this disc without reservation to anyone who is curious about the prolific contemporary German composer -- it instantly becomes the best introduction to Rihm. Concertos, it seems to me, ... Read More |
