Stefan Asbury
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Special offer. Sam Hayden: Substratum
Ensemble Musikfabrik, Quatuor Diotima, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Asbury, David Robertson
While Hayden’s aesthetic often generates highly animated, complex and concentrated structures, subdued moments also filter through in the string quartet, recalling earlier, more spectral-inspired... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Special offer. Holloway, R: Concerto for Orchestra No. 2
RecommendedStefan Asbury (assistant conductor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
A fascinating disc: the Concerto isn't quite like anything else I know, and in every aspect NMC have served it well. It deserves the widest possible hearing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Contemporary
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Grisey: Les Espaces Acoustiques
Garth Knox (viola)
Asko Ensemble, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Stefan Asbury
Les Espaces Acoustiques...remains the core of his achievement. It stands as a manifesto of the approach to composition...This impressively authoritative recording under conductor Stefan Asbury... —
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Augusta Read Thomas: Terpsichore's Box of Dreams
John Corkill, Ian Ding, Kyle Flens, Cynthia Yeh, Grossman Ensemble, Phil Pierick, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Alexander Hersh, Tom Hicks, Adam Rosenblatt, Garrett Arney, Nonoka Mizukami, The SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble, Tim Weiss, Stefan Asbury, Paula Holcomb
Her complex, imaginative scores verily zing with life and colour, while readily charting profound emotional depths…Beautifully performed and recorded, the whole selection has the feeling of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Johannes Maria Staud: Chamber Music
Boulanger Trio, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Ludwig Chamber Players, Sebastian Manz (clarinet), Christine Whittlesey (soprano), Stefan Asbury
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Liza Lim: Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
Sophie Schafleitner (violin), Lorelei Dowling (bassoon), Klangforum Wien, Peter Rundel, Stefan Asbury
This portrait disc is a primer on Lim’s music. At 40 minutes, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus is the centrepiece. Lim draws connections between enormous gyres of plastic rubbish swirling in... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Special offer. Harrison Birtwistle: Responses (Sweet Disorder) & Gawain's Journey
Symphonieorchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks, Stefan Asbury
Sweet Disorder (2014) might seem a fanciful title but aptly evokes the interplay between methodical balance and playful anarchy characterising the dialogue between soloist and orchestra...Aimard... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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BCMG 2013 Sampler: New Music for New Ears
Claire Booth (soprano), Simon Haram (saxophone), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), Hilary Summers (contralto), Lore Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano), Mary Carewe (soprano), Malcolm Wilson (piano)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, James Weeks, Christopher Austin, Martyn Brabbins, Susanna...
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Unerwartet (Unexpected)
musikFabrik: Christian Brückner (voice), Melvyn Poore (tuba), Carl Rosman (contrabass clarinet, voice, pedal bass drum), Dirk Wietheger (cello) & Josh Martin (ZKM, sound director)
Stefan Asbury, Etienne Sieben and Christian Eggens
David Lang's early work retains its charm and deceptive depth, with the text (in German here) setting up a teasing relationship between the listeners and what they are hearing, with the music... —
