Orchestral, Wellesz (composer)
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Trails of Creativity: Music from Between the Wars 1918 – 1938
David Frühwirth (violin), Henri Sigfridsson (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Like his near-contemporaries Ernst Toch and Havergal Brian, Wellesz came late to the symphony, composing his first (1945), inspired by memories of Austria, at the age of 60. No 4 (1951-53) had... —
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The performances by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra are fluent and well prepared and, in Gottfried Rabl, Wellesz has been blessed with a most committed director. A wonderful close to a... —
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Lyric: Orchestral Songs
Christiane Oelze (soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo), Regina Klepper (soprano), Mechthild Georg (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester,...
A flavoursome two-disc compliation garnering the distinctive character of these singers, often in less familiar and fascinating repertoire —
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The First Symphony… is imbued with a considerable degree of nostalgia and longing for his homeland. …the Eighth Symphony and the explosive Symphonic Epilogue explores a vein of angry Expressionism... —
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This selection of 20th-century chamber music may not represent the absolute cutting edge in musical modernism but includes some very enjoyable repertory, in particular beautifully crafted pieces... —
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Composers In Exile - Zemlinsky, A. Von / Schreker, F. / Schulhoff, E. / Ullmann, V. / Hindemith, P. / Schoenberg, A. / Milhaud, D.
Gernot Sussmuth (violin), Hans-Jakob Eschenburg (cello), Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Thomas Duis (piano), Joachim Pliquett (trumpet), Lotte Lenya (vocals), Gisela May (vocals), Till Alexander Korber (piano), Roland Hermann (bass-baritone), Celina Lindsley (soprano), Gabriele Schreckenbach (contralto)
Hamburg...
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