Wergo
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New. Hans Werner Henze Edition: Sinfonia
Kammerchor Des Rundfunkchors Berlin, Marek Janowski, Michael Gläser, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin
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Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator
Works for Orchestra
Anssi Karttunen (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
It’s hard to imagine finer performances than we get here, and the BBC recording captures everything well. Strongly recommended for Henze fans, and for those who aren’t. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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The wider influence of these pieces has yet to be fully considered…Whether or not at least some of them could yet enter the standard repertoire, the intrinsic qualities as music can no longer... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Eötvös: Halleluja & Alle vittime senza nome
Matthias Brandt, Topi Lehtipuu, Iris Vermillion
Antonio Pappano, Peter Eötvös
The performance of the Oratorium is breathtaking. I was overwhelmed by the precision the composer brings to the playing of this remarkably complex work. All of the performers seem to be in one... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Contemporary
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The trio admirably presenting itself here is the unusual combination of piano (Nicolas Hodges), sax (Marcus Weiss) and percussion (Christian Dierstein), and the stylistic orientation is European... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Manoury: lab.oratorium
Rinnat Moriah (soprano), Tora Augestad (mezzo-soprano), Patrycia Ziolkowska, Sebastian Rudolph (actor), SWR Vokalensemble, lab.chor, IRCAM, Nicolas Stemann, Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Francois-Xavier Roth
As a j’accuse aimed at the arrogance of European governments and attitudes, lab.oratorium hits home with force and a certain nervous tension between deeply felt aesthetic and moral imperatives. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Fall: Edition Musikfabrik, Vol. 16
Carl Rosman (clarinet)
Ensemble Musikfabrik, Diego Masson, Clement Power, Emilio Pomarico
Though couched in a complex style and flaunting intellectual subtexts (its cover reproducing a Gerhard Richter abstract), these works — the others being Stephan Winkler’s Von der Gewissensnot... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Schneider: Orbe Rotundo
Münchner MotettenChor, Sandra Moon, Robert Sellier, Todd Boyce, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Hayko Siemens
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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New. Hübner: Crunch
Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, Leonhard Garms, Olaf Katzer
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Cvijović: Vida
Sebastian Berweck, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Trio Splitsignals Berlin, Enno Poppe, Gregor A. Mayrhofer
