The End of Time
Works by George Butterworth and Rudi Stephan
Ensemble aix, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Kazem Abdullah
These works, which reflected Stephan's strongly formalist desire to allow the music to express itself without any additional descriptive appendages...brought Stephan's name forward as one of...
The End of Time
Works by George Butterworth and Rudi Stephan
Ensemble aix, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Kazem Abdullah
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These works, which reflected Stephan's strongly formalist desire to allow the music to express itself without any additional descriptive appendages...brought Stephan's name forward as one of...
About
The German, Rudi Stephan and Briton, George Butterworth both died around the age of 30 during the first world war and before they could complete their, as predicted by experts, brilliant careers. At the threshold of modernity both found their own way of musical expression: Stephan in wild expressiveness, Butterworth in rather quiet, almost other-worldly melancholy.
Contents and tracklist
Work length8:38
- Sinfonieorchester Aachen
- Kazem Abdullah
- Recorded: 1-3 February 2014
- Recording Venue: Eurogress Aachen, Germany
I. Allegro scherzando
Track length4:52
II. Adagio non troppo
Track length3:46
Work length10:38
- Sinfonieorchester Aachen
- Kazem Abdullah
Work length6:09
- Sinfonieorchester Aachen
- Kazem Abdullah
Stephan:
Musik für 7 Saiteninstrumente
Work length27:24
- Sinfonieorchester Aachen
- Kazem Abdullah
- Recorded: 1-3 February 2014
- Recording Venue: Eurogress Aachen, Germany
I. Sehr Ruhig
Track length16:41
II. Nachspiel
Track length10:43
Stephan:
Musik für Orchester
Work length15:54
- Sinfonieorchester Aachen
- Kazem Abdullah
Awards and reviews
April 2015
These works, which reflected Stephan's strongly formalist desire to allow the music to express itself without any additional descriptive appendages...brought Stephan's name forward as one of the most promising young composers of his time...this is the first German recording I have heard of Butterworth's wistful masterpieces, and they are interpreted with sympathy by Abdullah and the Aachen Symphony Orchestra.
