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Zimmermann: Alagoana, Sinfonie in einem Satz, Photoptosis & Stille und Umkehr
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
[Photoptosis] is usually considered Zimmermann's defining work but never has it sounded so raw-boned and unrelenting: kudos to the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and Karl-Heinz... —
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Kabalevsky: Orchestral Works
Yury Revich (violin), Magda Amara (piano)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
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Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works
Arantza Ezenarro (soprano)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Throughout the disc, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie's playing is ideally attuned to this music's ever more elusive idiom. —
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Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1, 2 Sonnets de Jean Cassou & Métaboles
Paul Armin Edelmann (baritone)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
The baritone Paul Armin Edelmann here delivers powerful and mostly accurate performances, holding his own in the first of these against some vivid brass writing —