Braunfels - Serenade Op. 20
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Braunfels: Phantastische Erscheinungen eines Themas von Hector Berlioz
Radio-Symphonieorcheter Wien, Dennis Russell Davies
Mephisto's 'Song of the Flea' from Berlioz's Le damnation de Faust forms the inspiration for Braunfels's Phantastische Erscheinung (Fantastic Appearances). …12 highly distinctively characterised... —
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Gregor Bühl and his ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra do the honours with care and sensitivity, and the sound is excellent. So here’s to Vol 8. I can’t wait. —
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The performances are strong. Wildner has a fine understanding of Braunfels’s eclectic but always immediate style, and there’s some superb playing, with the BBC CO wind on virtuoso form... —