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German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949)
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2024-03-19 09:58:00
[…] Bowen counted the horn as one of his instruments and he left a small but important body of work for it, mostly written for father and son horn players, Aubrey and Dennis Brain. Dennis Brain would give the premiere of the Concerto for Horn, Strings and Timpani, Opus 150, but Aubrey Brain premiered the Sonata in E Flat for Horn and Piano, Op. 101. It is an unashamedly romantic piece, echoing late Rachmaninoff and Richard Strauss, not to mention seeming to inhabit a similar world to Arnold Bax.The opening movement plunged us straight in to this world of impulsive romanticism, and this was unashamedly modern in outlook in its highly chromatic horn writing. There were were darker moments, and some of the lush piano writing of John Ireland. The slow movement opened with dramatic piano gestures and horn calls, striking indeed and Bowen brings the material back to punctuate the […]
2024-03-14 16:30:24
Staatskapelle Halle/Bollon(Naxos)Four harps, a wind machine and a heckelphone feature on this little known score for an abandoned Nijinsky ballet. Ballet music is not something
2024-03-08 17:39:07
This week’s concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra launch a significant […]
2024-03-08 00:00:00
Paavo Jarvi conducts
[…] op.28 [9'09]05 Maan virsi, for male choir and orchestra, op.95 [7'41]06 Laulu Lemminkäiselle, for male choir and orchestra, op.31 no.1 [3'31]07 Finlandia, for male choir and orchestra, op.26 [8'36]Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo JarviVirgin Classics 545589-2 [recorded September 2002; first issued in 2003][digital download; flacs, cover, and inlay scans - booklet sourced from internet]Recording venue: Estonia Concert Hall, Tallin, EstoniaRecording engineer and Producer: Maido MaadikRichard Strauss:01 Don Juan, op.20 [17'16]02 - 07 Ein Heldenleben, op.40 [44'07]NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo conducted by Paavo JarviRCA 8985 39176-2 [recorded February 2015; issued 2017][digital download; flacs, cover, and inlay scans - booklet sourced from internet]Recording venue: Suntory Hall, Tokyo, JapanRecording engineer and Producer: Tomoyoshi EzakiDownload from Mega.
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