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Philharmonie Berlin - GREAT!CLSX , Germany"Réveil des oiseaux" is also a virtuoso piano concerto, for which we have Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a master pianist who was influenced by his encounter with Messiaen as a child [...].
"Réveil des oiseaux" is also a virtuoso piano concerto, for which we have Pierre-Laurent Aimard, a master pianist who was influenced by his encounter with Messiaen as a child [...].
Three masterpieces of "absolute music" that do not tell a "programme" story and yet appear highly exciting and emotional: they express pain, conflict, grief as well as the longing for reconciliation. Each [...]
Three masterpieces of "absolute music" that do not tell a "programme" story and yet appear highly exciting and emotional: they express pain, conflict, grief as well as the longing for reconciliation. Each [...]
Compositions of tragic topicality. A concert in times of war. The Symphony Orchestra of the Berlin University of the Arts, together with the Kammerchor der Künste Berlin and the mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaya, will [...]
"You can hardly play the violin more expressively, more uncompromisingly than Gringolts", writes Harald Eggebrecht in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about this exceptional musician. Ilya Gringolts won the renowned Paganini Competition at the age of 16. Since then [...]
The MDR Symphony Orchestra has a new chief conductor: the American Dennis Russell Davies, who enjoys an excellent reputation as a Haydn and Bruckner conductor. He has also worked as an advocate of contemporary music with important [...]
Dennis Russell Davies is regarded as the leading conductor of American music. In this concert, together with the MDR Symphony Orchestra and a total of almost 200 performers, he presents three very personal works by composers who [...]
"The Gaechinger Cantorey is ... an experience. There was a special highlight in the Great Hall" wrote Marcus Stäbler in the Hamburger Abendblatt about the Elbphilharmonie debut a year ago: "The performers are magical, [...]
Although Henri Dutilleux was a contemporary and colleague of the avant-garde composer Pierre Boulez, his musical language was always too dogmatic for him. Instead, Dutilleux loved the musical "fragrance" and richness of sound that connected him with his great compatriot Debussy. With his Second Symphony, Dutilleux wrote a work in 1959 that is a distant link to the music of the 18th century. [...]
"I am delighted whenever I hear a new work of yours and take a greater interest in it than in my own. In short, I honor and love you," wrote Ludwig van [...]