Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau - August Klughardt - Friedrich Gernsheim - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau - Anhalt Phil Plays Schubert & Klughardt [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/05/2004

One of Saxony-Anhalt's oldest and most tradition-rich orchestras presents a compelling combination of two major orchestral works on GENUIN, marking the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus's relocation from Weimar to Dessau the Anhaltische Philharmonie of the Bauhaus city Dessau, under it's general music director Markus L. Frank, pairs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (in Ravel's orchestration) with Feininger Fractals by Eisenach-born composer Thomas Buchholz (b. 1961) - two orchestral works closely connected to visual art. The finely spun textures of Buchholz, who in this work engages with Bauhaus master Lyonel Feininger, and the endless colors of Mussorgsky/Ravel are in the best hands with this Dessau ensemble. Magnificent but not pompous, virtuosic yet full of meaning, the orchestra plays with intelligence and nuance under it's chief conductor.

Saint Cecilia has since the middle ages been regarded as the patron saint of music, and above all, church music. She is portrayed with musical instruments in a great number of paintings, and the organ has been her special attribute. Cecilia's name day on November 22 has over the centuries been celebrated with music festivals and many composers have written pieces in her honor. For this album, in honor of the patron saint of music, Torsten Mossberg has chosen love songs mainly by Swedish composers. Tenor Torsten Mossberg is a physician, specialist in Anesthesiology and intensive care. He has studied singing with Ester Ruhrseitz, Eva Pilat and Bjorn Thulin, among others. He has extensive experience as a choir singer, a tenor in the Oscar Chamber Choir in Stockholm, and is often engaged as a soloist. Torsten has a broad repertoire, from ballads to romances and cabaret songs, and has released several albums of rarely recorded songs by Swedish composers.