Concerto K ln - Symphonies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Assai 2. II. Largo 3. III. Allegro 4. I. Presto 5. II. Largo Staccato, Canone Amabile 6. III. Allegro 7. IV. Minuetto 8. V. Allegro Assai 9. VI. Finale 10. I. Andante Grazioso 11. II. Con Spirito 12. III. Amoroso 13. IV. Allegro 14. I. Allegro 15. II. Adagio 16. III. Allegro 17. I. Poco Andante - Allegro 18. II. Andante 19. III. Amoroso 20. IV. Allegro 21. I. Largo - Fantasmi Presto - Largo - Presto 22. I. Fantasmi Presto 23. I. Largo 24. I. Presto 25. II. Il Sonno Largo 26. III. Allegro 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Largo 3. III. Presto 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Grave 6. III. Allegro 7. I. Allegro 8. II. Largo 9. III. Allegro 10. I. Andante Molto 11. II. Largo 12. III. Allegro Molto 13. I. Allegro 14. II. Larghetto 15. III. Allegro 16. I. Allegro Affettuso 17. II. Affettuoso 18. III. Allegro

Francois-Xavier Roth and the Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne explore the beginnings of Anton Bruckner's symphonic oeuvre on the way to the complete recording of the symphonies. Between Linz and Vienna, the organist from the modest provinces, Inchhalf genius and half foolInch, as contemporaries described him, found his symphonic language. At the age of over 40, he composed his first InchrealInch symphony.

Erwin Schulhoff went through many stages in his emergence as pianist and composer. Antonin Dvorák recommended the seven-year-old to the conservatory of his native city of Prague, then at 14 the boy moved to Leipzig to learn composition from Max Reger. While there, he gained valuable insights into the piano from Robert Teichmüller. In the last years of his course of study (from 1911) Schulhoff moved yet again, this time to the Cologne Conservatory, where his teachers were Fritz Steinbach for composition and Carl Friedberg for piano. Immediately upon graduating in 1913, Schulhoff succeeded in obtaining a few lessons from a normally student-shy Claude Debussy. Michael Rische´s commitment to the music of the twentieth century, however, quite clearly marks a contrast to his discoveries the original or first premieres of piano concertos by George Antheil and Erwin Schulhoff, as well as recordings of other works in the Inchjazz influencedInch style by Copland, Honegger, Gershwin and Ravel, have gained him an international reputation.