Hartmann: Concerto Funebre - Streichquartett Koln - Roberts - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

After three albums and ten years of touring and recording. The Helio Sequence deliver their most dynamic work to date. This record marries the Portland duo's signature layered keyboards and impossibly big guitars with crisp songwriting and a newfound appreciation for minimalism.

The concertos of Karl Amadeus Hartmann exhibit a rich spectrum of formal and expressive possibilities, not only richly varied in relation to each other, but also a welcome addition to his more unified group of eight symphonies. Particularly with his departures from the classical-romantic concerto form, Hartmann discovered new and individual solutions that confirm the importance of his concertos as significant and original contributions to the development of this form in the twentieth century. The works compiled on this CD were written between 1931 and 1955, thus providing a superb insight into all of Hartmann's important creative phases.

Brenda McMorrow - Love Abounds [Digipak] [Ecopak] [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging, Ecopak - Biodegradable Pkg date 10/25/2010