Manfred Honeck - Symphony 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With his first two piano concertos, the young Ludwig van Beethoven presented himself in Vienna as the man of the hour and the musician of the future. This new style and momentum is brought to life from the very first note by the eleven musicians around the multi-award-winning Aris Alexander Blettenberg on their current GENUIN CD. The arrangements, written especially for the orchestra of the Kammeroper München, reveal the details of the original scores transparently without losing any of their orchestral radiance. Conductor, pianist, and composer Aris Alexander Blettenberg leads the orchestra with dynamism and expressiveness from the grand piano.

Joseph Marx's distinctive style is characterized in these songs by dazzling, colorful harmonies and a remarkable melodic richness that, coupled with his sensitive setting of the texts, results in some of the composer's finest works for voice and orchestra. Recurring themes of love and longing are encapsulated in one of Marx's earliest songs, 'Hat dich die Liebe beruhrt', and moods of cheerful serenity, profound earnestness and amusing operetta-like lightness are all explored elsewhere. This programme of premiere recordings includes the cycle Verklartes Jahr, a high point in Marx's vocal oeuvre, and the intoxicating expression of his love for Italy in 'Auf der Campagna.'

Various Artists - Les Poetes Maudits (Various Artists) [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/17/2017