Marcus Creed - America - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The works of violinist and composer Nicolaus Richter de Vroe (*1955) have been and are regularly performed by the most renowned organisers and festivals of new music. The musician began his training at the Special School for Music in Dresden, now known as the Sachsisches Landesgymnasium fur Musik Carl Maria von Weber. After studying the violin at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, he performed with various chamber music, improvisation, and experimental ensembles. In 1980, he joined the Staatskapelle Berlin and completed his composition studies with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic. In 1982, he founded the Ensemble for New Music Berlin (East), which quickly became an important for contemporary music in the GDR. From the mid-1980s onwards, Richter de Vroe performed his own works and appeared as a performer at all ARD radio stations, as well as at international festivals. In 1988 he joined the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and, one year later, founded the XSEMBLE Munich - an ensemble characterised by experimental programming and stylistic openness. In 1996, he co-founded the Munich Society for New Music, dedicated to promoting contemporary music. Alongside his work as a composer and performer, Richter de Vroe has been a regular guest at Goethe Institutes worldwide since 1994, delivering lectures and giving portrait concerts and presentations of his work. In 2008 he was admitted to the Saxon Academy of Arts.Richter de Vroe's composition TETRA?b IV for four soloists and orchestra was commissioned by musica viva of Bayerischer Rundfunk in 2002. The world premiere, which is recorded on this CD, features Isao Nakamura (percussion), Irvine Arditti, Mike Svoboda (trombone), Isabeella Beumer (voice) and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Rundel, and took place on November 15, 2002 in th

Album Tracks 1. Soupir 2. IX Blagosloven Esi (Aus Vespers Op. 37) 3. Sätze I Und I (Aus Cori Di Didone) 4. Tristis Est Anima Mea (Aus Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Penitence) 5. Häifte Des Lebens (Aus Drei Phantasien) 6. Träume 7. III. Wenn Die Lampen (Aus Shir Shavur)

Album Tracks 1. Epithalame (3), for Chorus 1. Moderato 2. Epithalame (3), for Chorus 2. Allegretto Semplice 3. Epithalame (3), for Chorus 3. Allegro Maestoso 4. Madrigal, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 1. Amour, Ô Mer 5. Madrigal, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 2. Mère de Dieu 6. Madrigal, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 3. L'aurore 7. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 1. Kyrie 8. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 2. Graduel Et Alleluia 9. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 3. Offertoire 10. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 4. Sanctus 11. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 5. Benedictus 12. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 6. Agnus Dei 13. Missa Uxor Tua, for Small Ensemble & Chorus 7. Dédicace