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Music to breathe life into literary characters, or to recall forever the memory of a cherished friend, or simply to reflect the multifarious temperaments of an orchestra: Cristóbal Halffter transforms his keen insights into tangible sound.
Each of theses three commissioned works was composed for an important occasion. The Dortmund Variations were composed to mark the hundredth birthday of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Tiento for Paul Sacher’s eightieth birthday, and Odradek on the occasion of the Czech Philharmonic’s hundredth birthday. Halffter demonstrates yet again that he is a composer of international importance.
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RSO Frankfurt
Cristóbal Halffter, conductor |
1CD | Orchestral | Contemporary | Special Offers |
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This music is about fading away, about reverberations, echoes. European instruments sound Asian, and Asian instruments are integrated into European art music.  |
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| Musica Viva 02: Space and sound, modernism and pluralism, "perfect harmony" and, finally, the fascination of collectively organized fireflies. |
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| Compact acoustic events in Vento d’ombra are pitted against the sharp contrasts of the Due notturni crudeli and the subtle art of the dramatic persiflage in Lohengrin. |
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