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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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"The energie of the insub-ordinate": In akkor(d/t)anz, romantic piano music seethes with monumental chords while pop tunes suddenly pop in Songbook # 0–11.  |
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| "A dream of the music of the future:" impressionism, jazz, neoclassicism – and plenty of Antheil are the ingredients of these unique works for piano. |
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| Bill Hopkins, an English composer who died far too early, explored the musical language of serialism at a time when its influence on the contemporary compositional style already had faded away. However, Hopkins found his own approach and reinvented the syntax in an unique way. The very few compositions he left behind bear witness to individual beauty and melodious aesthesia. |
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