Composer: Luciano Berio, Detlev Glanert, Matthew Hindson, Willem Jeths, Geert van Keulen, Gustav Mahler, Joey Roukens, Rodion Shchedrin
Performer: Detlef Roth, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Jörgen van Rijen, Marijn Mijnders, Monica Naselow
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek, Markus Stenz, Ed Spanjaard, David Robertson, Susanna Mälkki
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCO
Release: 2011
Size: 1.93 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Mahler: Piano Quartet (in one movement) in A minor
Keulen: 5 tragische Lieder
02. No. 1. Nirgends
03. No. 2. Bitte an den Maler
04. No. 3. Preis die Hohe
05. No. 4. Wanderung
06. No. 5. Spiel
07. Glanert: Fluss ohne Ufer
08. Jeths: Scale ‘le tombeau de Mahler’
09. Roukens: Out of control
10. Shchedrin: Oboe Concerto
11. Berio: SOLO for trombone & orchestra
12. Hindson: Chrissietina’s Magic Fantasy
This fourth release in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s ‘Horizon’ Series brings together two forms of homage. CD 1 represents a tribute to Gustav Mahler, the orchestra having devoted itself to a large-scale project commemorating the composer’s 150th birthday and the 100th anniversary of his death during its 2009- 2011 seasons. In addition to a chronological series of performances of all the great symphonies – effectively constituting the third Mahler Festival held in Amsterdam following those of 1925 and 1995, the orchestra programmed a series of concerts featuring works exhibiting a strong connection to Mahler’s compositions. Four world premieres of works composed for this series have been brought together on CD 1, the fifth being the opening title on CD 2.
The three other recordings on CD 2 feature members of the orchestra playing high-profile roles as solo or ensemble players, thereby symbolising a hommage to the virtuosity and the musical intelligence and flexibility of the 120 individual musicians making up the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk and trombonist Jörgen van Rijen are heard here in the world premieres of two works written for their instruments by Rodion Shchedrin and Luciano Berio respectively. Assistant principal violinist Marijn Mijnders and Monica Naselow, a member of the second violin section, team up in an explosive performance of Hindson’s ‘Chrissietina’s Magic Fantasy’ for two violins, the discovery of the chamber music marathon with which the Society of Friends of the Concertgebouw and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009.