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Artist: Martin Pearlman/Boston Baroque
Recording: Mozart: Requiem
Premiere Robert Levin recording on original instruments)
Release# CD-80410
Label: Telarc
This innovative completion by Robert Levin of the Mozart: Requiem addresses the issues of instrumentation, grammar and structure of Sussmayr's version, while respecting the 200-year old history of a well-known masterpiece.
The most substantial alterations include the transparent instrumentation inspired by Mozart's other church music; the Lacrimosa which leads into a non-modulation Amen fugue, unlike other completions in which the fugue modulates extensively; and the revised Hosanna fugue modeled after Mozart's C-minor Mass K.427/417a, which displays the proportions of a Mozartean church fugue.
Robert Levin is well known as a piano virtuoso committed to the restoration of the Classic period practice of improvised embellishments and cadenzas. He is also a recognized Mozart scholar and theorist. Levin has completed Mozart fragments published by Barenreiter, Hanssler and Peters which have been recorded and performed throughout the world. In August 1991, this version of the Requiem was premiered by Helmuth Rilling at the European Music Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. It met with a standing ovation. Currently, Mr. Levin is professor of Humanities at Harvard University.
The Boston Baroque, under the direction of Martin Pearlman, has appeared several times on the Telarc label. Their outstanding recordings performed on period instruments include their Grammy-nominated Messiah, the complete Brandenburg Concertos and Handel's Concerti grossi Op. 6.
Artist: Lorin Maazel/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording: Wagner: The Ring Without Words
Orchestral Highlights from Ring Cycle)
Release# CD-80154
Label: Telarc
This disc is a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, the work was designed to be "free flowing (no breaks) and chronological, beginning with the first note of Rheingold and finishing with the last chord of Goetterdaemmerung. All the music is Wagner's, and even the transitional material is drawn from the original scores. To convey the breadth and scope of the entire work, Maazel also excerpted material from each opera in proportion to the whole cycle. The result is a 70-minute symphonic journey through Wagner's four great operas.
Consisting of four monumental operas, Wagner's The Ring of Nibelung was one of the most ambitious musical projects ever composed, and has been successful in every respect. With its huge orchestras, sprawling mythological plot, and intense musical drama, the Ring changed the world of music. Orchestrally, they are probably the most complex operas in history, and only the most intrepid of orchestras are up to the challenge. For this recording, Telarc chose to combine its pristine digital sound with the orchestral sheen of the illustrious Berlin Philharmonic. One of the world's greatest ensembles, the Berlin Philharmonic, has built an unparalleled reputation in the music of Wagner and his contemporaries. This synthesis by conductor Lorin Maazel includes all the standard Ring orchestral excerpts such as Ride of the Valkyries and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, as well as most of the leitmotifs known to exist in the score. The result is a unique and innovative symphonic suite (played without interruption) performed by one of the world's most esteemed orchestras.
Artist: Martin Pearlman/Boston Baroque
Recording: Mozart: Requiem
Release# CD-80410
Label: Telarc
This innovative completion by Robert Levin of the Mozart: Requiem addresses the issues of instrumentation, grammar and structure of Sussmayr's version, while respecting the 200-year old history of a well-known masterpiece.
The most substantial alterations include the transparent instrumentation inspired by Mozart's other church music; the Lacrimosa which leads into a non-modulation Amen fugue, unlike other completions in which the fugue modulates extensively; and the revised Hosanna fugue modeled after Mozart's C-minor Mass K.427/417a, which displays the proportions of a Mozartean church fugue.
Robert Levin is well known as a piano virtuoso committed to the restoration of the Classic period practice of improvised embellishments and cadenzas. He is also a recognized Mozart scholar and theorist. Levin has completed Mozart fragments published by Barenreiter, Hanssler and Peters which have been recorded and performed throughout the world. In August 1991, this version of the Requiem was premiered by Helmuth Rilling at the European Music Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. It met with a standing ovation. Currently, Mr. Levin is professor of Humanities at Harvard University.
The Boston Baroque, under the direction of Martin Pearlman, has appeared several times on the Telarc label. Their outstanding recordings performed on period instruments include their Grammy-nominated Messiah, the complete Brandenburg Concertos and Handel's Concerti grossi Op. 6.
Artist: Lorin Maazel/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording: Wagner: The Ring Without Words
Release# CD-80154
Label: Telarc
This disc is a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, the work was designed to be "free flowing (no breaks) and chronological, beginning with the first note of Rheingold and finishing with the last chord of Goetterdaemmerung. All the music is Wagner's, and even the transitional material is drawn from the original scores. To convey the breadth and scope of the entire work, Maazel also excerpted material from each opera in proportion to the whole cycle. The result is a 70-minute symphonic journey through Wagner's four great operas.
Consisting of four monumental operas, Wagner's The Ring of Nibelung was one of the most ambitious musical projects ever composed, and has been successful in every respect. With its huge orchestras, sprawling mythological plot, and intense musical drama, the Ring changed the world of music. Orchestrally, they are probably the most complex operas in history, and only the most intrepid of orchestras are up to the challenge. For this recording, Telarc chose to combine its pristine digital sound with the orchestral sheen of the illustrious Berlin Philharmonic. One of the world's greatest ensembles, the Berlin Philharmonic, has built an unparalleled reputation in the music of Wagner and his contemporaries. This synthesis by conductor Lorin Maazel includes all the standard Ring orchestral excerpts such as Ride of the Valkyries and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, as well as most of the leitmotifs known to exist in the score. The result is a unique and innovative symphonic suite (played without interruption) performed by one of the world's most esteemed orchestras.
