R Strauss - Ein Heldenleben + Works by Verdi & Fletcher
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Label: Exton
Cat No: OVCL00338
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 3rd February 2014
Contents
Artists
Michael Rusinek (clarinet)Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Manfred HoneckWorks
Clarinet ConcertoEin Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40
La forza del destino
Artists
Michael Rusinek (clarinet)Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Manfred HoneckAbout
The main work is Richard Strauss’ massive tone poem Ein Heldenleben which was written in 1898 and dedicated to the 27-year old conductor Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Ein Heldenleben is an episodic work in which the composer recalls his “heroic” struggle through life.
The American composer Alan Fletcher, who’s Clarinet Concerto was commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and is here receiving its world premier recording, is president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School, and studied under Roger Sessions and Milton Babbit.
The Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck began his career as conductor of Vienna's Jeunesse Orchestra, which he co-founded, and as assistant to Claudio Abbado at the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna. After several highly successful guest appearances as conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, he was appointed its ninth Music Director in 2008.
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