06/01/2011

First Recordings

Conlon Nancarrow: As Fast as Possible - Music for Player Piano and Orchestra - The composer Conlon Nancarrow, who died in 1997 at the age of 84, is regarded as an exceptional figure in the field of contemporary music. It is especially his compositions for player piano that made ...

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11/29/2010

Highlights from the radio concert series “musikFabrik im WDR”

WERGO and the musikFabrik announce the release of highlights from its “musikFabrik im WDR” radio concert series. This edition of thematically arranged programs will provide an exciting foray into recent music history and comprises seven CDs. Premieres of works by Mark Andre, Jonathan Harvey or Rebecca ...

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03/03/2008

Work of the Week - Peter Eötvös: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

On the 9 March Peter Eötvös' new work Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra will receive its world premiere at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall. The WDR Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Stefan Asbury and the soloists for the evening are Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher who form the Grau ...

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10/29/2007

Werk der Woche - Aribert Reimann: Wolkenloses Christfest

Aribert Reimann's requiem Wolkenloses Christfest will be premiered as NDR's "das neue Werk" (the new work) on 1 November 2007. The work is a memorial against war and the increasingly inhuman world we find ourselves in. Reimann has set poems by Otfried Büthe, and is a prelude to his large ...

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