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Bruce BROUGHTON (b. 1945) And on the Sixth Day * String Theory Concerto for Horn and Orchestra ** Olivier Stankiewicz, Oboe * • William VerMeulen, Horn ** London Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Bloxham
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Although Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film and television scores, over the past five decades he has composed scores for a diverse array of projects from film and TV to concert music and even theme parks. His work has been recognized with an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for the film Silverado (1985) and a record ten Emmy Awards for his musical compositions in television. This album presents a small selection of his concert works including String Theory for string orchestra, his oboe concerto And on the Sixth Day performed by Olivier Stankiewicz, principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra, and his brilliant Horn Concerto , written for William VerMeulen, principal horn of the Houston Symphony, who is the soloist on this recording. Key Features: • Olivier Stankiewicz has been principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2015. Sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher, he has performed widely in Europe, Japan and the US. He has performed concertos with conductors François-Xavier Roth, Paavo Järvi and Tugan Sokhiev, and takes a particular interest in premiering newly written pieces. • International horn virtuoso William VerMeulen has been at the forefront of his generation for four decades. Enjoying a diversified career, he is equally at home as a soloist, orchestral principal horn, chamber musician, pedagogue and music publisher. Principal horn of the Houston Symphony since 1990, he has also performed as a guest principal horn with the Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
8.559950 Release Date: 14 Jun 2024 Companion Titles –Works for horn and oboe
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Click to listen to Prologue: In the Beginning
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Complete Masses, Vol. 3 Mass No. 7 ‘Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis’ Missa Brevis in D major 1 Missa Brevis in B flat major 2 Carolina Ullrich, Soprano 1, 2 • Elvira Bill, Alto 1, 2 Patrick Grahl, Tenor 1, 2 • Dominik Köninger, Bass 1, 2 WDR Radio Choir • Cologne Chamber Orchestra Christoph Poppen
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The third volume of Mozart’s Masses focuses on works written in Salzburg when the composer was in his late teens and early twenties. The Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis , a bright celebratory work, is the only Mass setting without soloists that Mozart composed. The Missa Brevis in D major is a compact, economic setting conforming to the Archbishop’s dictates for shorter works. Its companion, the Missa Brevis in B flat major , though keenly responsive and beautiful, upset church musicians because it utilised a Parisian gavotte in the ‘Dona nobis pacem’ and ended Mozart’s employment on a provocative note. Volume 1 in the series is on 8.574270, Volume 2 is on 8.574417. Key Features: • Vol. 2 in the series was released on 8.574417 in November 2022 with these same Cologne forces. MusicWeb International wrote: ‘ Christoph Poppen leads a fine team of soloists, as well as the Cologne Radio Choir and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra … Lively tempi, light textures, and reserve characterise these small-scale, modern-instrument performances’. • ‘The soloists…impress throughout…pure-voiced Katharina Konradi is a worthy challenger in the ecstatic Christe and Et incarnatus est , the creamier mezzo of Sarah Romberger agile in the Laudamus te , and they combine well in the Domine and Quoniam . • ‘Under Poppen, K. 262’s Kyrie bowls along at quite a lick, its counterpoint muscular and surprisingly bouncy given the character of the text… soprano Carolina Ullrich is given space to float the ‘‘Figaroanticipating’’ Agnus Dei with serene eloquence’ ( BBC Music Magazine on 8.574270).
8.574514 Release Date: 28 Jun 2024
Companion Titles – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
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Click to listen to Mass No. 7 in C major, K. 167: Kyrie
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