Now here is a truly odd -- pardon the pun -- hybrid; a Musicaphon SACD that marries an analog 1964 recording of Hugo Distler's Harpsichord Concerto (1934-1935) with a 2002 recording of Distler's Schauspielmusik zu Ritter Blaubart von Ludwig Tieck (1940). The former work is a monument in Distler's output in the neo-Baroque style he espoused, with an interest shared to some extent by German colleagues, but none so devoted to such ideals as he, and no one paying so high a price. Recorded by Huguette Dreyfus and the Deutsche ...
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Now here is a truly odd -- pardon the pun -- hybrid; a Musicaphon SACD that marries an analog 1964 recording of Hugo Distler's Harpsichord Concerto (1934-1935) with a 2002 recording of Distler's Schauspielmusik zu Ritter Blaubart von Ludwig Tieck (1940). The former work is a monument in Distler's output in the neo-Baroque style he espoused, with an interest shared to some extent by German colleagues, but none so devoted to such ideals as he, and no one paying so high a price. Recorded by Huguette Dreyfus and the Deutsche Barocksolisten under Martin Stephani, this was the first one made of the concerto, and only one other version has followed, made in 1998 by Martin Haselböck for Thorofon. The Schauspielmusik is completely unknown, as only the three vocal numbers for this score existed before 1999 and remained unpublished. While Distler's complete score for Tieck's play is lost, enough of the music has been located since 1999 to raise a selection of nearly 30 minutes, performed here by Stefan Malzew,...
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