Salve Regina, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, DWV 53
Conductor Ulf Schirmer and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester regularly commission new works, and this release includes live performances of the premieres of pieces from 2008 and 2009, with Mary and Magnificat as the theme. The premieres include works, each about 20 minutes long, some for orchestra alone and some including chorus and soloists, by four composers born between 1952 and 1973. Catalan composer Oriol Cruixent's Abismes for orchestra is a fairly conventional modernist tone poem that moves from a depiction of chaos to ...
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Conductor Ulf Schirmer and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester regularly commission new works, and this release includes live performances of the premieres of pieces from 2008 and 2009, with Mary and Magnificat as the theme. The premieres include works, each about 20 minutes long, some for orchestra alone and some including chorus and soloists, by four composers born between 1952 and 1973. Catalan composer Oriol Cruixent's Abismes for orchestra is a fairly conventional modernist tone poem that moves from a depiction of chaos to joyful affirmation, with the orchestral players intoning words from the Sermon on the Mount at the end. Introductio - Meditatio - Magnificat - Epilogus for high soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra by Austrian Gerd Kühr is more musically adventurous and interesting; his spare, unemotional style, reflecting his religious skepticism, is at odds with the ecstatic text of the Magnificat, but as a purely musical experience the piece is inventive and effectively dramatic. Joanna Wozny,...
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