For their ninth release of music by Walter Braunfels, Capriccio concentrates on some of his earlier music. Braunfels had the misfortune to fall between two stools. Before WWII, he was considered too modern (by the Nazis), and after the war, too conservative by everyone else. Listening to a century after the fact, I think his […]
Gregor Buhl
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Walter Braunfels Fantastical Apparitions a Sonic Thrill Ride
The seventh release in Capriccio’s Walter Braunfels series features two important compositions — his massive set of Berlioz variations, and his final orchestral work. The “Phantastische Erscheinungen eines Themas von Hector Berlioz” (Fantastical Apparitions Of a Theme by Hector Berlioz) took three years to complete. Clocking in at just over 50 minutes, “Apparitions” is as […]