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ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

  • Hans Werner Henze: Nachtstücke und Arien worth exploring

    Apr 28th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Hans Werner Henze, Marin Alsop, Naxos, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Even when he was the darling of the Darmstadt avant-garde, Hans Werner Henze was his own man. In time he moved away from the aggressive modernism of that school — literally and musically. Werner settled on an island in the Gulf of Naples, where he became a neighbor of William Walton. At the same time, […]

  • Michael Gielen’s Zemlinsky recording a welcome reissue

    Jan 20th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Zemlinsky, CD Review, Classical music, Franz Schreker, Michael Gielen, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orfeo

    This is a rerelease of a 1989 recording. it’s the fourth in a series of reissues of Michael Gielen and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Gielen was an ardent champion of contemporary music. His attention to detail was legendary — and it’s an asset in this release. The featured work is Alexander Zemlinsky’s Lyric […]

  • Early Music by Walter Braunfels Promising

    Apr 6th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Gregor Buhl, Noteworthy Release, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Walter Braunfels

    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 […]

  • Willam Dawson and Ulysses Kay — two sides of Black classical music

    Jul 15th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arthur Fagen, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Naxos, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulysses Kay, William L. Dawson

    This release features two African-American composers with two very different styles. William Levi Dawson was a respected composer, teacher, and musicologist. He’s best remembered for his work in collecting and arranging African-American spirituals. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony celebrates that heritage. Dawson creates a flowing orchestral narrative using snippets from various spirituals (and not just well-known […]

  • A Fine Collection of Opéra-Comique Overtures

    May 19th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Michael Halász, Naxos, Opéra-Comique, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Romantic period

    Michael Halász and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver an attractive selection of French Opéra-Comique overtures. The genre evolved over time, from light, frothy entertainment to more serious and realistic subjects. But the overture was always a curtain-raiser. And that’s just what we get. Maestro Halász keeps things moving. Orchestral contrasts are suitably dramatic, […]

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