KammerChor Saarbrücken – Richard Strauss: Letzte Lieder (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:20 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Classical
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For the first time ever, Richard Strauss’ songs can be heard in an arranged version for choir or choir and violin. Compiled from different opuses, including Vier letzte Lieder op. 150, the KammerChor Saarbrücken and their conductor Georg Grün present several famous songs in a new guise. Franz Zimnol’s and Clytus Gottwald’s transcriptions approach Strauss’ compositions in different ways, all of them providing new listening impressions as well as perspectives on the original.
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KammerChor Saarbrücken, Ivette Kiefer & Georg Grün – Ko Matsushita: Consolatio (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 55:13 minutes | 495 MB | Genre: Classical
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Ko Matsushita, born in 1962, approaches choral music in many ways. He himself composes and arranges for choir and his works are performed worldwide. At the same time, he is active as a conductor and artistic director of numerous choirs, which have always gained recognition foroutstanding performances at international competitions. Matsushita has received several awards, including the “Robert Edler Prize for Choral Music” in 2005 – the first Asian conductor to do so. Under the direction of Georg Grün, the KammerChor Saarbrücken, one of Germany’s leading chamber choirs, dedicates this recording to Matsushita’s sacred works for a cappella choir. In addition, the Lieder cycle op. 6 by Max Reger and the famous choral transcription Im Abendrot by Clytus Gottwald after the Adagietto from the 5th Symphony by Gustav Mahler can be heard.
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