Camerata RCO & Rolf Verbeek – Bruckner No. 6 (for ensemble) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Camerata RCO & Rolf Verbeek – Bruckner No. 6 (for ensemble) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 52:29 minutes | 477 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gutman Records

Bruckner entered new musical territory with his Sixth Symphony. The meandering harmonies, intricate rhythms and imaginative orchestration are coupled with contrasting moods and a theme that pleasantly moves from dark to light.

Occasionally overshadowed by the better-known symphonies, the Fifth and Seventh, the Sixth has many extraordinary moments, including the astonishing Scherzo. Notably, this was the first work that the self-doubting composer did not seek to revise.

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Barbara Hannigan, Raoul Steffani, Camerata RCO, Rolf Verbeek – Sehnsucht (Live in Rotterdam) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Barbara Hannigan, Raoul Steffani, Camerata RCO, Rolf Verbeek – Sehnsucht (Live in Rotterdam) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:42 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

“Sehnsucht”, a central and nearly untranslatable word of the Viennese fin-de-siècle period, referring to aspects of longing, melancholy, and nostalgia. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a collective “Sehnsucht” arose, in performers and audiences alike. “This programme was given in the empty concert hall of De Doelen in Spring 2021. We decided to issue the recording as an album, recognizing that the performance also represents continuity and mentorship through music. Both young Dutch artists, conductor Rolf Verbeek and baritone Raoul Steffani are associated with the initiatives Equilibrium and Momentum, and joined me and the Camerata RCO for this intimate journey… In “Sehnsucht”, we explore two song cycles of Berg, written shortly after Mahler’s 4th Symphony. All these works are presented in special arrangements for chamber ensemble. The Berg Songs are expanded from their original voice and piano to a dialogue of new colours and instrumentation. Mahler’s 4th Symphony is reduced to an intimate soloistic journey, a tender conversation” (Barbara Hannigan).
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