Selina Ott, Maria Radutu, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dirk Kaftan – Shostakovich, Weinberg & Jolivet: Concertos for Trumpet & Piano (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Selina Ott, Maria Radutu, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dirk Kaftan – Shostakovich, Weinberg & Jolivet: Concertos for Trumpet & Piano (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:37 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Orfeo

After the great success of her debut album (OPUS KLASSIK award 2021) and her duo album with pianist En-Chia Lin, Selina Ott for her third recording teams up with renowned pianist Maria Radutu, conductor Dirk Kaftan and the ORF RSO to present selected works by Dmitri Shostakovich, André Jolivet and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
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Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra – Morton Feldman: Coptic Light & String Quartet & Orchestra (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra – Morton Feldman: Coptic Light & String Quartet & Orchestra (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:34 minutes | 490 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CapriccioNR

Meditative sound magic from New York City. Together with colleagues and friends such as John Cage, Christian Wolff and Earle Brown, Morton Feldman formed a circle of pre-eminent individualists within the American avant-garde movement of the 20th century, which, commencing in New York, founded a current of international significance. Crucial for his artistic development was undoubtedly his meeting with John Cage (1912–92), with whom he was in close contact after 1950. They mutually inspired each other to create music away from the compositional techniques conventional up to then, which particularly applied to the definition of specific notes, pitches and note durations or regular rhythm. It was also a commission from the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and its Principal Conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas that led to the composition of String Quartet and Orchestra in 1973. Feldman’s final completed work Coptic Light, written in 1986, displays an even more gigantic orchestra than that in String Quartet and Orchestra. In his sensitive works we always gain the impression that they are cautious attempts to achieve coherent musical results, without running against the character of the instruments.

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Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen – Gould: Symphonettes Nos. 2-4 & Spirituals for String Choir & Orchestra (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen – Gould: Symphonettes Nos. 2-4 & Spirituals for String Choir & Orchestra (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:42 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos

Morton Gould was an American musical phenomenon, equally at home in classical, crossover and film genres, and the recipient of both GRAMMY and Pulitzer awards during his long and distinguished career. The Symphonettes represent Gould’s best crossover work—the Symphonette No. 4 deriving its character from Latin-American dance forms to make it one of his most popular compositions. The first movement of Symphonette No. 3 has been described as “a collection of dance band licks, full of bent notes and syncopations” and the central Pavanne of Symphonette No. 2 with its bluesy trumpet motif is one of Gould’s biggest hits. Spirituals for Orchestra utilizes the strings as a choir, with antiphonal responses in the rest of the orchestra.

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