Who is Afraid of 20th Century Music?
A New Year’s concert with a difference, skilfully devised by Metzmacher, that could become an annual fixture
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Composer or Director: Dmitri Shostakovich, Kurt (Julian) Weill, Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Anton Plate, Leonard Bernstein, Mauricio Kagel, Charles Ives, Paul Hindemith, Hans Werner Henze, Igor Stravinsky
Label: EMI Classics
Magazine Review Date: 8/2000
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 77
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 556970-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Overture to 'Candide' |
Leonard Bernstein, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Leonard Bernstein, Composer |
Mänadenjagd |
Hans Werner Henze, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Hans Werner Henze, Composer Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
Rag Time (well-tempered) |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Paul Hindemith, Composer |
Central Park in the Dark |
Charles Ives, Composer
Charles Ives, Composer Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
Gayaneh, Movement: Sabre Dance |
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
Masquerade, Movement: Waltz |
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
(10) Märsche um den Sieg zu verfehlen, Movement: Vivace |
Mauricio Kagel, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Mauricio Kagel, Composer |
(10) Märsche um den Sieg zu verfehlen, Movement: Allegro |
Mauricio Kagel, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Mauricio Kagel, Composer |
You must finish your journey alone |
Anton Plate, Composer
Anton Plate, Composer Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movement: March |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(La) Valse |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Maurice Ravel, Composer |
(The) Golden Age, Movement: Polka |
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
Circus Polka |
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Igor Stravinsky, Composer Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
(Der) Silbersee, Movement: ~ |
Kurt (Julian) Weill, Composer
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor Kurt (Julian) Weill, Composer |
Stille und Umkehr |
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Composer
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Composer Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor |
Author: kYlzrO1BaC7A
Eclectic is the watchword here: a full-bodied but charismatic reading of Bernstein’s Candide Overture launches an evening which mixes self-contained items and extracts with no regard for chronology, but a real feeling for their musical follow-through. Enjoyable in its own right, the programme is also a vehicle allowing Metzmacher to demonstrate his sympathies for a wide range of repertoire. Post-war German music is featured by representative miniatures from Henze and Kagel, as well as an intriguing
In all respects, Metzmacher gets the right balance between commemoration and celebration, to the delight of an audience clearly enjoying its ‘alternative’ night out. While the impact of certain items would have been heightened without the applause that follows, the need to capture the event as it happened is evidently, and rightly, the point of this release. Let’s hope it’s the beginning of a whole new tradition.'
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