Release Date: 01 February 2019
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 4260063118050
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
On the tenth anniversary of Horatiu Radulescu's death on 25 September 2018, NEOS presents a comprehensive document of a wonderful artistic friendship: the complete recording of Radulescu's piano music, featuring the pianist Ortwin Sturmer.
Horatiu Radulescu, born in Bucharest on 7 January, lived in French exile from 1969 and became one of the leading exponents of spectralism; nonetheless, his music also has unmistakable roots in his home country of Romania. He was considered a sonic magician, a 'philosopher of sound'.
One of his decisive encounters, in 1990, was with Ortwin Sturmer; it was for him that Radulescu composed the second, third and fourth of the Zen-inspired Lao tzu Sonatas, as well as the large-scale piano concerto The Quest. It would have been wrong not to include the latter in this SACD box set – with the same musicians as the premiere, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Lother Zagrosek.
Tracklisting
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat (electronics), Cedric Pecia (prepared piano)
Kaya Han
Helene Breschand, Laurence Bancaud, David Joignaux, Wilhem Latchoumia, Christelle Sery, Fanny Vicens, Wang Ying-Chieh, Ensemble Cairn, L'arsenale
Gunter Schwarze
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker
Georg Katzer, Matthias Bauer, Margarete Huber, Blaservereinigung Berlin, Bernd Casper, Gregorio Garcia Karman, Evelyn Saylor
Uusinta Ensemble, Eija Kankaanranta, Maria Puusaari, Olga Heikkila, Kamus Quartet
Elizabeth Knatt, David Clements, Rachel Barnes, Scott Taylor
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat (electronics), Cedric Pecia (prepared piano)
Kaya Han
Helene Breschand, Laurence Bancaud, David Joignaux, Wilhem Latchoumia, Christelle Sery, Fanny Vicens, Wang Ying-Chieh, Ensemble Cairn, L'arsenale
Gunter Schwarze
