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Clytus Gottwald: Transkriptionen

12/1/2006, 15 Tracks, 1:03:14

Featuring

  • Marcus Creed
  • SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
  • Maurice Ravel
  • André Caplet
  • Olivier Messiaen
  • Claude Debussy
  • Alban Berg
  • Heinz Holliger
  • Richard Wagner
  • Gustav Mahler

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Composer's Artistic Vision

The idea for these transcriptions arose from the observation that contact between composers and a cappella choirs was poorly developed around the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, founded in 1946, has consistently dedicated itself to contemporary music in the last twenty years, achieving international success.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Marcus Creed, the conductor, has been the Artistic Director of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart since 2003, with a particular interest in reviving outstanding recent compositions.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Clytus Gottwald, the arranger, founded the Stuttgart Schola Cantorum in 1960 and led it until 1990, gaining international recognition for performances of avant-garde vocal music.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album features several world premiere recordings, indicated by '/crosstar2' in the tracklist.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Clytus Gottwald's transcriptions apply a vocal writing technique, learned from György Ligeti's 'Lux aeterna', to models from the Romantic-impressionist era.

Source: Booklet

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