Fortmann, Nelson, Lieuwen & Grainger: Orchestral Works

Featuring

Franz Anton Krager
Andrzej Grabiec
Moores Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Fortmann
Robert Nelson
Peter Lieuwen

Percy Grainger

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Composer Biography

Percy Aldridge Grainger, whose "Lincolnshire Posy" is transcribed on this album, was an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, composer, ethno-musicologist, inventor of musical instruments, and an avid collector of folk songs.

Composer Biography

Robert Nelson, a composer on this album, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Houston Moores School of Music and has written extensively for film, television, and theater, including 15 seasons for the Houston Shakespeare Festival.

Performer Biography

Franz Anton Krager, the conductor, made his prize-winning European conducting debut in Copenhagen in 1978 and has since led orchestras in celebrated venues worldwide, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Sydney Opera House.

Performer Biography

Andrzej Grabiec, the violinist on this album, began his international performing career at age eleven and was the youngest ever Soloist and Concertmaster of the Polish National Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra.

Composer Biography

Peter Lieuwen, a composer featured on this album, is Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Texas A&M University, and his symphonic music has been praised by The New York Times and New York Daily News.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thomas Fortmann's music does not adhere to a single school of thought, developing a personal style that often combines different, even contradictory, modern impulses while aiming for direct emotional communication with the listener.

Composer Biography

Thomas Fortmann, a Swiss composer, began his career as a successful songwriter in the 1970s, achieving his first hit at age 16 and releasing over a hundred titles in more than 27 countries.