IDAGIO | Schwertsik: Baumgesänge - Nachtmusiken - Herr K entdeckt Amerika 5059864168734

Featuring

HK Gruber
BBC Philharmonic
Kurt Schwertsik

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, from August 4-6, 2010, and utilizes 24-bit recording technology for enhanced dynamic range and resolution.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schwertsik believed the tonal idiom was an 'old machine' that needed to be lubricated and relearned to create communication between composer and listener.

Composition History

The work Nachtmusiken, Op. 104, was commissioned by the BBC and premiered by the BBC Philharmonic in 2010, originally intended to be performed alongside Mahler's Symphony No. 1.

Performer Biography

HK Gruber, the conductor, was a close friend of Kurt Schwertsik since 1960, when they played together in the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schwertsik, along with Otto M. Zykan and HK Gruber, proclaimed a new, radical concept called 'MOB art & tone ART,' focusing on music based exclusively on rhythm, harmony, and melody.

Performer Biography

HK Gruber, the conductor on this album, is a composer, conductor, chansonnier, and double-bass player, known for his highly individual style that blends diverse influences.

Composer Biography

Kurt Schwertsik, born in Vienna in 1935, studied at the Vienna Music Academy and attended courses in Cologne and Darmstadt with avant-garde figures like Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage.