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Wolfgang Rihm: Concerto "Dithyrambe", Sotto voce "Nocturne" & Sotto voce 2 "Capriccio"

1/1/2009, 3 Tracks, 54:29

Featuring

  • Jonathan Nott
  • John Axelrod
  • Nicolas Hodges
  • Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
  • Arditti Quartet
  • Wolfgang Rihm

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Composer Biography

Wolfgang Rihm, the composer, was born in Karlsruhe in 1952 and studied composition with notable figures like Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Wolfgang Rihm believes that art is a 'continuum of energy transfer,' where melody is not just notes but the flow between them.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Arditti Quartet, featured on this album, has a worldwide reputation for interpreting 20th-century and contemporary music, with hundreds of works dedicated to them since their founding in 1974.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Arditti Quartet has received numerous awards, including multiple German Record Prizes and the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1999 for 'lifetime achievement' in music.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Nicolas Hodges, the pianist on this recording, was born in London in 1970 and has performed with major orchestras worldwide, including the Chicago Symphony and the MET Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Wolfgang Rihm's music demands that performers understand their role beyond mechanically reproducing the score, requiring their musical and aesthetic presence for the music to fully exist.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1806, is the orchestra-in-residence at the KKL Lucerne and actively commissions new works from contemporary composers.

Source: Booklet

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