Metamorphosen Berlin – Tchaikovsky: Serenade (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:34 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Classical
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Ensemble Metamorphosen Berlin follow up on the success of their debut album with works by arguably the most well-known composer to come out of Russia; Tchaikovsky. Their debut album “Inspiration” earned 5* reviews from Cencerto Music Magazine as well as Berlin Broadcaster rbb Kulurradio. This new album includes Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” and his “Serenade in C Major”. Op. 48. A particular highlight of this new release are NEW ARRANGEMENTS by cellist/ director Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt of “Valse Sentimentale” – recorded for the FIRST TIME for cello and string orchestra. The Ensemble Metamorphosen Berlin is a merger of outstanding chamber musicians and young international awardees of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and others. Led by conductor Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, the Ensemble delights with solistic brilliance, emotional pleasure in playing and tonal sensitivity. Founded by the idea of transfering a Cellist strengths to a Chamber Orchestra, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt and his Ensemble developed their own playing culture and tonal perfection shaped by dynamics and sensuality.
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Metamorphosen Berlin – Inspiration: Dvořák – Suk – Herbert (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:49 minutes | 652 MB | Genre: Classical
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The debut album of the string ensemble ‘Metamorphoses Berlin’ under the baton of its leader Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt follows the basic idea of ‘inspiration’ – in this instance, inspiration as the explicitly mutual, creative interaction between Antonin Dvořák, Josef Suk, and Victor Herbert.
This triangle of late romantic composers combines more than a stylistic kinship: Dvořák was Suk’s mentor and father-in-law at the same time. In this attractive programme of music, one can explore these musical and emotional connections, for example, the similarity between Dvořák and Suk’s melodious serenades strings, and indeed, Suk’s ‘Love Song’, which he dedicated to his wife.
Herbert, one of the most famous American composers was a highly esteemed colleague Dvorák. Originally written for the piano, Herbert’s Character Pieces for Strings, contain a wealth of melody, which the light heartedness of Dvořák and Suk’s ‘Abdenmusik’ complement perfectly. The dreamy, inspirational music of these x3 composers is perfectly encapsulated by Metamorphoses Berlin’s performance.
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Metamorphosen Berlin – Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:04 minutes | 760 MB | Genre: Classical
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Previous Sony Classical recordings by Ensemble Metamorphosen Berlin under Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt received excellent reviews: “The CD ‘Inspiration’ is carried by the warm and intimate sound of the strings – a sound that can expand and narrow and yet remains a spectrum. Metamorphoses Berlin will be like a single great instrument. ” (RBB Kulturradio) “Enthusiasm … 150% identification … consistent and uncompromising … tonal beauty and sound culture … contrasts in this music are seldom realized in such detail.” (For “Serenade”, Fonoforum)
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