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London Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Sanderling & Amy Schwartz Moretti – Christopher Schmitz: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 1 “Land of the Free” (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:13 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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The violin concerto is a challenging setup to write for: it beckons with promises of both might and fragility. Composer Christopher Alan Schmitz is well-versed in both the theoretical and practical aspects of composition: his resulting VIOLIN CONCERTO AND SYMPHONY NO. 1 gets the balance just right.
The tonal language is reminiscent of Bruckner and Mahler, as raw emotion mixes with splendor. The ultimate success of this precarious, heady concoction rests on the shoulders of conductor Stefan Sanderling and particularly, violinist Amy Schwarz Moretti, member of the acclaimed Ehnes Quartet. Stirringly written and performed to perfection, a success it is.
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Leon Williams, Tampa Bay Master Chorale, Florida Orchestra & Stefan Sanderling – Delius: Appalachia – Sea Drift (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:10 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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This Delius album, released in 2012 to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, was appropriately recorded in Florida where the composer lived and had managed an orange plantation in the 1880s. Stefan Sanderling conducts The Florida Orchestra and The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay on these two works, including Appalachia, a set of variations based on a slave song. The symphonic poem Sea Drift , considered one of Delius’s greatest works, is a song of love and death in which baritone soloist Leon Williams is both a participant in the drama and offers a commentary upon it.
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