Thomas Larcher What Becomes CD

Larcher: What Becomes; A Padmore Cycle; Smart Dust

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Product Description Thomas Larcher s sound world is both original and captivating in its fusion of contemplative harmonies with innovative performance techniques. Written for and performed by tenor Mark Padmore, 'A Padmore Cycle' features the composer at the keyboard. Works for solo piano performed by Tamara Stefanovich round out this programme of first recordings. Born 1963 in Innsbruck, composer Thomas Larcher studied piano and composition in Vienna. He first gained renown primarily as a pianist, performing with major orchestras and prominent conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez and Franz Welser Möst. In 1998, he began to define himself more clearly as a composer. Since then he has composed works for the San Francisco Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, the Belcea Quartet, and for Leif Ove Andsnes, Matthias Goerne, Mark Padmore and Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley. He has recorded five CDs with ECM, most recently 'Madhares' with Kim Kashkashian, Till Fellner and Dennis Russell Davies. Thomas Larcher has won numerous distinctions, including the Choc de la Musique and the British Composer Award (International category) 2012. The UK premiere of A Padmore Cycle, orchestrated version will be in November 2014 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Review ***** performance / **** rec '... the songs make full use of Padmore s exceptional interpretative talents. His initial outburst belies the prevailing fragility of a transfixing cycle.' --Christopher Dingle, BBC Music Magazine June 2014'Larcher maintains a fascination with the unadorned note, often played in spacious, uncrowded circumstances … A Padmore Cycle [has] special qualities.' --David Patrick Stearns, Gramophone June 2014The overriding perception here is one of involving, communicative music that is totally absorbing. I d suggest anyone with open ears who revels in the sonority, mood and colour of sound to give it a try ... The fine recording quality is as clean as a whistle, incidentally. --Stephen Priest, Hi-Fi +

Data premiery: 2014-04-07

Marka: HARMONIA MUNDI

Waga: 0.176 gram

Wysokość: 0.6 cm

Szerokość: 5 cm

Długość: 5.6 cm

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