Royal Scottish National Orchestra Held Brincken: Orchestral Music 1 - COMPACT DISCS

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Held Brincken: Orchestral Music 1 - COMPACT DISCS

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Orchestral Music 1

Artist:

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Held Brincken

Label:

Toccata

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5060113445506

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2020-01-03

Number of Discs:

1

Alexander Brincken, born in Leningrad in 1952 and Swiss-based since 1992, writes in an accessible and unashamedly late-Romantic language. His grandiose Fourth Symphony of 2014-15, written for a huge orchestra, has echoes of a number of earlier composers, among them Berlioz, Bruckner, Martinu, Wagner and, especially, Franz Schmidt and Richard Strauss, all assimilated into a big-hearted style that blends dignity, lyricism and power, with a strong sense of the Swiss landscapes in which he has made his home. The earlier Capriccio for piano and orchestra - a concerto in all but name - has, in turn, something of the sober strength and wiry energy of Frank Martin - curiously, since it was written seven years before Brincken moved to Switzerland. Rainer Held's recent Sutermeister recording for Toccata Classics was a revelation, and here's proof that he has not yet run out of symphonic surprises.

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