Ortwin Stürmer; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Description
BENGT HAMBRÆUS had a major impact especially on the Swedish and Canadian musical cultures through his diverse activities: as an organist, educator, broadcaster, composer, and musicologist.
Between 1944 and 1948 he studied organ and in 1947 he began his academic studies at the University of Uppsala, worked at the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation and in 1972 was appointed Professor of Composition at McGill University, Montreal, a position he held until his retirement in 1995.
CLAUDE LENNERS' Piano Concerto Phaeton shares both the rhythmic intensities and the moral concerns of Hambræus's work, although the perspective is different. Phaeton, the son of Helios, the Sun God, convinced his father to let him drive the sun chariot over the heaven for one day. The horses did not obey Phaeton however, and came far too close to the earth. Zeus intervened and struck Phaeton dead with a thunderbolt.
Tracklisting
Andreas Skouras, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Pascal Dusapin, Unsuk Chin, Y
Mikael Rudolfsson, Olivier Vivares, Gerard Grisey, Luciano Berio, Eloain Lovis Hubner, Bernhard Gan
John Palmer, Delphine Henriet, Barbara Maurer, Hofer Symphoniker, Alinde Quartett, Johannes Klumpp,
Johannes Maria Staud, Boulanger Trio, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Ludwig Chamber Players,
Eres Holz, Ingolfur Vilhjalmsson, Laurent Bruttin, Florian Juncker, E-MEX Ensemble, Christoph Maria
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat, Cedric Pecia
