Rudens Turku Festival Ensemble
Release Date: 29 May 2020
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Super Jewel Case (SACD)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623216966
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
While he was still a student, Rudens Turku established the Starnberg Music Days. Over the past twenty years this renowned festival south of Munich featuring an attractive
combination of master classes and top quality concerts has become a highlight of the musical spring season.
To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, Turku has brought
together an illustrious company of teachers and soloists for an ambitious project: chamber music on the large scale and with musicians numbering among the best in their fields.
The Nonet by Louis Spohr is performed here by nine outstanding chamber musicians; the violin part is of daredevil virtuosity – which is no problem for Rudens Turku. Ulf-Guido
Schafer arranged Antonin Dvorak’s uncommonly popular 'American Suite' especially for this occasion. It is astonishing how a mere eight musicians can and do make Dvo 345;ák’s orchestral colours shine.
Turku, a native of Albania shares his solo part with the star trumpeter Matthias Hofs in Wolf Kerschek’s “Festival Rhapsody�, a genuinely festive arrangement by with
influences from Star Wars to Stravinsky.
Recorded on SACD in surround sound, it offers a magnificent virtual space which unfolds in a genuine three dimensions, even in the smallest living room. Filled with splendid music, spatial bounds seem to vanish.
Tracklisting
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
Lea Suter
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leopolder-Quartett, Munchner Klaviertrio
Various Artists
Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
Leipzig String Quartet
Chimaera Trio
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
