Joan Rodgers, Jan Latham-Koenig & Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Description
Jan Latham-Koenig brings out all the richness of Strauss' orchestral scoring and vocal writing in an album of tone poems and lieder.
Jan Latham-Koenig was one of Avie's flagship artists. As Music Director of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, he recorded the unique coupling of Franck's Symphony in D with extracts from Psyché (AV 0003), and Ibert's rare, early opera Persée et Andromède (AV 0008). These recordings of Strauss' Don Juan and Metamorphosen were Latham-Koenig's valedictory recordings in Strasbourg, and illuminate his brilliant ability to shape phrases and extract orchestral colour – ideal for Strauss' vividly pictorial tone poems. An equally accomplished pianist, Latham-Koenig completes the album by accompanying one of England's leading vocal lights, soprano Joan Rodgers, in a selection of Strauss' early Lieder.
Critical acclaim:
"The unique coupling and the refinement of sound and performance give the disc an obvious place." - Gramophone (on Franck Symphony, Psyché, AV0003)
"Jan Latham-Koenig and the Strasbourg Philharmonic bring out Ibert's rich scoring to the full." – Gramophone, Editor's Choice (on Ibert's Persée et Andromède, AV0008)
Personnel: Joan Rodgers (soprano), Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor/piano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Tracklisting
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan
Elena Ruehr; Stephen Salters; Donald Berman; David Zobel
Vancouver Chamber Choir & Contemporary Orchestra, Clyde Mitchell
Anthony de Mare; Conrad Tao
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; John Churchwell
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Kate Ledger
Virgo Vox Ensemble, Plus-Minus Ensemble, Duo Lallement Marques, Michael Nicolas, Taller de Musica C
Ensemble Modern, Johannes Kalitzke, Gareth Davis, Neue Vocalsolisten, Arditti Quartet, Klangforum W
Acies Quartett, Martin Rummel
Alfonso Gomez
Arcis Saxophon Quartett, ensemble recherche, Teodoro Anzellotti, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Neue Vocalsol
Philip Mead, Simon Emmerson, Zubin Kanga, Heather Roche, Carla Rees
Tora Augestad, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
