Günter Wand Edition Volume 9 - Music of the twentieth century

Gyorgy Ligeti: Lontano
Gyorgy Ligeti: Symphony for large orchestra
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano, winds, double-bass and kettledrums
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Symphony in one movement

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Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Artist(s): Nikita Magaloff (piano), Wolfgang Fortner, Ndr Sinfonierochester, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester

Conductor(s): Günter Wand

Release Date: 27th November 2006

Profil presents the ninth volume of its Günter Wand Edition, focussing on music from the Twentieth Century. This disc showcases music from popular composers such as Stravinsky, Zimmerman, and the more recently deceased Ligeti. The recordings span a period of over twenty five years, charting Wand’s development as a conductor.

 

“When I perform new music,” Wand once said, "I must do it as well as possible. Precisely because nobody yet knows these new works, one has to present them with the same extreme degree of respect for the score one accords to the great music of the past. And taking that approach means performing only works with which one can truly identify. I have never performed anything without being convinced of its quality, neither music of the past nor music of the present. At times that naturally caused friction, above all - from a certain point in his creative development - with my friend Bernd Alois Zimmermann, several of whose works I premiered.”

“God couldn´t play better” American Record Guide.