Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: Works for Orchestra

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Composer), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Conductor), Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
• Composer: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
• Audio CD (November 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Albany Records
• ASIN: B00005TQ6C
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #799,813 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a recording of Skrowaczewski's Orchestral Music!!, October 20, 2002

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Darin Tysdal (Bloomington, MN 55420) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: Works for Orchestra (Audio CD)

Skrowaczewski has been very prolific as a composer, yet there is little of his music on CD! Now that is changing, thanks very much! All of these works were premiered in Minnesota. Mary Ann Feldman, program annontator for the Minnesota Orchestra, wrote the program notes. Skrowaczewski's orchestra now of choice, the Saarbrucken Radio Orchestra, is performing. And "Stan" is conducting. What of the music? The toughest nut to crack is the Passacaglia Immaginaria. The language is hard and granitic, not letting up for a second. The clarinet concerto (for clarinet in A) is more intrested in chamber-like sounds-there is a harpsichord in this piece also (what is the deal with the Harpsichord in 20th century music? So many composers seem interested in putting this instrument in a large orchestra-witness Schnittke and Kancheli's symphonic works). Stotlzman plays wonderfully as always. The chamber concerto belies its name most of the time although there are bursts of passion towards its end. Many more listenings will be required to plumb the depths of these pieces, but now with them on CD, you and I can do just that! Now, how about the English Horn Concerto, and perhaps a his piano concerto for the Left Hand (to be premiered later on this season by Gary Graffman)!