Poul Ruders Edition, Vol. 3
Paganini Variations, The City in the Sea, Anima
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Poul Ruders: Concerti
Paganini Variations (Guitar Concerto No. 2)
City in the Sea (based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
Anima (Cello Concerto No. 2)
David Starobin, guitar
Mette Ejsing, contralto
Michaela Fukacova, cello
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Jan Wagner, conductor
BRIDGE 9122
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| This CD features premiere recordings of three Poul Ruders concertos.
Ruders has been hailed as one of the most exciting composers of our time and was
named "Composer of the Year" in 2001 at the Cannes International
Critics Awards. Ruders, (b. 1949 in Denmark) will be having a
"career" year this season, with new orchestral works due for
premiere by the Berlin Philharmonic and The New York Philharmonic. His
smash hit opera, "The Handmaid's Tale" is set for new productions by
the English National Opera (April, 2003) and the Minnesota Opera (May,
2003), and the CD of The Handmaid's Tale received two 2001 Grammy
nominations–for "Best Opera"; and "Best Contemporary
Composition". Paganini Variations, Ruders's second guitar concerto is
a roller coaster ride through Paganini's famous 24th Caprice, and is a brilliant
display vehicle for guitarist Starobin and orchestra alike. The City in
the Sea is a dramatic setting of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic poem about a lifeless
decaying city, surrounded by "hideously serene" seas. The
sensational Danish contralto, Mette Ejsing, gives a reading of power
and conviction. Anima, Ruders's second cello concerto, is a work of true
lyric beauty. It is played here by the Czech cello virtuoso, and Tchaikovsky
competition prize winner, Michaela Fukacova. |
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